When James Daunt became the CEO of the national bookseller Barnes & Noble in 2019, he came with a clear vision:…

The University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics has a new poll out, and the numbers are pretty shocking — but…

The Turning Point: 1851 — A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World By Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (Knopf, 368 pages,…

The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives’ War on Fun By Noah Rothman (Broadside Books, 320 pages,…

The last column in this space seemed to hit a nerve with friends and foes alike, which is to say…

What does progressive conservatism mean? Labels can confuse more than they clarify, and sometimes they lie. People asked how Obamacare…

The State of Black America: Progress, Pitfalls, and the Promise of the Republic Edited by W. B. Allen (Encounter Books,…

What drives and motivates America’s most dangerous adversary, Chinese President Xi Jinping? As war clouds gather over the western Pacific,…

Boy, this has been one heck of a week. For news and politics, certainly. But it’s more than that for…

“For I ask all men whether they would prefer to have joy in truth or in falsehood. They hesitate no…