By Nov 03,2011

Go Forth and Prosper

  In Search of Civilization: Remaking a Tarnished Idea John Armstrong Graywolf Press, 2011, 208 pp., $24.00   By Peter Lopatin   As the subtitle of John Armstrong’s latest book...

By Sep 14,2011

Men at Arms

As the “mancession” continues to displace the traditional male breadwinner and prolong young mens’ extended adolescence, the state of American manliness is much in debate. A clash between two titans...

By Feb 18,2009

Bailout Blues

With last week’s passage of a $787 billion stimulus package, for which the words “largest ever” don’t even seem to do justice, the defenders of the free market have gone...

By Aug 12,2008

The Wonks of Sam’s Club

(This article originally appeared in the Summer 2008 issue of Doublethink.) Conservatives in 2008 are stuck in a monumental funk. Worries about conservatism’s lack of fresh ideas are nothing new,...

By Jun 05,2008

In Defense of “Studies”

Conservative students today — in college as well as high school — find themselves in much the same situation as elementary school kids whose parents take their children’s side whenever...

By May 27,2008

Rethinking the Right

There has been much celebratory talk of the end of American conservatism, and not all of it is unjustified. When the last 01.20.09 Euro decal has been peeled from the back of the...