When The Going Gets Rough, ‘Ideas And Persuasion’ Are All We’ve Got To Take Down The Left
An internecine debate about conservative support for Trump raises important questions about the role of the pundit and the purpose of debating ideas.
Google’s Insane Campus Is What Happens When You Politicize Everything
Warring camps of employee activists at Google exemplify the dysfunction of our political climate and the rise of tribalism in American life.
The Problem With Social Media Isn’t The Media, It’s The Social
The Internet was supposed to supercharge the spread of information, but social media is actually crippling our ability to process new ideas.
Rich Lowry Gets Stampeded Onto The Trump Train
Rich Lowry just wrote off the NeverTrump movement as ‘deluded.’ Yes, the same Rich Lowry who compiled the ‘Against Trump’ issue of National Review.
Marco Rubio Finally Gets What Philosophers Are Good For
Marco Rubio finally gets it right. We do need philosophers, and the past few years demonstrate just how badly we need them.
Podcast: Amy Chua On Tribalism And How To Restore American Unity
Amy Chua, Yale Professor and “Tiger Mom,” joins Federalist Radio to discuss her new book on the tribal politics of America and how we can learn to hear the other side.
Conservative Political Wins Won’t Depend On Donald Trump
Future conservative victories will rest not upon allegiance to Donald Trump, but upon a continued willingness to engage in intellectual inquiry and political persuasion.
It’s Time To Call A Truce In The Outrage Wars, Or We All Lose
The Right is matching the Left outrage-mob for outrage-mob, with a Republican president leading the way. This is going nowhere good.
If Voting For Roy Moore Is The Lesser of Two Evils, It’s Still Evil
Before we ask our fellow tribesmen to help us elect the supposedly slightly less terrible candidate, we first should ask Christ to forgive us for our part in creating the filth.
If You Want To Drain The Swamp, Put Character First When Voting
You think it’s bad now? Wait ‘til you throw even a shred of a standard of decency out the window for the greater good of your tribe.
Why The War On Hypocrisy Won’t Resolve Anything
Merely pointing out inconsistency does nothing to address the problems our nation faces, except perhaps to diminish the hypocrite’s credibility.
The Left’s Sirens Are Already Hinting Our Culture Wars Will End In Another Civil War
The radicalization of the Democratic Party is transforming everything that happens in America into another battle in our unending culture war.
Why The Las Vegas Massacre Won’t Bring Together A Divided America
Many can’t ‘put politics aside’ in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre because we’re so divided that everything is political now, and that’s dangerous.
Donald Trump Isn’t Fighting A Culture War But A Cultural Revolution
Ross Douthat is mistaking the new American cultural revolution for a mere culture war about petty things like standing for the national anthem.
Charlottesville Was A Fight Between The Tribal Right And Tribal Left, Intended To Polarize America
The kind of political violence we saw in Charlottesville this weekend is designed to force Americans to sort themselves into warring camps over two sets of losers.
‘Beartown’ Asks What Makes A Community Great—And What Makes It Good
Reading ‘Beartown’ reminded me of the desire at the heart of most people, in and outside sporting communities: We want to win.
America’s New Racial Segregationists Are On The Left
For the Left to keep its investment in race alive, it must mortgage everyone to the notion that they’re not individuals, but members of a racial group, thus pitting everyone against each other.
What A Divided America Can Learn From Veterans About Loving Our Neighbors
It’s my humble opinion that New Yorkers, generally among our most highly educated, paradoxically understand among the least.
Why Both The Left And Right Are Political Hypocrites And What To Do About It
There can be no meaningful dialogue premised upon shared values if both sides only apply those values when it lets them score points.
How The American Academy Helped Create The Alt-Right
Academics have been slow to acknowledge how dependent the leaders of the alt-right are upon playbooks that they learned on university campuses.
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