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Liberal Tradition, Yes; Liberal Ideology, No
There are rumors of economic and political heresy at First Things. My reassessment of Michael Novak's Spirit of Democratic Capitalism earlier this year raised suspicions that I'm guiding the journal in an “anti-capitalist” direction.
Just read the part on liberalism. Very cogent—TK
How Trump walked into Putin's web
Moscow, summer 1991. Mikhail Gorbachev is in power. Official relations with the west have softened, but the KGB still assumes all western embassy workers are spooks. The KGB agents assigned to them are easy to spot. They have a method. Sometimes…
The Case Of Nietzsche Against Trump
This article is part of The Critique's January/February 2017 Issue “Stick It To The Man: A Year Of Anglo-American Populist Revolt Against A Changing Culture And An Obtuse Political Establishment.” Nietzsche and Trump? Is it not almost…
How Facebook Figures Out Everyone You've Ever Met
In real life, in the natural course of conversation, it is not uncommon to talk about a person you may know. You meet someone and say, “I'm from Sarasota,” and they say, “Oh, I have a grandparent in Sarasota,” and they…
When Does a Watershed Become a Sex Panic?
Idols are falling so fast that it's hard to keep track. The Times has produced a tally of twenty-one men who have lost jobs, deals, film roles, and more in the last five weeks as a result of sexual-assault or harassment accusations. Most of these…
Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. to Its Core
Jake Williams awoke last April in an Orlando, Fla., hotel where he was leading a training session. Checking Twitter, the cybersecurity expert was dismayed to discover that he had been thrust into the middle of one of the worst…
The Spiritual Tension of Local Loyalty and Global Responsibility
I've become increasingly convinced that one of the biggest challenges of our time, if not the biggest challenge of our time, is this: We live in a world that has grown ever smaller, both in terms of our internet-fueled scope of awareness and our…
The engagement began as notification more than proposal. Samuel J. Siatta was an inmate in the Shawnee Correctional Center, a state penitentiary in southern Illinois, serving a six-year sentence for a home invasion in which he had struck another…
Your Friends Who Own Homes Got Money From Their Parents
Millions of America's young people are really struggling financially. Around 30 percent are living with their parents, and many others are coping with stagnant wages, underemployment, and sky-high rent. And then there are those who are doing just…
Saving Roy Moore Isn't Worth It
I argued that conservatives should disassociate themselves from Roy Moore and denounce him weeks before credible allegations surfaced today that he preyed on teenage girls, one only 14 years old. So I'm pretty locked-in. I suppose it's good that…