Despite Jeff Bezos's libertarian ideology, Amazon has used governmental privilege to grow to a massive scale, and has had a disastrous effect on American life, as Alec MacGillis shows in Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America.
Reid Hoffman and the Left’s Ongoing Operation to Control Public Opinion
The left-wing billionaire Reid Hoffman, who funded E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuits against the president, has his fingers and money in many operations designed to manipulate public opinion.
Henry Nowak and the Price of Institutional Cowardice
The brutal killing of a young university student in the UK demonstrates the radical absurdity of hate crimes legislation and the suicidal empathy that drives it.
Democrats Did Not Betray Jewish Voters; They Listened to Them
Jewish voters who pushed the Democratic Party further left and now feel betrayed by the party’s increasingly anti-Semitic rhetoric should own up to the role they played in this turn of events.
Tina Peters’ Escape from Devil’s Island
To understand the case of Colorado election official, Tina Peters, we would do well to recall the infamous 19th-century Dreyfus Affair case.
A Mass-Graves Myth Is Media Malpractice
When the narrative comes first, journalists will insist that the facts must follow. But what if they don’t?
The Civil Rights Regime Marches On
The Supreme Court’s ruling against racial redistricting is a dent in the larger civil rights regime, which survives to further harass and pester middle America.
How to Fill the Supreme Court with Justices Like Clarence Thomas
Courage should count when evaluating judicial nominees, especially during our present constitutional moment.
What Makes Clarence Thomas Great
Clarence Thomas has left a profound impression on the judiciary by remaining anchored in his originalist jurisprudence.
Remembering Bishop Fulton Sheen
Bishop Fulton Sheen understood that Catholicism and Americanism go together, that to be a good Catholic, one must be a patriot.
What We Are Reading: June 2026
Short reviews of 'Remembering Who We Are' by M. E. Bradford, and 'History Matters' by David McCullough.
Amy Coney Barrett and the Court of Disappointed Hopes
Justice Barrett's 'Listening to the Law' reads as though it were written by a well-intentioned jurist who fails to understand the monstrosity that the high court has become.
Middle America’s Jurist
In ‘Alito,’ Mollie Hemingway describes the formation and explains the thought of Middle America’s voice on the high court: Justice Samuel Alito.
Diversity Is Inequality
In 'Inevitable Differences,' John Staddon celebrates the kind of diversity that leftists cannot tolerate.
Books in Brief: June 2026
Short reviews of 'How the United States Would Fight China' by Franz-Stefan Gady, and 'Drop Dead' by Richard E. Farley.
From Russia With Boredom: The Wizard of the Kremlin Fizzles Out
Olivier Assayas's 'The Wizard of the Kremlin' is less 'Red Dawn' and more red yawn.
Paleoconservatism Rising
Paleoconservatism offers young right-wingers an intellectual framework that is both traditional and radical, conservative and subversive.
Shooting at Presidents
There’s nothing new about eccentrics trying to assassinate the President. Those who failed are almost completely forgotten.
Hopeful Eagle, Crouching Dragon
The U.S. must view China’s actions through a realist lens if the eagle hopes to tame the dragon and avert a costly war.
Mainstreaming Madness
Calls for “bipartisanship” from Conservatism Inc. manage only to elevate positions from the left that a healthier age would have recognized as madness.
Our Elite Illiterati
If only the Pulitzer Board would read the books they honor, such as Brian Goldstone's 'There Is No Place for Us,' they would know the common—most obvious—causes of homelessness.
Seeking Credentials from Pilate’s University
A century-long project of transforming institutions of American higher education into credentialing factories for the administrative state is about to be upended by artificial intelligence.
Conservatives: Know Your Burnham
James Burnham's theory of managerialism is a foundation that conservatives should build upon while also repairing any cracks in that foundation.
Historical ‘Truth,’ Philadelphia Style
A controversy between the Trump administration and activists in Philadelphia over how to understand America’s past is set to come to a head next week before a circuit court panel.
Time to Slay the Slop Machine
In the doom loop of our pop culture’s slop machine, we must rise up and reclaim our humanity by rooting ourselves in things that are real and lasting.
Tax-Raising Democrats Could Learn a Cautionary Tale from the UK
Punishing tax burdens on the ultra-rich usually end up punishing those who enact them more than their targets.
Voter Fraud in California Gets Some Baby Love
“Free” diapers pamper California’s imported electorate and other exciting tales of voter fraud.
Grocery Stories, Conservatives, and the Working Class
A new book on the labor practices of grocery stores diagnoses problems in America’s service sector but misses the mark in recommending solutions.
Pope Leo Needs Trump to Take on A.I.
Instead of going out of his way to offend the Church’s natural allies in the fight for sensible AI regulation, Pope Leo ought to learn to speak their language.
Thomas Massie Is Not the Same as Bill Cassidy
The downfall of Thomas Massie, though perhaps understandable, is not something for the right to celebrate in the same way as Bill Cassidy’s defeat.
Remembering Rev. James Robison
A lion of the Christian right and a good shepherd to the poor has passed, leaving behind a legacy of service to his country and to God.
Warsh Tasked To Make Fed Sterling Again
A sterling reputation is not bestowed by credential, office, or institutional memory but through rigorous testing according to objective standards.
Do Conservatives Want Robed Philosopher Kings?
Conventional thinking on the right today embraces the Warren Court’s radical shift toward judicial supremacy, forgetting the arguments advanced by conservatives of that era as well as by the founders.
The GOP Is Better Off Without Massie
Grandstanding but neutered populists like Massie, for whom politics is at best an entertaining game, cannot deliver because they do not understand what is needed in our time.
The False Ghosts of the Confederacy
The pull of the Old South in the New South is neither as strong as the left fears nor as ingrained as some old-timers wish.
Florida Must Remain Vigilant in Round Two of Its Battle Against Woke Academia
After successfully putting an end to the advancement of one woke academic as president of the University of Florida, the state is about to be saddled with another.
The Untold Story of Larry Bird
A new book about the basketball great gives readers an up-close look at an untold story and a now forgotten world of college sports.
If You Cheated to Become American, You Were Never American
Regular and consistent enforcement of denaturalization, a long-standing part of our immigration system, is long overdue.
Trump Is Correct About Shift in European Force Posture
It is long past time for the United States to shift the burden of European security to Europeans.
Democrats Face Midterm Disappointment
The Republican Party is in better shape for the midterms than many suppose.
Agents Double-O-PRC
A California mayor is discovered to be an agent of the People’s Republic of China. But voters there are justified in wondering how that distinguishes her from many other California
Mamdani’s ‘Warmth of Collectivism’ Is Burning New Yorkers
New York’s new mayor rides a wave of media-generated spin, but New Yorkers are noticing the facts on the ground point to a troubled and dangerous administration.
John Roberts, Birthright Citizenship, and Our Constitutional Straitjacket
The “originalism” of the sort promoted by Chief Justice John Roberts would make a straitjacket of the Constitution and deprive Americans of the ability to govern themselves.
Russia Diminished?
Those who view Russia’s apparent drawdown in its war with Ukraine as a sign of weakness and a signal that there is no longer any danger in provoking the bear betray their ignorance of history.
The Case for All-Girls’ Catholic Schools
A compelling new book about the virtues of all-girls’ Catholic schools gets much right but cannot resist the impulse to fly the feminist flag and ignore or dump on men.
It Is Time to End Qatar’s Role in American Higher Education
Qatar’s investments in American colleges and universities raise questions about the costs to education and freedom of speech such funding implies.
Orbán, Domestic Enemies, and the End of Postliberalism
Establishment conservatives delighting in the loss of Viktor Orbán in Hungary and, they imagine the “postliberals” with him, have forgotten the legacy of their own heroes.
Virginia Democrats Reveal a Radical Design
Democrats oppose the principles of republican government that limit their short-term majorities from exercising absolute power.
Ted Turner: Of Two Minds and Two Worlds
The American media mogul known as “The Mouth of South” has died, leaving behind a mixed legacy and a cautionary tale.
Finding ‘Placedness’ in the Dirt of Our Own Backyards
There is nothing like tending the earth in your own backyard to inspire one to plant roots and bloom.