“Ironically, people who see themselves as victims often feel entitled to mistreat others.” [Link below.]

Ed Banfield, in The Unheavenly City, talked about a middle-class ethos, self-improvement, & an upper-middle class ethos, self-fulfillment. These are the two halves of J.S.Mill Progressivism. We're in a more dangerous situation than Thiel suggests here. fusionaier.org/post/edward-ba…

“Our respect for traditions whose origins and rationale we do not know is based on the insight that the experimentation of many generations may embody more experience than any one man possesses.” — Friedrich Hayek

Michael Lucchese, associate editor of Law & Liberty, joined our latest podcast to discuss Russell Kirk's view of the American Revolution: nationalaffairs.com/blog/detail/me…

Yesterday marked the release of "Religion and the American Revolution," the third work in American Enterprise Institute's "America at 250" series! Michael W. McConnell opens this volume with a study of how the religious character of the colonies paved the way for independence (1/6)

"nonreligious and irreligious Americans are the most politically involved groups..Progressive politics, in particular,seems to increasingly serve as a means through which highly educated, relatively affluent whites find purpose..in the absence of religion" press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Happy Independence Day! Celebrate by reading Phillip Muñoz on the Declaration of Independence and the three interrelated revolutions set in motion by the founders: nationalaffairs.com/publications/d…

Happy Independence Day to my friends across the pond. And for the record, it’s written “red, white, and blue.”

Wow… more than 85% of Virginian kids living with a mom and dad at home will earn mostly A’s and B’s, regardless of their race. Grades drop drastically in father-absent homes. Fathers are so important! Brad Wilcox

A great editing strategy? Training yourself to spot words or phrases that consistently signal clutter. By checking for these red flags, you’ll often find quick improvements for your draft. Here are some of the most common 🚩 to cut from your legal writing:

A couple of excellent essays features this week in our newsletter "Insight from the Archives." First is the late Peter Augustine Lawler and Richard Reinsch on what Orestes Brownson can teach us about the nature of freedom and the human person. nationalaffairs.com/publications/d…

An excellent episode on making your writing easier to read: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gra…

"people with a 'proclivity to be offended'...very likely to be narcissists, because their offense-taking is driven by an overweening sense of entitlement and an unwillingness to overlook any sleight; they may even feign being offended to gain advantage." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

this is objectively the best pen. practical, smooth, elegant, a feat of engineering.

If your lawyer makes mistakes like this, report them to the bar.

"It is, after all, a phenomenon in need of several layers of explanation. Why would ambitious politicians undermine their own power?" -Yuval Levin understandingcongress.org/2025/08/15/con…

Was a pleasure to be on Jonah Goldberg's podcast Jonah Goldberg to discuss my National Affairs essay "The American Revolutions of 1776" thedispatch.com/podcast/remnan…

The gender wage gap is mostly about married men doing one helluva job earning more than everyone else.