Chronicles readers comment upon and critique recent pieces by Geoff Shepard and Jeremy Carl.
Issue
Month: December 2024
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Election-Day Journal
Professor Gottfried shares his candid, lucid, and wild observations as the election unraveled.
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The New Conservatives’ Democracy Theater
There's a new gang of conservatives who only seek to conserve the America that spirited away the Constitution and secured the power of their class in the administrative state.
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Intersectional Technocracy: The New Matrix
Many political theorists have declared the battle over ideologies outmoded and supplanted by a reign of experts or technocrats, but ideology has made a comeback.
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Democracy and the Manipulation of Public Opinion
Walter Lippmann and John Dewey wrestled over the competence of the common citizen and the very notion of public opinion.
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Making a Hero Out of a Mass Murderer
The New York City Council honors the murderous Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Murderers can be honored, in some places, if their victims are white.
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Remembering Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
Corrêa de Oliveira nursed a desire to restore the traditional Christian principles that have been the basis for the political and social order known as Christendom.
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What We Are Reading: December 2024
Short reviews of Napoleon's Pyramids by William Dietrich, and The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry.
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Judith Butler, Gender Sophist
Judith Butler has made out of her gibberish a lifelong, well-paid gig, and she endeavors to advance her own radical worldview through her sophistical skills.
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The Betty Friedan Mystique
Betty Friedan has been portrayed as a hero, but it’s not clear exactly what was so heroic or great about the feminist icon.
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Edith Hamilton and the Resurgence of American Education
Edith Hamilton was a hero of the Old Right and of the classical education revival in the U.S. A review of "American Classicist."
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The Crime of Noticing
Compared to most writers, both now and in the past, Steve Sailer speaks to the moment and has a firm grasp on what is happening around the world.
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Books in Brief: December 2024
Short reviews of Go Woke, Go Broke by Charles Gasparino, and The Indispensable Right by Jonathan Turley.
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The Domestic Cruelty of Desire
Last Summer tells the story of Anne, a lawyer and spouse with a seemingly idyllic life, who becomes a predator of sexual domesticity when a long-lost family member resurfaces.
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The Next Pope, as Seen Through a Left-Wing Fever Dream
Conclave is a blatant and unabashed piece of artistic manipulation that laughably portrays the Catholic Church from the twisted perspective of the progressive left.
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Wild Bill Wellman’s Hundred Lives
World-war-I flying ace Bill "Wild Bill" Wellman lived a daring, eventful life that contributed to successful film career. Such heroic figures were not uncommon in old Hollywood.
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A Global Agenda for Trump 2.0
It is strange that pundits routinely accuse Trump of being unpredictable on foreign affairs. In fact, during this year’s campaign, he has made a series of statements related to the pressing global issues which are fairly clear and reasonable.
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American Men and the Emerging Culture Shift
This year signaled a rightward cultural shift for males and an opportunity for males to shape American culture.
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The Insurmountable Evil of the American Media
The media is composed of hideous people who, in their dedication to destroying Trump, have lost all credibility.