Dumbing Fascism Down, Then And Now Stalin publicly misused the term so often, in fact, that Princeton history professor Stephen Kotkin has suggested he lacked a fundamental understanding of the word’s meaning. Bradford H.B. 22 May 2020 · 8 min read
Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization—A Review Gregg finishes the book by concluding that the success of Western civilisation rests on the “four theses” of creation, freedom, justice, and faith. Adam Wakeling 30 Apr 2020 · 13 min read
The War of Return—A Review The War of Return is an important book and, unquestionably, a welcome corrective to the plethora of myths, lies, and misconceptions that litter the discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Benjamin Kerstein 28 Apr 2020 · 19 min read
Lessons in Death and Life from the Diaries of Samuel Pepys In Pepys’s time a scarlet cross on the door denoted an infected household and sentinels stood guard outside to keep people inside. Colin Fleming 17 Apr 2020 · 8 min read
Seven Reflections on Isolation Social isolation can be so stressful that it “disrupts brain development (in younger members of social species) and leads to mental health problems later in life.” Marc Frazier 9 Apr 2020 · 11 min read
Social Distancing During the Black Death The Black Death wiped out half the population of Europe in the space of four years. James Hankins 28 Mar 2020 · 5 min read
Sorry, New York Times, But America Began in 1776 There is no reason—no reason at all—that middle-class American Blacks or Appalachian whites cannot be expected to perform at the same level as recent immigrants from the Philippines. Wilfred Reilly 17 Feb 2020 · 10 min read
Putin at the World Holocaust Forum The indecency of this spectacle was compounded by the fact that Putin was allowed to posture as the savior of Kremlin hostage Naama Issachar, whom he pardoned after his trip. Cathy Young 15 Feb 2020 · 8 min read
Holbrooke and the 68ers Our Man tells a tidier story than The Unwinding because it focusses on one man, and the analogy between Holbrooke and the country he served holds up remarkably well throughout the book. Matt Johnson 11 Feb 2020 · 28 min read
Bravery and Betrayal: The Peculiar Case of Ágnes Heller Heller’s overarching message, the consistently identifiable thread woven through her oeuvre, seems to have been this: find a cause and seize it. Jelena Vuckovic 7 Feb 2020 · 11 min read
Confucius Got It Right: Giving in to ‘Bias’ Is Part of Living an Ethical Life No one wants to be “victim” of someone else’s biases, but almost everyone is comforted by the idea that one’s brother, mother, or uncle is heavily biased in their favor. Stephen T. Asma 1 Feb 2020 · 6 min read
Build Your Own Intellectual Oasis Live your own life, worry about your own problems, and let others worry about theirs. Bill Frezza 4 Jan 2020 · 7 min read
'White Christmas' and the Triumphs of the Greatest Generation Michael Curtiz’s 1954 classic White Christmas is so popular that it generates new think-pieces every time the holiday season rolls around. Last year, the New York Times republished its own original review of the film, in which the late Bosley Crowther panned the movie. Other pieces in other places Kevin Mims 20 Dec 2019 · 11 min read
Yukio Mishima: Japan’s Cultural Martyr Mishima’s reputation has grown in the new century and today there is more serious interest in his work than ever before. Andrew Rankin 11 Dec 2019 · 11 min read
The Case Against Galileo: A Book Excerpt The sheer number of complaints, and the seriousness of some of the charges, were such that the pope might have been forced to take some action even under normal circumstances. Maurice A. Finocchiaro 21 Nov 2019 · 7 min read
