America Adrift
by Buddhika JayamahaThe most crucial of all fractures of today is the fractured relationship between the U.S. economic elite and everyone else. And that fracture will not be repaired until that elite is removed. Continue Reading »
Many Out of One?
by Carl R. TruemanColumbia University is presenting a vision of a nation that might be better characterized by the motto Ex uno plures. Continue Reading »
The First Week of the Biden Administration
by Jonathan BerryBeyond rhetoric about the common good, what will the administration offer the common man? Continue Reading »
The Woke Script
by R. R. RenoIt was late May and early June. Black Lives Matter protests were gripping cities across the nation. They were accompanied by violence and destruction, yet the media cheered and mayors announced their support. Polling indicated that the American public was sympathetic. But aside from spontaneous . . . . Continue Reading »
The Antidiscrimination Regime
by R. R. RenoI read The Age of Entitlement in one sitting, unable to put down Christopher Caldwell’s riveting account of the last fifty years of American politics and culture. After the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the nation’s leaders embarked on a series of grand projects. A modern . . . . Continue Reading »
Replace the Elite
by Patrick J. DeneenMichael Lind’s The New Class War is sure to be one of the most important political books of the new decade. Like many recent publications, The New Class War explains the rise of populism and the decline of liberalism across the West. But it succeeds where others fail. The . . . . Continue Reading »
War On the Concrete
by John WatersThere was a time when those who sat at desks pushing paper around were in a symbiotic relationship with the concrete classes. Continue Reading »
Inherited Merit
by Audrey PollnowThe system hasn’t failed; it has succeeded too well. Patrick Deneen said this about liberalism. Now Daniel Markovits is saying it about meritocracy. Markovits, a professor of law at Yale, argues that a system that once promoted social mobility has created a self-perpetuating class of elites. His . . . . Continue Reading »
Failed Leaders
by R. R. RenoSuicides among Americans aged ten to twenty-four increased by more than 50 percent between 2007 and 2017. The suicide rate for all ages rose by nearly 30 percent between 1999 and 2016. This is not an isolated trend. Life expectancy in the United States is falling, a shocking trend for a rich . . . . Continue Reading »
The Virtue of Prudence
by R. R. RenoIn The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper writes, “That is prudent which is in keeping with reality.” Moral principles and good intentions amount to little if pursued blindly. Action on behalf of the good requires accurate perception of concrete situations and circumstances. Drawing upon . . . . Continue Reading »
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