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Unprecedented
Michael Anton evaluates America's unique and unprecedented position in history, ...
Welcome to the Age of Entropy
"The direction of history here and now, and for the foreseeable future, is neith...
The Origins of Western Civilization
The first part in a free eight-part series hosted by Victor Davis Hanson, The Od...
The Foundationalist Manifesto: The Politics of Future Past
Charles Haywood at The Worthy House offers a way out of liberalism, presenting a...
The Managerial Revolution: What Is Happening in the World
Written during the opening phase of World War II, James Burnham proposed the the...
Daniel McCarthy: National Conservatism in the Early American Republic
Daniel McCarthy's remarks during the "American National Conservatism" panel at t...
By Dan McCarthy
Manhood and the Fall of Civilization
Does this story from the fall of the Roman republic hold wisdom for America in h...
Dive Deeper
Why Civilization Is Older Than We Thought
"With both agriculture and monumental construction much older than what was thou...
By Samo Burja
Ernst Jünger: Our Prophet of Anarchy
“Jünger lived his concept of the “anarch”, the internal exile who conform...
The Straussian In A Suit Would Like You To Wake Up (feat. Michael Anton)
In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Michael Anton, author of "T...
Why Everything Has Been Terrible Since 1971 (feat. Zak Slayback)
In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Zak Slayback, a career and ...
Undoing The Miseducation of a Nation (feat. Larry Arnn)
In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Dr. Larry P. Arnn, Presiden...
Constitution 101 Lecture Series
"Learn the meaning of the Constitution and the principles of American government...
Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster
"With two recessions and a botched pandemic under their belt, the Boomers are th...
On Conservatism
The Promise and Peril of the Political Common Good
Ryan T. Anderson on the importance of liberty and rights in the name of the comm...
HAMMER: Why the Right Needs a More ‘Muscular’ and ‘Masculine’ Conservatism
"A conservatism that 'knows what time it is' is one that robustly asserts and fi...
By Josh Hammer
Rachel Bovard: What The New Right Must Do Next Time It Earns Power
This speech was delivered by Rachel Bovard at the 2021 National Conservatism Con...
The Masters of The Universe (feat. Attorney General Jeff Sessions)
In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Jeff Sessions, form...
Can Conservatism Be More Than a Grudge?
"Republicans in power would seldom even consider a major infrastructure program ...
By Julius Krein
American Nationalists
Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Party provides a blueprint for conservatives tod...
What’s Next? The Republicans
A new fusionism is forming that evaluates social, economic, and foreign policies...
Art and Aesthetics
Why Architecture Is Political
"Architecture is not just the expression of our positive political values, but a...
Talking with Roger Kimball About Beaty, Aesthetics, & National Vitality
What does a civilization's idea of beauty say about it's health? When did the pr...
Unmaking The Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art reopened to the public in late August. Those of u...
By James Panero
The Story of Art
E. H. Gombrich's seminal work, The Story of Art, is a survey of Western art from...
By EH Gombrich
From Bauhaus to Our House
After critiquing—and infuriating—the art world with The Painted Word, award-...
By Tom Wolfe
The Painted Word
Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word is a fantastic and quick critique of modern art. Pu...
By Tom Wolfe
A Few Classics
The Old Man and the Sea
One of Hemingway’s greatest works, the old man and the sea is a parable about ...
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution is one of the founding texts of Anglo-Am...
By Edmund Burke
The Prince
In this short tract, Machiavelli offers guidance to the Medicis on how they coul...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is perhaps the most famous piece of American litera...
By Mark Twain
John Quincy Adams’ 1821 Independence Day Address
Then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams used this speech to lay out his vision...
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