Reagan’s Fight for American Renewal, Revisited By Joseph Loconte 6:30 AM The Gipper’s first inaugural address revived the concept of American exceptionalism, while stressing national unity.
The Ridiculous Attacks on the 1776 Report By David Harsanyi 5:12 PM Anyone or anything that refuses to depict the American founding as anything but a wholly racist enterprise will be cast as a tool of white supremacy.
A Republic, Not a Democracy By Thomas Koenig January 16, 2021 The Capitol riot was a wake-up call: We must stop forsaking the virtues of republicanism and demand sound judgment from our elected representatives.
America’s Supposedly Socialist History By Stephen Eide January 15, 2021 A new book makes the dubious case that American history has been a long fight against the free market.
Thirty-Two Years Later, Reagan Was More Right than Anyone Knew By Dan McLaughlin January 12, 2021 Today, his warnings ring louder than ever...
NR PLUS A Portrait of Washington’s Greatness—and His Limitations By Michael Knox Beran January 7, 2021 A review of First and Always: A New Portrait of George Washington, by Peter R. Henriques.
Pardons, Rivers, Etc. By Jay Nordlinger January 4, 2021 On Ford's pardon of Nixon; the Rubicon and the Jordan; and more.
On Liberty By Jay Nordlinger December 22, 2020 Richard Brookhiser and the American idea, i.e., liberty.
The Great American Divorce? By Jay Nordlinger December 21, 2020 On David French’s new book, Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.
NR PLUS How the Internet Has Revolutionized Research in the Humanities By Bryan A. Garner December 17, 2020 The big new research boon in the humanities is Google Books, which allows whole-text searching of all the holdings of the greatest libraries in the world.