fall 2019 Issue

Becoming White

by Peter Skerry

The much-maligned notion of assimilation—to the new “white majority” culture—will eventually be the order of the day.

fall 2019 Issue

Saving Persuasion

by Carnes Lord

America's rhetoric problem reflects a wider cultural malaise.

fall 2019 Issue

Twilight of the Gods

by Spencer Klavan

If we avoid mining his plays for punditry and sloganeering, the Bard may help us find answers to our own questions.

fall 2019 Issue

Practical Wisdom

by Steven F. Hayward

Trying to reconcile Burke’s apparent inconsistencies, let alone trying to harmonize him with Lincoln on a theoretical level, is a mistaken enterprise.

fall 2019 Issue

Reefer Madness

by John J. DiIulio, Jr.

Regarding marijuana’s legal status, America is now a house divided. Can this house divided stand much longer?

fall 2019 Issue

Breaking Bad

by Kyle Smith

Europe is about knowing your place. America, gloriously, is about creating any damn place you like—if you can get away with it.

fall 2019 Issue

The Future of the Work Ethic

by Nicholas Eberstadt

Getting America back to work is surely an important step on the road to prosperity for all. But that is only the beginning of the journey.

fall 2019 Issue

Based on a True Story

by Bradley C.S. Watson

The Constitution isn't just a story. It is a founding document that sets well-defined metes and bounds to our common life.

fall 2019 Issue

Lend Me Your Ears

by Robert R. Reilly

Robert Philip's new book will help you enjoy and understand Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Mahler, Mozart, and the other greats of the basic repertory.

fall 2019 Issue

Land of the Free

by Christopher Flannery

The story of America is precisely the heroic story of pioneers who bring the American ideal again and again to the West.

fall 2019 Issue

Eric the Red

by Daniel Johnson

To write history as cold-blooded as Hobsbawm did is to consign humanity to perdition.

fall 2019 Issue

Time Out of Joint

by David P. Goldman

Clark’s attempt to draw a parallel between the breakdown of the German state after World War I and the crackup of the 21st-century liberal order fails in both concept and narrative.