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what the right is reading
Jan. 21, 2020
A New Conservative Theory of Why America Is So Polarized Author Christopher Caldwell argues that since the 1960s the U.S. has functionally had two competing Constitutions – and that the straddle can’t last.
By Park MacDougald
what the right is reading
Sept. 17, 2019
Is Tucker Carlson the Most Important Pundit in America? The Fox News host stymied a military strike and helped defenestrate John Bolton. Bigger yet, he’s trying to remake right-wing politics in the U.S.
By Park MacDougald
conservatism
July 19, 2019
What the Hell Is ‘National Conservatism’ Anyway? A conference in Washington, D.C., this week tried to flesh out a new political philosophy for the American right. The results were, at best, mixed.
By Park MacDougald
what the right is reading
May 17, 2019
Why Trump Voters Are Giving the Right Qualms About Capitalism Tim Carney’s Alienated America suggests a market-skeptical worldview is gaining traction among conservatives.
By Park MacDougald
what the right is reading
Mar. 1, 2019
A Different Way to Think About White Identity Politics Right-wing populism is on the rise. A new book argues this dangerous political force can be tamed by finding healthy outlets for some of its impulses.
By Park MacDougald
what the right is reading
Dec. 12, 2018
Why Do Libertarians and the Left Have Such Similar Views on Immigration? Reihan Salam’s book Melting Pot or Civil War? seeks to answer this question — and offers a plan for a sustainable 21st-century immigration policy.
By Park MacDougald
what the right is reading
Sept. 21, 2018
Are You a Nationalist or an Imperialist? Political theorist Yoram Hazony argues in a new book that you if you’re not one, you’re the other.
By Park MacDougald
what the right is reading
Aug. 14, 2018
What You’re Really Arguing About When You Argue About Politics Are our motives and beliefs just convenient lies we tell ourselves? A new book by the controversial economist Robin Hanson argues they are.
By Park MacDougald
what the right is reading
June 1, 2018
The Idea-Free Book That Has the Right Excited About Ideas Jonah Goldberg’s Suicide of the West exemplifies why a particular style of Beltway conservatism is in such crisis today.
By Park MacDougald
cultural anxiety
Apr. 19, 2018
Can America’s Two Tribes Learn to Live Together? The chaos of the Trump era has made the country’s divisions stark and dangerous. Author Amy Chua tries to offer an explanation — and hope.
By Park MacDougald
what the right is reading
Feb. 27, 2018
Has the Operating System for the Western World Crashed? Liberalism has suffered a catastrophic failure, says political scientist Patrick Deneen. Though he’s not the first to make the claim.
By Park MacDougald
what the right is reading
Feb. 11, 2018
Why They Listen to Jordan Peterson The psychology professor’s emergence as an internet star shows there are plenty of people out there looking for a prophet.
By Park MacDougald