Media and Culture

Has the statist tide turned from where we were culturally and politically four years ago? Or is this just a temporary lull before the political culture takes another hard left turn?

Most Americans think of Abraham Lincoln in hagiographic terms, the man who “saved” the United States from destruction. A closer look gives us a different picture of “Honest Abe.” David Gordon reviews a book that very much questions the Lincoln mythology.

Much of the failure of American schools is due to the adherence to a flawed system of teaching students how to read. Homeschoolers often don‘t seem to have that problem, and there is a good reason why.

Biden‘s last-minute pardon of Anthony Fauci was not done to spare an "innocent" person from abuse by dishonest politicians. Biden likely did it to prevent an investigation into Fauci's actions and background, which could have proved damaging for the political establishment.

Wanjiru Njoya appears on The Tom Woods Show to discuss Hayek's critique of "social justice."

The author James Lindsay has gotten mileage by introducing the phrase “Woke Right” to describe certain ideological elements associated with the MAGA movement. The “woke” concepts coming from the left, however, are not the same, structurally speaking, as what conservatives are saying.

Marxism is seen by American and European intellectuals as being a sophisticated and legitimate set of theories that explains social problems in capitalist societies. Yet, the entire edifice of Marxism from “class conflict” to the Labor Theory of Value is nonsense.

Ryan and 'Crisis' magazine editor-in-chief Eric Sammons examine how many Christians pay too little attention to the true costs of war. Ryan and Eric also discuss the importance of Just War Theory. 

Progressives are openly cheering the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. However, it was progressive legislation that created this healthcare crisis in the first place.

Insurance companies canceled coverage on houses in neighborhoods that later burned. Government officials blame climate change, but the real problem lies with state and local governments.