Ron Howard’s Disappointing Hillbilly Elegy

by Gracy Olmstead

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 »

1 Dec 2020

Challenging Vote Counts

by R. R. Reno

Trump’s legal challenges are likely to strengthen rather than weaken our democracy. Continue Reading »

10 Nov 2020

The Future of Conservative Populism

by Darel E. Paul

The Republican party will become a multiethnic, multiracial, and working-class party.  Continue Reading »

10 Nov 2020

Takeaways From Election Night 2020

by R. R. Reno

The election seems to vindicate the basic proposition of today’s “populism.” Continue Reading »

4 Nov 2020

War On the Concrete

by John Waters

There was a time when those who sat at desks pushing paper around were in a symbiotic relationship with the concrete classes. Continue Reading »

20 Feb 2020

The Case For Keeping Trump

by Peter J. Leithart

There are times when you have to oppose something just because you shouldn’t give the satisfaction of victory to its supporters.  Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2019

Evangelical Elites Are Out of Touch

by Carl R. Trueman

Evangelical elites are clearly out of touch with the populist evangelical base. And lambasting the populists as hypocrites or dimwits will simply perpetuate the divide. Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2019

American Breakdown

by Mark Bauerlein

David Bromwich discusses his book American Breakdown: The Trump Years and How They Befell Us. Continue Reading »

15 Oct 2019

The Outsider

by Matthew Rose

“I want to read something to you. I want you to really listen to this.” Rush Limbaugh opened his radio show on January 20, 2016, in the tone he normally reserves for breaking Clinton scandals. But his topic that afternoon was less sensational, and he would spend the next thirty minutes reading . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2019

Trump and Religious Liberty

by Jeremy Dys

Two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, conservative religious voters who supported him despite reports of his personal immorality appear to have been vindicated. Religious freedom has turned out to be, as candidate Trump promised, one of President Trump’s chief priorities. And he has . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2019