Daniel McCarthy is the editor in chief of Modern Age.
Religious faith and a robust patriotism defeated tyranny and won the Cold War. They can defeat today’s illiberal elites and win the war for America’s soul.
Digital oligarchies that can sway elections, organize mobs, and deny citizens a platform are a threat to our republican form of government. It’s time to act.
Progressivism is outdated, argues Modern Age editor Daniel McCarthy. But like Soviet communism, its power is its tomb.
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Does American conservatism need a revised canon of its classic texts? If so, shouldn’t it at least be…conservative?
Can immersion in great literature prevent American decline into a brutal empire populated by shallow, servile citizens?
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If the only escape from Leviathan is radical decentralization, will conservatives become Tory anarchists?
Without a sense of place, localized politics becomes impossible, resulting in greater centralization, atomization, and hopelessness. Does democracy in America still stand a chance?
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What Thomas Hobbes tells us about the response to the coronavirus—and why the unafraid cannot be tolerated by right-thinking liberals.
America and the West need a new Berlin Wall moment, not to tear down a symbol of political oppression but to throw out the ideological baggage of an earlier time
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Michael Anton’s 2016 essay “The Flight 93 Election” and its sequel may have influenced a presidential election. Will his new book do the same?
Founded in 1957 by Russell Kirk and Henry Regnery, Modern Age is a journal of conservative thought and a magazine devoted to culture, history, philosophy, and the ideas behind the great currents of modern life. Follow us on X @ModAgeJournal
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