Conservative Christianity has become increasingly identified with American nationalism, but it wasn’t always this way. What changed?
Nature was supposed to trump the politics of gender. Here’s why it didn’t.
Upper classes who once prized Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring now esteem no art higher than rap and Miami Vice.
Can immersion in great literature prevent American decline into a brutal empire populated by shallow, servile citizens?
Rod Dreher, bestselling author of “The Benedict Option,” is back with an even more radical analysis of our culture. Is it prescient or alarmist?
Marxist ideology may drive a lot of identity politics, but a denial of human purpose is at its heart.
Playhouses are closed but the show must go on—and some Zoom performances are powerfully affecting experiences.
Martin Buber’s unique vision of a cultural Zionism and an I-Thou Judaism was sparked by the man who declaimed “God is dead.”
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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