The Dysphoria of Modern Life Is Its Obvious Weakness
The irony of postmodernism, a critical metaphysics which dwells on irony for sustenance, is that there is no there there.
First Principles
On Guns, the Right Will Win Because It Has the Courage of Its Convictions
The Right’s take on the Second Amendment should be contrasted with the usual positions of conservatives, particularly on issues implicating sexual morality, immigration, and race relations.
Time for a New Declaration of Independence?
Will we continue to endure this long train of abuses? It seems likely.
Banning Abortion Is the Only Reasonable Moral Choice
Even supposing that an unborn child is not a person right now, it almost certainly will be one soon. That future must weigh in the moral balance.
A Unifying Pro-Life Flag
The pro-life flag is exactly what the movement needs to showcase Americans’ support for the pro-life position as the abortion debate rages on.
Trans People and the Politics of Propriety
The Left is weaponizing propriety to dissolve resistance to their demolition of the existing order.
How the Dobbs Leak Undermines Justice
Regardless of anyone’s particular feelings on the merits of the Dobbs draft, its premature release is a grave threat to our republic and must never happen again.
The Truth of the Heart
The extremism of the abortion ideologues is archaic and barbaric.
Friends, Enemies, and Prudent Alliances
If your principles are standing in the way of pursuing justice and engaging in effective political action, Aristotle would suggest you are probably doing something wrong
What the Left Hates Most
It should be obvious to all of us by now, if we want to “save democracy,” we need more free speech to uncover the truth, not less.
The Age of the Absurd
In terms of the absurdities our cultural elites believe, and have convinced masses of people to believe, there has never been a time like today.
Civic Education Requires Liberal Education
Do we really need Jefferson and Witherspoon to help us understand our world today? Yes, because what we know and what we believe shape our individual lives and our civic lives.
Why Are Women Unhappy?
Happier homes might make us happier people.
The Never-Ending Lent
When families are estranged, Lent never ends.
Self-Protection and the Problem of Fetishizing ‘Techniques’
Mastery begins not with a tool, but with the self.
The Functionalist Manifesto: Know Thyself at the Species Level
Teamwork, friendship, and loyalty are functional requirements of being a man.
The Remorseless Tide of Reality
Ideology, unlike philosophy, seeks to remake human nature.
The Dystopian Future Where Women—and Men—Just Don’t Want Children
Perhaps it’s time women and men gave the good, old-fashioned nuclear family unit a try.
Judge Jackson’s Brown Out and Justice Thomas’ Transfiguration
The difference between the two judges is the difference between nihilism and natural law.
Clausewitz, Russia, and Ukraine
The Russians may have learned again what history teaches: that those who plan to win a short war often end up losing a long one.