IM-1776: The Edward Luttwak Tapes The paradox of American power I recently had the privilege of interviewing Edward Luttwak for IM-1776 (The Edward Luttwak Tapes). Edward Luttwak is an expert in international relations and military strategy, who first rose to prominence at the age of 26 with the publication of his first book, Coup d’
Dispatch: The Mug Shot Apotheosis of an Antihero “History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.” —Ian Fleming The Mug Shot Last Thursday Donald Trump was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on felony charges, marking his fourth indictment of the year. A former
The Invisible Revolution A review of America's Cultural Revolution, by Chris Rufo “The urgent task for the political Right is to correctly understand the contours of the current revolution and create a strategy for defeating it on real political grounds: revolution against revolution, institution against institution, negation against negation. This new counter-revolution will
In Memoriam V.H.C. Hearts and Spines. Sometimes I can't ignore it and my heart shrinks. This isn’t my country. It’s not the same. So many faces from childhood—resting in deserts and fields and under weeping trees. Long gone to that great beyond. What have I done with the pieces they
Dispatch: The Children's Crusade A self-hating generation comes of age “An ancient axiom of politics teaches that a spoiled people invite despotic control. Their failure to maintain internal discipline is followed by some rationalized organization in the service of a single powerful will. In this particular, at least, history, with all her volumes vast,
Dispatch: No More Apologies Pandemic amnesty and its discontents Emily Oster, an economist at Brown University, calls for a “pandemic amnesty” in a recent piece for the Atlantic. The first year of the pandemic was a time of “tremendous uncertainty,” Oster writes, and “treating pandemic choices as a scorecard on which some people racked
The Hungry Country Three Trials and Three Acquittals “…respect for the memories and deeds of our ancestors is security for the present and seed-corn for the future.” —Richard Taylor Lares and Penates Somehow through the centuries my family has managed to retain some of that “older religiousness” of the early American yeoman. We
Orderly Queues to Nowhere It’s a free country, ain’t it? “Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietam servitutem." Sometimes I just can't believe this is the same place I grew up. When I was a kid everybody recited that ancient American catechism: "It's a free country, ain’t it?" But I can't remember the