President Trump never promised to eliminate the $36 trillion national debt that took us decades to accumulate. So what gives?
How Democrats Can Stop Alienating Young Men: Some Unsolicited Advice
When it comes to courting young male voters, policy matters more than syntax.
A Counterintuitive Source of Rising Anti-Semitism
When Jews support left-wing movements and causes, they should not be surprised by the resulting anti-Semitism.
Florida Delivers a Stunning Defeat to DEI
Santa Ono, the DEI fanatic and former president of the University of Michigan, was rejected by Florida’s Board of Governors in his bid to become University of Florida’s new president.
Five Years Since the Death of George Floyd: The Damage Continues, Part 1
There is no evidence that Floyd’s death had anything to do with race, but that fact doesn’t stop the narrative from being promulgated.
Shutting the Door on a Biden-Era Immigration Cheat Code
Trump has ended the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) parole program with the blessing of the Supreme Court and the free rides resulting from Biden’s deception end now.
‘Bring Me Water’: An Appreciation of the Editor’s Art
As AI and a general lack of curiosity takes hold in our culture, we’d do well to remember that the editor’s art is to draw art out of his writers.
The Democrats’ War on Small-Town Values and Property Values
Democrats are taking aim at small-town living, calling it “segregated” and “snobby” and attempting to regulate it out of existence.
Why ‘Tit for Tat’ Lawfare Is Necessary
Public trust in the judiciary is collapsing. To restore it, conservatives need to stop restraining themselves in the face of leftist lawfare.
Fur Babies Are Replacing Actual Babies
Is America’s growing deep affection for pets correlated to increased abortions and birth rate declines?
Amid Courtroom Spectacles, Senate Should Confirm Emil Bove
Bove’s nomination should be embraced by conservatives and endorsed by Republican senators.
DEI: The Democrats’ Concrete Shoes
Young men of all racial and economic backgrounds know they’re the losers in DEI and are not interested in voting for it anymore.
Yes, President Trump’s Tariffs Are Legal
Congress long ago delegated to the executive branch much of its power to regulate foreign trade, and it is a good thing it did.
Futurism, AI, and the Destructive Power of Speed
With an indifference to all things that came before, AI Futurists seek to level and sever all connections with the past.
The Pope of the Singularity
Pope Leo XIV has signaled his intention to focus his social teaching on what is an emerging opportunity, and threat, to humanity: the development of artificial intelligence (AI).
Zionism Should Not Be a Conservative Sine Qua Non
The Zionist litmus test that the conservative establishment imposes on its members is improper and harmful. It's time the right end its Israel obsession.
What Trump Means for Europe
Donald Trump has prevailed by drawing his sword and confronting the mainstream media, the woke universities, and the the entire ideological edifice of the 20th century. European rightists should cheer him.
Rethinking Absolute Judicial Independence
Trump’s fight with the courts exposes a defect in our Constitution: a lack of judicial accountability. It's time we hold these Solons in black robes accountable.
Remembering Joseph de Maistre
Joseph de Maistre was a hardened realist, a counterrevolutionary, a Catholic, a defender of papal power, but most importantly, an illiberal theorist worth remembering.
What We Are Reading: June-July 2025
Short reviews of 'The Evolution of Human Sexuality' by Donald Symons, and 'Fool or Physician' by Anthony Daniels.
More Hysteria from Douglas Murray
'On Democracies and Death Cults' serves up neoconservative hysterics that are typical of its author. In Douglas Murray's narrow thinking, you either stand with Israel and democratic values or you belong to a death cult.
From the Finland Station
Sean McMeekin's 'To Overthrow the World' deftly traces the entire history of communism as both idea and governing policy—a feat not seen since Edmund Wilson's 'To the Finland Station.'
War Is With Us Forever
Richard Overy argues in 'Why War?' that war is an inevitable effect of causes deeply embedded within human nature.
Books in Brief: June-July 2025
Short reviews of 'Last Call for Bud Light: The Fall and Future of America’s Favorite Beer' by Anson Frericks, and 'The Cultured Thug Handbook: A Guide to Radical Right-Wing Thought' by Mike Maxwell.
War Is Hell, but ‘Warfare’ Tells It Like It Is
'Warfare' shows the brutal, on-the-ground reality of the Iraq War, which its author experienced firsthand.
The Second Indochina War Revisited
Its time to cut through all of the confusion and misinformation clouding the so-called Vietnam War.
Dispossessing America, Again
The outsourcing of American science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is happening on U.S. soil thanks to the tech CEOs and their allies.
Soldier and Scribe of the Old West
James Warner Bellah was a wild risk-taking airman in both World Wars who went on to shape Hollywood's Golden Era with iconic Westerns.
The Mark Carney Paradox
Mark Carney fights with nothing but vague words and emoting but, somehow, he gets the best of Trump. This is a strange paradox.
Turbulent Times
Localized backlash over immigrant misconduct in Britain may be the prelude to nationwide turbulence—even civil war.
Patent Law Is All That Stands Between Us and Techno Babylon
Tech titans seek the abolition of intellectual property laws in order to turn all human creativity into bricks in the foundation of their competing Babelian towers.
I Was Victimized by a Trans Woman!
I once lost to a he / she / it while at the peak of my tennis prowess!
Poland at the Crossroads Between America and Brussels
Polish voters face a strategic and civilizational decision about their country’s future.
American History and the Lecturer’s Art
Walter McDougall’s Gems of American History is that rare academic work teaching that history is not a puzzle to be solved or a grievance to be aired, but a trial to be endured.
Robert Novak and the Problem of Contemporary Conservative Media
In a landscape of hot takes, memes, and secondary reactions to legacy media reporting, it pays to recall the real conservative journalism of a figure like Robert Novak.
Musk’s Worthy DOGE Spotlight and the Fiscal Path Forward
Republicans and Democrats are going to have to come together and put our 1960s-era entitlement programs—above all, Medicare and Social Security—on a long-term path to sustainability.
Saving the Court from Itself
Checking the current “corps of sappers & miners” as Thomas Jefferson once called the judiciary, may be the only way to save the Constitution and America.
Is Florida Still Where Woke Goes to Die?
New University of Florida presidential pick could sink Ron DeSantis’s legacy and political future.
The Extreme Tolerance for Black Racism
Democratic Party leaders seldom comment, let alone push back against, the ugly and racist rhetoric of black politicians and activists.
The Latest ‘Mission Impossible’ Is a Movie That Missed the Vibe Shift
The poorly conceived product of liberal creators painting populism as the enemy of the future is, in fact, a sad outburst from a time that is already gone.
Greed, Vice, Deception, and Memory
A new novel exposes the emptiness of postmodernism’s tropes by allowing them to play out in the city that embodies them best: Las Vegas.
Trump Strikes a Nerve With White Genocide Talk
To the left-wing media, South Africa is not repressing its white population (but it would be good if it did).
Keeping the Pressure on Woke Retailers Like Target
As left-wing activists try to counter recent conservative victories on DEI, Christians and conservatives need to keep fighting.
Journalism, Feminism, and the Low-Sex Sorority
Journalists of yesterday and today both miss the mark when it comes to understanding the truth of what brings women joy.
The Joker Is Wild: Some Thoughts on Trumpian Humor
Trump’s humor, made funnier by the fact that so many of his opponents don’t seem to get it, is lifting the mood of the country after four dour years.
Bruce Springsteen May Be a Woke Loser, But His Art Is MAGA
It is fascinating to see how the musician’s political opinions diverge so greatly from the art that made him rich and famous.
Michael Ledeen, RIP
Even though I vociferously opposed his neoconservative foreign policy projects, Michael Ledeen and I became friends later in life. I came to appreciate him as a gentleman, scholar, and patriot of the first order.
‘Globalize the Intifada’ and the Evils of Left-Wing Political Violence
We must stop treating open calls for murder or genocide as morally acceptable “speech.”
Supreme Court’s Alien Enemies Act Ruling Puts Americans at Risk
The Supreme Court’s injunction puts process over people and criminals over citizens.
Tattoo Who?
The rising popularity of body art is an attempt to express individuality that usually collapses into shallow conformity.