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July 09, 2026

More Kings, Please?

If there is one thing Americans seem to agree on these days, it is discontent with the American democratic system. According to a recent Gallup survey, half of Americans agree with the statement that democracy is performing poorly. Continue Reading...
July 06, 2026

Have We Been Spiritual but Not Religious Forever?

Michael Horton’s Shaman & Sage: The Roots of “Spiritual but Not Religious” is not a quick read, which means that for the past few months, I’ve been carrying the book around and taking it out to read in spare moments: at coffee shops, sandlot baseball practices, the playground, etc., Continue Reading...
June 29, 2026

What Do Conservatives Believe?

I’m not sure where I first encountered conservatism as a political philosophy. Was it in the Baptist environment where I was raised to love God, be faithful to family, and honor the country? Continue Reading...
June 23, 2026

The Many Faces of Anti-Semitism

In July 2025, I visited Stanford University. Tacked up all over the campus were leaflets identifying Israel as a leading—possibly, the leading—cause of climate change. The notion that a country of 10 million people could be a principal agent bringing about a global rise in temperatures is, of course, ridiculous. Continue Reading...
June 04, 2026

Tolkien and Tech

Given J.R.R. Tolkien’s self-evident greatness (and the millions of copies his novels have sold), it is perhaps little surprise that HarperCollins—the house now responsible for publishing his works—continually unearths obscure texts to bring out in new editions. Continue Reading...
June 02, 2026

Murder Most Profound

Anthony Malcolm Daniels, who writes under the pen name Theodore Dalrymple, is the most irritating kind of cultural critic; he stubbornly refuses to accommodate himself to the ever-shifting categorical boundaries of the times. Continue Reading...
May 19, 2026

Our Glorious Founding Document

Bad history books litter the shelves of classrooms, bookstores, and libraries everywhere. Beyond mere factual inaccuracies, bad works of history also pretend to neutrality, prefer a Marxist materialism to messy human motivations, and misalign the significance of events. Continue Reading...