What Men Are For

When I was thirteen, my father lost his job. He was hardly alone: this was…

Andrew Tate and the West’s lost boys

In August 2022, English teacher Kirsty Pole took to Twitter to warn other teachers about…

Lies and honest mistakes

The other day, I told a friend that Knoxville is the capital of Tennessee. Five…

100 years on, politics is where the U.S. lags most on gender equality

A century on from women winning the right to vote in the U.S., our nation…

The Respect Deficit

At the end of 2017, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority launched a new ad…

Trickle-Down Norms

American society is fragmenting. Social solidarity is withering, as evidenced by the fading influence of…

In Defense Of Immigrants

At the very heart of the American idea is the notion that, unlike in other…

Mill’s Mind

Benjamin Franklin exhorted his fellows to “either write something worth reading or do something worth…

College and the End of Upward Mobility

America sees itself as a meritocracy. No other nation has turned upward mobility into a…

Saving Horatio Alger

On a warm spring evening in Washington, D.C., a fleet of limousines and town cars…

The New Politics of Character

In August 2011, there was panic on the streets of London. Riots broke out in…

How to Save Marriage in America

What’s happening to American matrimony? In 1960, more than 70 percent of all adults were…