American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A Critique of the New Right Misses Its Target
American conservatism has produced a bewildering number of factions over the years, and especially over the last…
Europe’s Fate Is America’s Business
"In a second Trump term,” said former national security advisor John Bolton to the Washington Post almost…
A Commitment to Remembrance (ft. Andrew Zwerneman)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Andrew Zwerneman joins…
How Hipsters Gave Us Trump
Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was powered by its embrace of the white working class. It also…
Tim Walz’s K–12 Racial Ideology Regime
President Trump has flooded my home state of Minnesota with investigators and law enforcement agents to address…
While We’re At It
January 8 marked the seventeenth anniversary of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus’s death. We owe the existence of…
The Case for Christian Nationalism
Recent polling paints a disturbing picture: Fewer than half of Gen-Z Americans are extremely or very proud…
The Case of the Missing Mayor
On January 1, newly inaugurated Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a solemn vow to his constituents: “I promise…
The Limits of Universalism: An Exchange
As an American Jew and close friend and colleague of Robert George, it is easy for me…
Might Does Not Always Make Right, or Even Sense
The “Melian Dialogue,” from Thucydides’s classic History of the Peloponnesian War, is the foundational text of the realist…
Gavin Newsom’s Vogue Politics
When Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, I was living in England and briefly became an…
Madness in Minneapolis
It’s tempting, given the pace of our news cycle these days, to resist the urge to crown…
Uncovering the Real Melania
Melania, Brett Ratner’s documentary following the first lady of 2017–2020 around as she gets ready to become…
The Evangelical Elite Gap (ft. Aaron Renn)
In this episode, Aaron Renn joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his…
Don Lemon Gets the First Amendment Wrong
Don Lemon was arrested last week and charged with conspiracy against religious freedom. On January 18, an…
