About a decade ago, I would go to a party, get drunk off the kind of alcohol that’s sold in plastic bottles, snort up some dubious research chemicals, and then discover to my horror that I’d just spent the last hour talking to a complete stranger at a high clip about the labor theory of value. I . . . . Continue Reading »
Jonathan Pelson joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back. Continue Reading »
As Christianity goes in eclipse, liberal citizenship is giving way to our primordial instincts. Continue Reading »
When the Simpsons’ television was out of commission, singing together seemed like an excellent substitute—that is, until Lisa brought them up short by asking if the family knew any songs that weren’t commercials. For the past four years, Donald Trump has done for our social intercourse . . . . Continue Reading »
Western civilization exerts unprecedented influence. Science commands the intellectual loyalty of elites around the world. Western strands of Christianity have enjoyed extraordinary missionary success in Africa and Asia. Communism—a Western ideology—migrated to China, destroyed its . . . . Continue Reading »
We are owed better films about Appalachia and the Rust Belt—about the “back row Americans” who are at once incredibly ordinary and incredibly extraordinary. Continue Reading »
Trump’s legal challenges are likely to strengthen rather than weaken our democracy. Continue Reading »
The Republican party will become a multiethnic, multiracial, and working-class party. Continue Reading »
The election seems to vindicate the basic proposition of today’s “populism.” Continue Reading »
There was a time when those who sat at desks pushing paper around were in a symbiotic relationship with the concrete classes. Continue Reading »
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