Ben Shapiro’s ongoing self-aggrandizement as a spokesman for America’s “foundational principles” betrays his scorn for ordinary Americans who expect their interests to be treated with at least as much dignity as those of the donor class.
Author: Paul Gottfried (Paul Gottfried)
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Still Fantasizing About ‘Natural Conservatives’
After a generation of tiptoeing around minority voters because they are supposed to be “natural conservatives,” Conservative Inc. has nothing to show for their efforts but the contempt of younger voters on the right.
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The Woke Left Are Enemies — But They Are Not Communists
We will not be able to fight today’s woke leftists unless and until we understand the distinctions between them and the real Communists of the Cold War era.
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We and They
On the different reactions to the birthright citizenship case from Chronicles as opposed to neoconservatives.
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Getting Rights Wrong
Conservatism does not require devotion to the chimerical notion of Lockean “natural rights.”
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Stalinist Obamaites
The fawning coverage of the Obama family in the mainstream press is comparable to the most egregious examples of Stalinist propaganda in the old Soviet Union.
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Democrats Act Like Cheaters
If the Democratic Party isn’t cheating in our elections, then why is their behavior consistent with the behavior of cheaters?
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Red Herrings of the Official Neocon History of the U.S.
The idea that everyone to the right of Commentary’s current positions on social and moral issues is somehow an “America-hater” is an absurd and novel view—even for Commentary.
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Democrats Did Not Betray Jewish Voters; They Listened to Them
Jewish voters who pushed the Democratic Party further left and now feel betrayed by the party’s increasingly anti-Semitic rhetoric should own up to the role they played in this turn of events.
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The Civil Rights Regime Marches On
The Supreme Court’s ruling against racial redistricting is a dent in the larger civil rights regime, which survives to further harass and pester middle America.
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Mainstreaming Madness
Calls for “bipartisanship” from Conservatism Inc. manage only to elevate positions from the left that a healthier age would have recognized as madness.
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Thomas Massie Is Not the Same as Bill Cassidy
The downfall of Thomas Massie, though perhaps understandable, is not something for the right to celebrate in the same way as Bill Cassidy’s defeat.
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The Indispensable Magazine
Chronicles Editor in Chief Paul Gottfried remarks on 50 years of Chronicles.
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America’s Media Is Enemy-Occupied Territory
An unrestrained, socially subversive left has taken over our entertainment and popular culture. The media’s hostility to normal Americans is apparent.
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A Leftist Is Not Improved by Zionism
It is interesting to note how establishment American conservatives equate moderation with support for Israel and, for that, are willing to overlook all other leftist sins.
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The Very Big Lie About Sam Francis and ‘Chronicles’
Recent attempts to smear Sam Francis and, with him, this magazine with the views of people like David Duke are just more tired myth perpetuation by the left to discredit serious American populism.
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An Adolescent Attack on College Republicans
While it’s true that College Republican leaders need to refine their rhetoric when they take on the neocon establishment, the attacks on them by disingenuous critics exhibit even more jejune hysterics.
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Insurrections, Then and Now
It's important to realize that the repeated episodes of violent protest in the U.S. are part of a deliberate strategy by the left to seize national power. Unless stopped, they may get away with it.
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Lisa’s Latest Leftist Bootlick
The senator from Alaska has a history of being the media’s favorite Republican, precisely because she really isn’t one.
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No, I Have Never Been an Isolationist
Although skepticism about U.S. military adventures overseas is always warranted, the Trump administration has earned the benefit of the doubt. For now.
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The GOP’s Foolish Praise for ‘Moderates’ and Failed Courting of ‘Natural Conservatives’
If the right ever expects to gain political ground, it needs to stop ceding rhetorical ground to Democrats and start cultivating voters who are already inclined to support their policies.
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Gilding the Funeral Lilies for Jesse Jackson
Those who now hail the late Rainbow PUSH leader as a “civil rights icon” engage in willful amnesia about his many unsavory activities and statements.
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The Tribal Media Culture of Our Time
A new study of Marshall McLuhan portrays a prophetic thinker who predicted the divisive effect of mass media.
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Fake Conservatives Attack ‘Chronicles’
Critics of our magazine muddle their account of our supposed sins and expose their own affinity with the censors on the woke left.
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The Middle Path
As the right has fractured into extremes over Israel and Jewish influence, Chronicles remains focused on the critical battleground and the chief opponent: immigration and the left.
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Further Thoughts on a Creedal Nation
Denying America’s historic Anglo-Protestant identity and replacing it with a “creed” open to anyone is both bad history and a defective understanding of citizenship.
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The ‘Creedal Nation’ Myth Just Won’t Die
The attempt to reduce America’s story to the “creedal nation” ideology ignores its historic identity and reality.
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Mamdani’s ‘Marxism’ Gives Cover to Conservative Inc.
Establishment conservatives are still dwelling on old tropes about socialism and Marxism, and avoid noticing the left’s real motives are racial.
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Don’t Let the Neoconservatives Turn Venezuela Into a ‘Democracy’ Project
Although the Trump administration’s action in Venezuela is in America’s rational self-interest, there is no shortage of neoconservatives hoping to extend the operation for their ideological purposes.
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The Woke Left Is Far From Defeated
Those suggesting wokeism is on the way out are overlooking the fact voters in large cities are still electing leftists promising to give out "free stuff."
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The Missing Intellectual Rigor in the Fuentes-Shapiro Battle
In building a case against the neoconservative understanding of America and its position in the world, Nick Fuentes would do better to hone his arguments and rein in his rhetoric.
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Dress Rehearsal for a Purge
I’ve seen neocon hit squads in action for decades; and as a one-time victim of these nasty pieces of work, I can vouch for their malice.
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Aristocracy: What Is It Good For?
'Aristocratic Voices' explores the aristocratic side of conservative thought, through a variety of unconventional figures who defended traditional social elites and criticized democratic equality.
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The Neocon Wooing of Josh Shapiro
Understanding the motivations behind the sudden urge of neoconservatives to fluff Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.
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Just Deserts for a Once-Coddled Neocon Elite
The confusion exhibited by onetime neocon allies of Bill Kristol’s for his support of Zohran Mamdani is an occasion for schadenfreude and reflection about the state of conservatism.
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King, James, and Amos
When the New York Post accused Letitia James of plagiarizing Martin Luther King Jr., the paper exposed its own serial ignorance.
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Being Honest About a Disaster
While blacks were treated unfairly under Jim Crow, the 1960s civil rights revolution was a cataclysm that produced an anti-discrimination regime led by public administration.
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Assessing Curtis Yarvin
Much of Curtis Yarvin's critique of the cult of democracy is true, though it's been said before. And his rise to prominence is a welcome sign in a conservative movement accustomed to canceling its dissidents.
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NYC Should Take the Plunge Sooner Rather Than Later
The sooner New York City is made to suffer the consequences of its electoral imprudence the better.
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What Will It Take to Squash the Pending Insurrection?
There is no reason to believe that yet another Republican victory at the ballot box will be enough to put a stop to the insurrectionist behavior of the global left.
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Different Governments for Different Folks
The real "white curse" of colonialism was the attempt by Europeans to impose modern political structures on peoples accustomed to tribal government.
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Charlie Kirk Was No Martin Luther King Jr. (He Was Much Better)
In his elegy for Kirk, Rusty Reno repeats the shopworn myth that King was a model Christian conservative, rather than a left-wing radical and an outrageous womanizer.
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Blaming the Blamable
Con Inc. talking heads like to frame inner-city voters as victims of Democratic administrations. In reality, urban populations, especially college-educated white women, are the U.S.'s most radical voters.
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The Gipper’s Stool
The legs of Reagan's stool were held together by weak political glue that inevitably gave way under strong philosophical tensions.
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The Political Divide Is More Dangerous Than the Right Thinks
The wokeified rhetoric of the left still wins over a substantial number of voters in Western countries who will not be won over by the good results of conservative governments.
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The Woke Right and Déjà Vu All Over Again
Conservatism Inc. pins the "woke right" label on anyone who confronts the left rather than cowering before it.
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The Modern Right’s Most Original Thinker
A new biography of Chronicles columnist Sam Francis by Joseph Scotchie is filled with quotes and stories that testify to Francis’s underappreciated brilliance and wit. Sam’s memory lives on!
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Israel’s Right to Exist Does Not Negate Palestinian Territorial Claims
Chronicles Editor-in-Chief Paul Gottfried responds to a critic who misrepresents and distorts his position on the Jewish state and what ought to be America’s posture toward it.
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The Murdoch Media’s New York Mayoral Coverage Is All About Israel
Rather than viewing the New York mayoral race as a battle between leftist factions, Fox News and the New York Post have jumped into the fray on behalf of the pro-Israel left.
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A Model Neocon
While the broader conservative movement at least pretends to hear the people’s call for an end to forever wars, National Review’s Noah Rothman remains a stalwart defender of the neocon orthodoxy.