The Cosmic Racist
Meet the enduring godfather of Razaismo: Any teacher can corroborate that the children and youths descended from Scandinavians, Dutch, and English found in North American […]
The Culture
Reforming the Miss America Pageant: Brains Trump Beauty
The leadership of the Miss America beauty pageant announced this week it would eliminate the historic “bathing beauty” or swimsuit portion of the competition. The […]
These Speakers Go to 11
Pundits in the mainstream American media are driving themselves crazy. Their coverage of President Trump has been at a fever pitch for the past year […]
Tom Wolfe, 1930–2018: On the Late Literary Treasure
Editor’s note: This essay appears in the June 2018 issue of the The New Criterion. It is reprinted by their kind permission. The passing of Tom Wolfe last month at […]
Europe’s Vanishing Calm
AVIGNON, France—The Rhone River Valley in southern France is a storybook marriage of high technology, traditional vineyards, and ancestral villages. High-speed trains and well-designed toll […]
Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, was the most closely watched case of the 2017-2018 […]
Conservative Demigod Bleeds
While there are mixed opinions about the fitness of Candace Owens as a rising star on the Right today, two things solidify her place as […]
Masterpiece Cakeshop: The Death Knell of Religious Liberty
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed down its much-anticipated decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case about whether a […]
TV Guide to Murder by Criminal Illegals
When President Trump warns about danger from violent criminal illegals he usually cites MS-13. That murderous gang is a clear and present threat, but Americans […]
The Real Meaning of #TheResistance
Throughout history, memories of a gallant defeat have provided spiritual sustenance to the defeated. The Texans have the Alamo. The defeated Confederacy embraced the story […]
Google’s New Slogan
The original slogan of Google was “Don’t be evil.” When Google changed its corporate name to Alphabet in 2015, it changed the slogan to “Do […]
America 3.0
“America 2.0” considered the plain fact that the America you and I live in is no longer the America the Founders envisioned for us. Over […]
Politically Correct Pedophilia
It’s practically a cliché when an old guy or a conservative complains about declining moral standards. But with the news of a professed pedophile now openly […]
Roseanne Got the Shaft
The worst thing about the whole Roseanne Barr Twitter fiasco? It has provided the perennially pouting crew at CNN with fresh material over which to […]
The Barrs and the Bees: An Appeal for Audience Empowerment
A hullaballoo is raging in the media about . . . what else? The media. I will not repeat the socially unacceptable quotes by Roseanne […]
The Tragic Mediocrity of the Beltway
There are two types of Americans: those who dwell inside-the-beltway and the vast majority who are outside of it. The United States may have been […]
We Are Going to Lose the Second Amendment
In just the last month, there have been three school shootings. More if we extend the timeline back to February to include the one at […]
Wisdom, Unwisdom, and Jordan Peterson
The university takes upon itself two tasks: to educate the young in the most important things that can be learned from books, and to push […]
Why Trump May Be America’s Last Republican President
Competence doesn’t win elections: bribery does. This is the central lesson in The Dictator’s Handbook, a book which studies politics in terms of interpersonal relationships […]
Politics, the Arts, and ‘The Fiery Angel’
In my new book, The Fiery Angel, out this week from Encounter Books, I make the following contention: that the arts have more to teach us about […]