Essays
Terror in Paris
Will the West Mobilize to Defend Itself?

The Paris attacks are another wake-up call for the West. We need to protect our borders, meet the enemy where he lives, and remind ourselves of the values we stand for.

Self-Reliance
Microaggression, Meet Ralph Waldo Emerson

As the Yale protesters don’t know, but the Sage of Concord did: there is weakness in numbers, and strength in standing for one’s principles all alone.

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Asia's Game of Thrones
The Twilight of Communist Party Rule in China

The Communist Party’s post-Tiananmen survival strategy is exhausted, and its new strategy is likely accelerating the party’s demise.

A Reply
Lincoln v. Obergefell

If you are seeking out conflict and polarization for the sake of doctrinal purity, Lincoln is not the champion for you.

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Veteran’s Day
After Johnny’s Marched Home

Military veterans and the shaping of American politics.

The Future of US Immigration
Will Asian Americans Kill the GOP?

America’s fastest-growing immigrant group votes left. Here’s why—and why that might change.

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the migrant crisis
Two Germanies, Or Maybe Three

German public opinion is veering away from the original spontaneous welcome to the masses of migrants. There are three sectors of the public: a minority still affirming the legendary “welcome culture”; another minority vocally hostile; and a large group in the middle not firmly committed either way.

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China's Climate Conundrums
How to Make a Mountain of Coal Disappear

China’s pollution books are either messy or cooked. Either option emphasizes the Potemkin nature of a supposedly binding global climate accord.

Leonard Brooks Pierson
Homo Americanus
A Cowboy Life in Poetry

Who would have thought that real cowboy versifying was still around as late as the 1950s?

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New World Disorder
East Asia 2015 Is Not Europe 1914

Why everyone’s favorite analogy for today’s unsettled times—the year 1914—doesn’t pass the smell test.

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