The Perils of Affective Polarization Our increasing desire to isolate ourselves from supporters of the opposite party can have dire consequences. Julian Adorney 10 Nov 2023 · 8 min read
Civility Isn’t Weakness—It’s How We Win A commitment to civility is first and foremost about not becoming what we oppose. Julian Adorney / Angel Eduardo 14 Jul 2023 · 3 min read
It Doesn’t Make It Alright The SCOTUS decision on affirmative action has ended a hypocritical and incoherent policy. Andrew Hammel 3 Jul 2023 · 15 min read
Chicago’s Criminal Irresponsibility Progressive thinking on urban violence is so unrealistic it is dystopian. Jukka Savolainen 29 Apr 2023 · 8 min read
Why Are Underage Central Americans in US Factories? Debt and migration spirals have turned asylum applications into a charade for exploitation. David Stoll 5 Apr 2023 · 7 min read
Dear Americans: Your Politics Don’t Have to Be This Toxic America’s narrowing two-party system is poisoning the greatest democracy in the world. Stephan Jensen 6 Jul 2022 · 18 min read
The Hard Left and Populist Right Agree on All the Wrong Things The ideas that unite the hard Left and the populist Right against the West itself are the same ones that make them both so excited about the culture wars. Stephan Jensen 13 May 2022 · 8 min read
The Tragedy of American Diplomacy: A Rebuttal Williams, W. A. (1962). The Tragedy of American Diplomacy. New York: Dell Pub. Co. When the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) pinned [https://www.dsausa.org/statements/on-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/] Putin’s recent invasion of Ukraine on NATO’s “imperialist expansionism,” many policymakers and journalists on both sides [https://www.nytimes.com/ Niranjan Shankar 6 May 2022 · 15 min read
Ukrainians Are Nobody’s Pawns Conservative anti-interventionists buy into an authoritarian narrative that ignores the clear choices made by the people of Ukraine. Robert Tracinski 19 Apr 2022 · 8 min read
To Fight Wokeness, the GOP Should Embrace Immigrant Voters The rise of ultra-progressive ideologies and the decline in patriotic sentiment are two broad cultural trends that worry American conservatives. Some may be tempted to imagine that these two phenomena are connected to immigration and the resulting ethnic and racial diversity—especially since opposition to immigration is common among conservatives Alex Nowrasteh 11 Feb 2022 · 7 min read
PODCAST 93: David Frum on His New Book, Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy Quillette 4 Jun 2020 ·
Unmaking Affirmative Action The color question has changed in America and this has implications for the logic of affirmative action. Stephen T. Asma 27 Jul 2018 · 11 min read