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Back to the Future
Peter Thiel reviews Ross Douthat’s The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success.
The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization
In a book that may be a bit more of a quick read than Gibbon’s classic, Bryan Ward-Perkins examines the dramatic, dark, and violent end of a civilization. Recommended by Board of Advisors Member Ryan Girdusky.
Everything is Broken
In the summer of 2014, I gave birth to a baby boy. He was born with a perfect Apgar score, after a very easy delivery.
Daniel McCarthy: National Conservatism in the Early American Republic
Daniel McCarthy’s remarks during the “American National Conservatism” panel at the 2019 National Conservatism Conference in Washington, DC – July 15, 2019.
Greece vs Rome, with Boris Johnson and Mary Beard
On November 19th Intelligence Squared hosted the ultimate clash of civilizations: Greece vs Rome. It was also the ultimate clash of intellectual titans. Boris Johnson, Mayor of London and ardent classicist, made the case for Greece; while Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge and redoubtable media star, championed Rome. (Intelligence Squared)
Roger Scruton: Beauty in a World of Ugliness
Roger Scruton with D.C. Schindler and John F. Crosby on “Beauty in a World of Ugliness.”
Why You Hate Contemporary Architecture
And if you don’t, why you should…
Male Loneliness In Suburbia
A powerful testimony sent to writer Rod Dreher about manhood, suburbia, the breakdown of the family, and loneliness in our modern age.
The Timeless Way of Building
In this mesmerizing and accessible book, Christopher Alexander describes a theory on building towns, cities, homes, and ultimately our lives around nature, human connection, and beauty.
Designing a New Old Home: Part 1
Simon Sarris writes about what it takes to build something beautiful from nothing, offering great reminder to prioritize beauty and simplicity in life.
No Happy Harmony: Career and Motherhood Will Always Tragically Conflict
At least once a semester, a young female student will come to my office with questions about an assignment, and after we have finished our
The 1619 Project Exposed: A Special Edition of the American Mind Podcast
The team behind The American Mind podcast does a deep-dive into The New York Times’ 1619 Project, revealing the threats it poses to our children and our nation.
Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students
In what Camille Paglia called “the first shot in the culture wars,” Allan Bloom’s 1987 book offers a searing take against the movement toward “moral relativism” in academia.
Elite Failure Has Brought Americans to the Edge of an Existential Crisis
The nuclear family, God, and national pride are a holy trinity of the American identity. What would happen if a generation gave up on all three?
The Economic Foundations of Industrial Policy
Industrial policy is back on the national agenda. From Marco Rubio on the right to Elizabeth Warren on the left, a bipartisan consensus is emerging that America’s deindustrialization has passed the point where governmental passivity is appropriate.
America Can’t Even Produce the Things It Invented
The United States can bring manufacturing back — which will bring back good jobs and protect national interests.
American Investment in the 21st Century
Senator Rubio’s report on American investment warns of the dangers of underinvestment due to financial engineering through stock buybacks and other mechanisms. His report argues that financialization is hindering American innovation.
Moving the Chains: American Compass Policy Symposium
American Compass brings together 10 experts in a detailed policy symposium that examines strategies that may bring jobs back to American shores.
Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
Arthur Herman’s case study on how American titans of industry worked in tandem with government to win World War II reveals the extent to which industrial policy can strengthen a nation in crisis.
A Science Based Case for Ending the Porn Epidemic
We know what porn does to the brain, because the medical science is solid. Because social science is much softer, we can’t know for certain what causal impacts porn has on society, if any. But once we realize that we have to be much more humble in this area, we can still make prudential judgments.
The Once and Future Worker
In this book, Oren Cass proposes a series of conservative proposals to restore the importance of dignified work to our understanding of economics. Cass has expanded on many of these ideas with the founding of his think tank, American Compass, in 2020.
Profits Without Prosperity
Though corporate profits are high, and the stock market is booming, most Americans are not sharing in the economic recovery.
Arguing Against Liberals On Open Borders
In this American Affairs article, Angela Nagle provides a fresh perspective on the immigration debate—from the left.
Peter Navarro: Death By China: How America Lost Its Manufacturing Base
Peter Navarro’s 2016 documentary helps explain the US-China relationship through the lens of trade policy—from PNTR with China to foreshadowing Trump’s election.
Other People’s Money: The Financialisation of the Economy – John Kay
John Kay argues that the financial sector has grown too large, detached itself from ordinary business and everyday life, and has become an industry that mostly trades with itself, talks to itself, and judges itself by its own standards. (School of Business)
“60 Minutes” examines H-1B visas outsourcing American jobs
In this shocking exposé, the plight of American workers left behind by a policy that puts cheap imported labor first is uncovered.
Towards A Pro-Worker, Pro-Family Conservatism
These remarks were delivered at The American Conservative’s annual gala in Washington, D.C. on May 9.
China and Civic Piety
Micah Meadowcraft makes the case that the best way to take on China is by starting right here at home—rebuilding industry and helping working-class Americans first.
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
A former foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe and The New York Times, Stephen Kinzer provides a vivid and important history of American regime-change wars, offering a “warning as the United States seeks to define its role in the modern world.”
Julius Krein: A Strategy for National Development
Julius Krein’s remarks during the “What is Economic Nationalism?” panel at the 2019 National Conservatism Conference on July 16, 2019.
John Quincy Adams’ 1821 Independence Day Address
Then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams used this speech to lay out his vision for American foreign policy. In a famous passage, he states that “[America] goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.” His argument in this speech was that the United States should not interfere in the affairs of the European great powers, but rather focus on her own neighborhood.
A New Conservatism Must Emerge
A new Right is needed, one that understands itself as rooted in the noble cause of the American Revolution—unabashed and zealous in its determination to restore political liberty and politics.
Toward the Next Frontier
Offering a different perspective, Peter Juul and Ruy Teixeira make an interesting case for a new “liberal nationalism.”
Citizenship, Immigration, and the Nation-State
A reply to the hysterical arguments made by progressive liberals and others.
The Case for Offshore Balancing
In this piece, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt argue that the United States should return to a more restrained grand strategy—offshore balancing.
