The legacy of a master historian is the subject of much debate among conservatives. But have they truly captured the essence of his work?
Why nationalism doesn’t mean Manifest Destiny or heartless realpolitik.
Born 200 years ago, Karl Marx’s patron and collaborator is a study in contradiction between socialist ideals and a life devoted to luxury.
Bureaucratic tyranny and judicial usurpation await us when we forget the basic symbols of our political life, as Willmoore Kendall and George Carey warned.
For America to realize its promise of social and economic mobility, it’s going to have to undo the aristocratic policies of the left, and do so without apology.
If the only escape from Leviathan is radical decentralization, will conservatives become Tory anarchists?
Edmund Burke struggled to reconfigure the Patriot inheritance. Can lessons be drawn for MAGA patriots?
Both writers identify the central problem of modernity, but only one offers hope.
Woke ideology, like Nazism and Communism, targets enemies for cancellation when its fantasy reality inevitably fails to materialize. Resistance is critical.
Tom Wolfe described the untamed character of America, and the inadequacy of the nation’s liberal elite, better than anyone—and we need his vision now more than ever.
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