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Richard Nixon’s Permanent Counter-Revolution

Instead of giving a “heterodox middle finger to the establishment,” let your message be: “long live the counter-revolution.” 

Ryan Bangert
Politics
Aug 19, 2026

Jimmy Lai: Apostle for Freedom

Jimmy Lai represents the best of what Hong Kong was.

Jonathan Miltimore
Politics
Aug 14, 2026

The Uses and Abuses of the Pardon Power

The recent flood of pardon controversies shows no signs of abating.

Brian C. Kalt
Politics
Aug 13, 2026

The Fall of Fauci

The greater the scope of authority granted to a single individual, by circumstance or deliberate action, the more important scrutiny and accountability become.

Phillip W. Magness, Edward J. Lopez
Politics
Aug 12, 2026

Is Europe’s Mighty Story Over?

Articulating a synthesis of themis, techne, and a devotion to the best of our civilization is the foundational resource we have for defeating the cultural and political pessimism evident in our day.

William Anthony Hay
Politics
Aug 11, 2026

Can the State Save Us From AI?

The recommendations of Magnifica Humanitas would probably achieve the opposite of what was actually intended.

Martin Rhonheimer
Politics
Aug 10, 2026

How the Weimar Republic Fell

The years from 1919 to 1933 were among the most calamitous and historically decisive in European history.

Christopher Coome
Politics
Aug 7, 2026
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Isolation Is Not an Option

Michael Lucchese
Politics
Aug 4, 2026

Gen Z Must Not Take Liberty for Granted

Aidan Grogan
Politics
Aug 4, 2026

The French Connection?

James Patterson
Politics
Aug 3, 2026

A Deadly New York Parable

Richard Epstein
Politics
Jul 31, 2026

Rebuilding Venezuela

Politics
Jul 30, 2026

The Pope’s AI Politics

Graham McAleer
Politics
Jul 30, 2026
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Instead of giving a “heterodox middle finger to the establishment,” let your message be: “long live the counter-revolution.” 

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