An incendiary video released by Democratic senators and members of Congress suggests that the party is mainstreaming treason as a political weapon.
Pope Leo and the Illiteracy of Modern Movies
When we consider what film once was and what it can be, we realize what we are losing as we lose literacy.
The Imperial Judiciary Strikes Back
Activist judges, who self-reverentially believe progressive technocrats and judges are democracy’s guardians, are exceeding their constitutional authority.
Immigration, Politicians, and the Sounds of Silence
When it comes to immigration, what a politician doesn’t say should be heard even more loudly than what he does say.
The Right Implodes in Purges and Counter-Purges
A populist right caught between the zombie “Reaganism” of disgruntled neoconservatives and an untethered branch of white identity politics struggles to fight the left as it deals with this inner turmoil.
Trump Already Has an Affordability Agenda: Reduce Immigration
The administration would do well to stop dismissing the cries of Americans about affordability and remind them that immigration enforcement is the surest path to making America more affordable again.
Trump Hasn’t Lost Hispanics (Yet)
MAGA is more compelling to Hispanics than the halfhearted compromises Republicans served up before Trump. But there is no room for tone-deafness.
The Neocon Wooing of Josh Shapiro
Understanding the motivations behind the sudden urge of neoconservatives to fluff Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.
Can White People Have a Sense of Identity?
The attempt to deny any sense of white identity is just as foolish as the hardline embrace of it as the central fact of life.
Are UK Voters More Based Than MAGA?
Although it may be too late, in the UK even left-wing voters are coming around to the idea that the globalist vision of multiculturalism is a fraud.
The Kids Might Be Alright
Actor Timothée Chalamet opened a virtual can of worms for praising parenthood and decrying his generation’s inclination to see it as a burden.
Good Dog! ‘Muzzle: City of Wolves’ Delivers
Director John Stalberg delivers an entertaining film audiences—and conservatives—will love, even though critics pan it.
Yes, Hollywood Has Been Feminized, And It’s Ruining Everything
How long will it take for Hollywood to realize what it takes to make money again?
Hey, New York: ‘I Told You So!’
Observations on the city’s recent election from the once-maligned baseball great who long ago had New York’s number.
Who’s Afraid of Christian Zionism?
Some thoughts on the various incarnations of ‘Christian Zionism’ and what we need to resolve the intra-familial quarrel now poisoning our politics.
The Heritage Foundation’s Struggle Session
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts has been ensnared in a campaign of ritual humiliation and denunciation with no end in sight.
When Zohran Met Barry
The Mamdani factor, like the Obama factor that preceded it, is a plan of managed decline that must be lived through to thoroughly despise it.
From Giuliani’s Golden Age to Mamdani’s Sanctuary Gangland
Extreme sanctuary policies will turn New York and other like-minded cities into shooting galleries.
Trump Can Do Better Than Tariff ‘Dividends’ and 50-Year Mortgages
Americans don’t want token stimulus and a half-century of debt slavery, but an end to the crushing burden of inflation and high energy prices.
The Off-Year Elections Say Little About GOP Prospects in 2026
There are plenty of reasons not to overreact to the “disaster” of the off-term elections.
You Can’t Purge Tucker
The establishment conservative movement will not be able to stifle Tucker Carlson in the same way that it did Sam Francis and others.
In Defense of the So-Called ‘Woke Right’
The right must not fear being labeled “woke” by those who are not using the term in good faith and whose conservative principles amount to capitulation to the left.
The Computing Arms Race of Cold War 2.0
As nations compete over access to advanced AI technology, they will need the cool-headed restraint that prevented the first Cold War from ending in tragedy.
Explaining Mamdani’s Appeal to the Young, With Polling
Establishment Republicans have no effective answer to the kind of populism promoted by Zohran Mamdani.
Answering Robert George on Conservative Principles
Dedication to abstract universals without a prudent application of concrete and changing realities is a recipe for civilizational suicide.
I Found It: Reflections on Male Friendship
Our attempts to get to the bottom of how modernity harms young men today seem to ignore the most obvious answer: It fails to promote genuine friendship.
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.
JD Vance’s Dilemma
If he wishes to be elected in 2028, Vance must find a way to unite the now-fractured coalition that elected Trump.
Trump’s Tariffs on Trial
Only the president can act toward the world with a singular vision when it comes to global contests.
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.
YouTuber Gets Dogpiled Over Cow Dung
Tyler Oliveira’s exposure of an Indian community’s poo-chucking festival ended up exposing more about the West’s insane indoctrination in cultural relativism.
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.
Our Imperial Judiciary
The federal courts have granted to themselves on their own authority overwhelming power over matters that before the middle of the 20th century were considered none of their business. They have turned virtually all political questions into legal ones.
Millennial Conservatism Is Over
Millennial conservatives adopted the left's moral framework in order to highlight leftist hypocrisy. The Zoomer right, by contrast, rejects this framework.
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.
Remembering Roger Scruton
Roger Scruton championed the idea that conservatism in the Anglosphere is based on the values and institutions embodied by the English "gentleman": fair play, honesty, and mutual trust.
What We Are Reading: November 2025
Revisiting older books, including 'Liberty the God That Failed,' by Christopher Ferrara, and 'My First Thirty Years' by Gertrude Beasley.
Some Are More Equal than Others
Economists of the left, such as Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel, push utopian egalitarianism based on the premise that inequality is a social ill, rather than a universal feature of human society.
The Nightmare of Californication
"Fool's Gold" shows how the quality of life in Newsom's California is rapidly declining due to lawlessness, crippling regulations, and corruption within government, corporations, and the courts.
The Political Roots of Science
Restoring Science and the Rule of Law by Michael Esfeld and Cristian Lopez Palgrave Macmillan 224 pp., $109.99 Modernity, we are told, was erected upon the twin pillars of empirical inquiry and individual sovereignty. The two now lay crushed beneath the weight of their own overgrown progeny: the scientistic priesthood and the goliath of welfare statism. In Restoring Science and...
Books in Brief: November 2025
Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit, by Henry A. Kissinger, Craig Mundie, and Eric Schmidt (Little, Brown and Company; 288 pp., $30.00). This is Henry Kissinger’s last book. But, since he died before it was finished, it is disproportionately influenced by the former Nixon Secretary of State’s co-authors, executives from Microsoft and Google. The two are ardent fans...
Downton Abbey Finally Wraps Up
This is the third and mercifully final feature film in Julian Fellowes’s long-running 'Downton Abbey' franchise, which kicked off a wave of costumed period dramas characterized by cloying sentimentality and woke inclusivity.
Labour Pains
For the first time in decades, the British right is on the move and the left is retreating in disarray.
Fit Audience Let Me Find
In the age of AI and digital distraction, we are rapidly losing the inclination, and even the ability, to read.
When Jews Did the Charleston
A new historical documentary series, 'This Happy Land,' reveals how Jewish immigrants were embraced in the early American South and adopted Southern culture—including support for the Confederate Army.
The Mysterious Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
What happened to America's most famous female aviator? Was she a spy for Roosevelt? Did she fake her own death and live out the rest of her life in obscurity? Or is she at the bottom of a Nikumaroro lagoon?
Digital IDs Are Coming Whether You Like It or Not, Thanks to Tony Blair
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement of mandatory digital IDs for all British subjects came as something like a bolt out of the blue. It was not in Labour’s election manifesto and the public was not consulted. An official petition against the digital ID plan amassed 2.9 million signatures. Yet the government did not accept any debate and responded curtly:...
Hesperophobia Hall
Created by FDR and Churchill, the only thing that unites the United Nations members today is their hatred of Western culture.