American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
Goodbye, Childless Elites
The U.S. birthrate has declined to record lows in recent years, well below population replacement rates. So…
Postliberalism and Theology
After my musings about postliberalism went to the press last month (“What Does “Postliberalism” Mean?”, January 2026),…
In the Footsteps of Aeneas
Gian Lorenzo Bernini had only just turned twenty when he finished his sculpture of Aeneas, the mythical…
The Clash Within Western Civilization
The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS) was released in early December. It generated an unusual amount…
Fanning the Flames in Minnesota
A lawyer friend who defends cops in use-of-force cases cautioned me not to draw conclusions about the…
The Downfall of the Republican Establishment (ft. Daniel McCarthy)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Daniel McCarthy joins…
Gen Z Conspiracism Is a Gift to the Left
In the early morning hours of January 10, 2026, a nineteen-year-old tried to burn down Mississippi’s largest…
Trump, Interventions, and Regimes to Topple
It doesn’t take much imagination to see that if even a portion of the air support used…
Is Trump Playing the Long Game on Abortion?
When news broke last week that the Trump administration had quietly restored federal Planned Parenthood funding, which…
