1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (217+ words) The conflagrations in France provide an occasion for deciding what is actually valuable. I was prey to strange thoughts and emotions. My library, for example, is in effect an autobiography that only I can read. There is evidence in it…...

19+ hour, 47+ min ago   (604+ words) Teetotaling youngsters may find they are missing out on an important part of life. Older adults, according to new data from the UK, are 50 percent more likely than those under 40 to be regular drinkers. Alcohol consumption in the USA, meanwhile,…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (856+ words) The New York Times and other elite institutions are protective of their own myths about the past. One of the greatest things President Donald Trump has done for the country is to begin the long project of stripping our national…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (258+ words) In a 2011 Labor Day column, our co-founder Pat Buchanan described the transformation of the American social contract in the postwar period. “What happened to this idea that made America a self-sufficient republic, producing almost all it consumed, a nation that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1024+ words) The current Republican president got elected repudiating the last one. Now, he’s melding Bush-Cheney with his own legacy. There are a number of things one could observe about the Trump-endorsed Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) winning her primary last week as…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1620+ words) It is easier to describe problems than to solve them. The post Burnham’s Parliamentary Debut: Successful Diagnosis, Unclear Prescriptions appeared first on The American Conservative. Burnham’s Parliamentary Debut: Successful Diagnosis, Unclear Prescriptions It is easier to describe problems than to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (38+ words) See what TAC staff have been up to this week. The post TAC Media Appearances: 8/24–8/31 appeared first on The American Conservative. TAC Media Appearances: 8/24–8/31 Donate to The American Conservative Today...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (227+ words) A record number of American parents are finding that the most affordable “good school” is in their own home. “What I have absolutely f—ing had it with is watching some of the stupidest people I went to school with…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (783+ words) The Kingfish is a worthy model for right-wing populists. At a steel plant in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio last week, J.D. Vance invoked the memory of a “great Southern populist.” “His name was Huey Long,” the vice president said, “and…...