“This book undoubtedly represents an evolution in Rubin’s thinking, and contrary to those who accuse him of changing to suit others, changing one’s mind on philosophical beliefs is not automatically a disqualification.”
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The Pandemic and the Scientific Gnostics
“As Deneen says, Voegelin ‘argued that modern Gnosticism was an effort to ‘redivinize’ the political world—not now by bringing the gods in to the service of the city, but by making the city into a heaven on earth.'”
Neither Putin Nor Russia Are “Based”
“For a start, American conservatives are either unaware of or ignore that Russia has the highest abortion rate in the world and the third highest divorce rate.”
Children of Men: Are Birth Rates Declining Due to Anti-natalism or Economics?
“For the first time ever, more than half of women aged 30 in England and Wales are childless. This is not a normative condemnation but a descriptive statement.”
Ukraine: Reality Bites
“Now, we face a second reminder of reality. First plague, now war has come to Europe, the biggest since 1945.”
Right-Liberalism Won’t Cut It
“Given the potential for a more populist conservatism that appeals to those seeking to reweave America’s weakened bonds of social and economic mutual loyalty, the right-liberalism of Murray and others is exactly the opposite of what is needed and wanted.”
The Material Roots of Wokeness
“So, the fact that what is now called wokeness is a minority persuasion, believed by a small group of elite left-liberals and pursued through the instruments of the managerial state and corporate oligarchies, should not be surprising.”
From Libertarianism to National Conservatism
“National Conservatism, one strand of a broader emergent post-Cold War fusionist conservative movement, has the potential for both capturing youthful energy and enthusiasm while grounding and directing it with prudence and realism.”
Afghanistan and the West’s Failure
“Whether America likes it or not, the unipolar moment, Pax Americana, is over.”
Sohrab Ahmari and Michael Brendan Dougherty on Reclaiming Faith, Family, and Nation
“In an age of iconoclasm, Ahmari reiterates the indispensable need for the icon of tradition that points beyond itself to the everlasting, and Dougherty captures how the icon of national particularism can also point beyond itself to the universal.”
A Brit’s Friendly Advice to American Conservatives
“In order to win, the American Right needs to bury dead dogmas, get its head out of abstract Platonic idealism, and look reality in the face.”
James Burnham: Foreseeing Our Managerial Domination (Part II)
“Ultimately, in order to thwart the managerial system, the American conservative movement needs to co-opt the managerial system.”
James Burnham: Foreseeing Our Managerial Domination
“This depoliticization of the public realm extends to the selection of the managerial class itself. Elections matter not at all. The managers perpetuate themselves…”
Is Jordan Peterson Doomed by Liberalism Itself?
“The publication of Peterson’s latest book, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life is an opportunity to reflect on the impact this man has had on the cultural debate…”
Conservatives Are Getting Lost in “Ideas”
“Shapiro’s most recent book How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps presents the United States’ problems, which he sees as near-fatal if left unaddressed, as rooted in the world of ideas and political philosophy.”
