I am not looking forward to the prospect of the next few months in this election cycle. I am myself a caregiver, and I have to take care of myself in order to do my job; I have to preserve my sanity. Continue Reading »
In effect, the “patriotism” of our current leadership class boils down to the freedom of everyone else to shut up and do what they’re told. Continue Reading »
“Americans are the nicest, most generous, and sentimental people on earth,” Percy once observed. “Yet Americans have killed more unborn children than any nation in history.” Continue Reading »
Yet in a modern world when all certainties were overturned—doubt and fear chipped away at people’s better instincts. As Malcolm Gaskill puts it, “As life grew stranger, people became more open to strange ideas.” Continue Reading »
This doesn’t purport to be a list of the “best” books of the year; rather, these are the ones from a year of reading that most readily come to mind. Continue Reading »
It is clear that identity politics has a home on the reactionary right just as it does on the progressive left. This is no real surprise: In a world where everything has become politicized, it was bound to come to pass. Continue Reading »