Burdened By What Has Been
by M. D. AeschlimanWe cannot afford to shirk the burden of knowing what has actually been done, especially since 1914. Continue Reading »
Overcoming the Sixties
by Mark BauerleinTimothy S. Goeglein joins in to discuss his new book, Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream. Continue Reading »
Guerrilla Culture War
by John DugganAbout halfway through Frank Furedi’s The War Against the Past, the reader is presented with a selection of words deemed unacceptable by the Local Government Association of England in its Inclusive Language Guide. The words include mum, dad, homeless, second . . . . Continue Reading »
Liberalism’s Fourth Turning
by John M. Owen IVSomething is wrong with America. A generation after the Great Republic vanquished the Soviet Union and established the superiority of constitutional self-government and free markets, voices in the public square lament domestic threats to “our democracy,” and it has become commonplace to list the . . . . Continue Reading »
Arabic, A Christian Language
by Onsi A. KamelTo whom does a language belong? One might think it the possession of all who speak it. But as anyone who has learned a foreign language can attest, one receives such a language as an ill-fitting garment, awkward until broken in through sustained and strenuous effort. Or perhaps a language is the . . . . Continue Reading »
America Was Not Stolen
by Mark BauerleinJeffrey Fynn-Paul joins in to discuss his book Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World. Continue Reading »
Empires in Eclipse
by Francis X. MaierAmerica's complete annihilation by China might be inevitable. Continue Reading »
Phono Sapiens
by Matthew GasdaMy friend J, a computer programmer, once convinced his former roommate—also a programmer—to watch the Japanese art film Asako I & II, about a woman who falls in love with two identical-looking but different men. J’s roommate sat patiently through this intricate, two-hour . . . . Continue Reading »
Arabian Knight
by Algis ValiunasIn the literature of the First World War, full of the horrors of trench warfare that ravaged a generation even for the victorious Allies, a single heroic leader stands apart from the mass-murdering generals and clueless politicians who were responsible for the slaughter. Whereas their corroded names . . . . Continue Reading »
Hitler’s Second Coming
by R. R. RenoIt was surreal. President Biden began his State of the Union speech by invoking the Nazi threat. More than eighty years ago, Biden reminded us, Franklin Roosevelt rallied the nation, as “Hitler was on the march,” and “freedom and democracy were under assault.” Today, the president warned, . . . . Continue Reading »
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