What We’ve Been Reading—March 2023

by Editors

Our editors reflect on Gustave Flaubert, Anglo-Saxon illustrations, Yuko Tsushima, C. S. Lewis, and James Herriot. Continue Reading »

27 Mar 2023

Elite Power, Elite Fear

by Mark Bauerlein

Martin Gurri joins the podcast to discuss his recent article, “The Elite Panic of 2022.” Continue Reading »

9 Feb 2023

Attack on the Supreme Court

by R. R. Reno

A leak of this magnitude is an effort to subvert the Court’s procedure and norms, and a far greater threat to republican governance than anything carried out by the Trump administration. Continue Reading »

3 May 2022

Ensnared in the Web

by Michael Toscano

About ten years ago, I acquired a deep suspicion of smartphones and social media. Riding a late-night L Train back to my Brooklyn apartment, I looked up from my book and observed about a dozen fellow riders, all in their twenties or early thirties, all hunched over, the blue light of their handhelds . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2022

Abortion

by R. R. Reno

New York Times columnist Charles Blow fulminated recently that those who fail to cleave to late-model progressivism aim at “the subjugation of all who challenge the white racist patriarchy.” No surprise there. Blow has made a career out of outrage. Yet a prominent analogy in his column, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2022

How Journalism Became Elite Employment

by Mark Bauerlein

Batya Ungar-Sargon joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy. Continue Reading »

27 Jan 2022

Elite Grifters

by Julius Krein

Few of the 9.9 percent would sacrifice anything for an ideology—but a great many hope to raise money on one. Continue Reading »

20 Jan 2022

Letters

by Various

Nobody could accuse Scott Yenor of pulling his punches in “Sexual Counter-Revolution” (November 2021). His particular brand of reactionary conservatism is shared by many on the right in our moment. The general view of these conservatives is that the sexual revolution of the past fifty years is . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2022

Protestants Can't Be Apolitical

by Mark Bauerlein

Ben Dunson joins the podcast to discuss Protestantism in American politics and his website, American Reformer. Continue Reading »

2 Dec 2021

Crisis of Legitimacy

by R. R. Reno

People talk a lot about polarization. It is true that polling shows a growing partisan divide. But our rancorous political atmosphere is a symptom, not the cause. We are polarized because the credibility of our ruling class has eroded. A trustworthy establishment anchors society and brings stability . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021