National Review- Quillette
- American Carnage April 18, 2024Alex Garland’s spectacular new film ‘Civil War’ is a warning of what can happen to democracies when civil society collapses.Allan Stratton
- From Banana Slugs to Human Beings, There Are Just Two Sexes April 17, 2024An examination of 18 supposedly ‘trans animals’ disproves activist claims that we all live on a non-binary gender ‘spectrum.’Emma Hilton
- Jean-Luc Godard in Retrospect Part II: Fanaticism and Failure (1966–2022) April 16, 2024After half a decade of critical adulation, Godard’s career slumped into doctrinaire Maoism, bitterness, incomprehensibility, and irrelevance. It never recovered.Charlotte Allen
- American Carnage April 18, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- A Book, Found April 18, 2024A reader writes about finding their first copy of The Master and Margarita.
- An old KGB tale, &c. April 18, 2024On disinformation; Iran and murder; a suggestion for San Francisco; our photogenic Southwest; and more.
- Groves We Have Known April 16, 2024Reader mail on tradition and modernity; ‘God Bless the U.S.A.’; and more.
- A Book, Found April 18, 2024
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Magical Thinking
Republicans complain that Democrats are hypocrites. Democrats reply that Republicans are hypocrites. They are, of course, both correct in a generic sense. All politicians routinely say things they know or suspect to be false, especially if they think it affords … Continue reading
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The Enduring Fantasy of the Moderate Democrat
Congress is poised to pass President Biden’s spectacularly misnamed $1.9 trillion Covid Relief and Recovery Act. The bill will pass on a strict party line vote. And there is nothing moderate about it. Not only does the bill contain relatively … Continue reading