By Emile Doak, The American Conservative Conservatism is alive and well. David Brooks is a scorned lover. This refers not to the circumstances surrounding his divorce from his wife of twenty-seven years, finalized in 2014 while he was writing The Road to Character. No, Brooks has instead been […]
By David Brooks The Atlantic The rich philosophical tradition I fell in love with has been reduced to Fox News and voter suppression. I fell in love with conservatism in my 20s. As a politics and crime reporter in Chicago, I often found myself around public-housing projects like […]
By Kaitlyn Tiffany The Atlantic A poster in the window of Cahoots Corner Cafe—great potatoes, good coffee—advertised a family event at the Oakdale, California, rodeo grounds. There would be food trucks, carnival games, live music, a raffle, and the opportunity to support the cause of “freeing child sex […]
By Matt Taibbi A furious controversy in the richest county in America was about race, all right, but not in the way national media presented it. Part one of a series. Part One: “The Inconvenient Minority.” November 2, 2021, Election night, town of Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia. Thanks […]
By Rick Henderson The Week Democracy can’t survive if we change the rules every time our side loses. There’s a new variant of partisan suspicion in America: The other side refuses to play by the rules and must be stopped at any cost or our country as we know it […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky react to a speech given by Marco Rubio on reorienting the country’s economy away from reliance on China.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to the alleged one billion dollar investment in Trump Social.
This is exactly what I predicted would happen when the George Floyd riots/protests were going on last year. It seemed to me at the time that the totalitarian humanist sector of the ruling class was trying to weaponize the protestors, rioters, and general “Left” against Trump, with the […]
By Robert Barnes Washington Post The Supreme Court on Friday left in place a Texas law that bans most abortions after six weeks, but it provided a path for abortion providers to challenge what is the nation’s most restrictive law on the procedure. The court’s splintered decision allows […]
By Andrew Sullivan Weekly Dish We need a racial politics for 2119, not 1619. Latinos will lead the way. Of all the acronyms, euphemisms and sophisms pioneered by critical theory, one of the most revealing is the term “black and brown people.” You hear it all the time […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll reveals Americans are evenly split on how the Supreme Court should treat Roe v. Wade.
This is incomplete but it’s a decent overview of the present alignments of ruling class faction. Open Secrets The most partisan industries are determined by calculating the amount of money given to Democratic or Republican candidates and party committees compared to all the money given, including money going […]
By Anthony Cuthbertson Independent Sarco pod has faced opposition from opponents of euthanasia, in part due to the method used. A coffin-shaped capsule that allows occupants to kill themselves has passed legal review in Switzerland, according to its creators. The Sarco machine can be operated from the inside […]
By Bradley J. Birzer The Imaginative Conservative In the 1920s, a youngish Christopher Dawson belonged to the Chelsea group, also known as the Order Men, a literary and philosophical society—comprised of young poets, authors, and impatient men of letters—dedicated to the rather strident promotion of Christian humanism, especially […]
What seems to be happening is that as traditional minority groups are integrating into the mainstream society and becoming more upwardly mobile (on a big picture level, not that every individual minority person is becoming more upwardly mobile), many of their individual members are becoming more conservative in […]
Team Rising reacts to the controversy surrounding Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Christmas cards.
Emily Jashinsky breaks down a new survey revealing the extent to which political polarization had affected how Americans conduct relationships.
Krystal and Saagar expose the role CNN host Don Lemon played in assisting actor Jussie Smollett during the fallout after he staged a hate crime against himself for fame and money
By Samuel Goldman The Week “Remain in Mexico” is back. Despite efforts by the Biden administration to end the policy, formally known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), a federal judge in Texas ruled proper steps have not been taken to shut it down. As of Monday, some migrants who […]
Jeffrey Epstein seems to have made his money as a “pimp to the elite” while masquerading as a “financier.” Maxwell was obviously his connection to the Israelis, apparently through her father. High-ranking Israeli officials were among his clients. It looks like that part of his operation was making […]
By Ben Feuerherd and Tamar Lapin New York Post Ghislaine Maxwell was once photographed rubbing Jeffrey Epstein’s feet on what appears to be his private jet — with her breasts spilling out of her skimpy top, according to new evidence released by federal prosecutors Wednesday. The raunchy photos […]
By Ben Feuerherd and Tamar Lapin New York One of Ghislaine Maxwell’s accusers claimed she once saw a photo of the British socialite “nude and pregnant” inside of Jeffrey Epstein’s Florida mansion. The woman, who testified using only her first name, Carolyn, was asked by defense attorneys at […]
Send Fuentes back to kindergarten. He needs to start over.
In a TV interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, actor Alec Baldwin said he never pulled the trigger of the gun that killed Rust’s director of photography and wounded the director. Here is visual proof that what he said could not possibly be true. He had to have his […]
By Daniel Engber The Atlantic Like it or not, the Omicron variant is already here, and it’s spreading fast. Just how bad will this get? Omicron’s explosive growth is a warning sign. We’re not back to where we were in early 2020, Sarah Zhang writes, but early data […]
Dr. Xavier Bonilla discusses how the term “LatinX” reveals Democrats’ bigger problem connecting with working-class voters.
Here we go. Another step toward Civil War Two. By ADAM BEAM, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With more than two dozen states poised to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court gives them the OK next year, California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll reveals almost half of all voters believe pandemic restrictions should increase in their area if Covid-19 hospitalizations tick up.
Deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, Batya Ungar-Sargon, details why she believes so much of the country is willing to accept COVID-19 misinformation,
Krystal and Saagar break down everything you need to know about the vaccine mandate being imposed in NYC by outgoing Mayor Bill De Blasio in response to Omicron
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss Jussie Smollett’s testimony.
Krystal and Saagar review the comprehensive polling data showing that hispanic voters are turned off by the term ‘latinx’ that has been introduced by activists to Democratic party politics
By Mira Fox, Forward No one looks to porn for its great morals and upstanding behavior; even ethically-made porn, which ensures respect, safety and good pay for everyone on set, can depict BDSM scenes that (consensually!) hurt or humiliate the participants, which many people find troubling. Mainstream porn […]
By Damon Linker, The Week America’s abortion precedents are a mess. They’re also as good as we’ll get. Even in our politically polarized time, abortion stands out as an issue uniquely defined by extremes. On one side, anti-abortion activists want the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade […]
By Brigid Kennedy The Week An ex-Washington, D.C. National Guard official has accused two senior Army leaders of both lying to Congress and secretly attempting to “rewrite the history of the military’s response to the Capitol riot” in a report he believes worthy of “the best Stalinist or […]
By Damon Linker The Week Hearing former President Donald Trump insist in a new interview Wednesday that the “real” insurrection took place not on Jan. 6, 2021, but on Election Day 2020 — much like watching Republican officeholders trash-talking their colleagues to earn constituent applause and social-media attention — I’m […]
Kim Iversen details the backlash over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ plan to establish a Florida state guard.
Ryan Grim, Robby Soave, and deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, Batya Ungar-Sargon, react to CNN’s firing of Chris Cuomo.
Krystal and Saagar cover the firing of Chris Cuomo from CNN after even more accusations about sexual misconduct and covering up his brother’s behavior came to light
Krystal and Saagar provide an update on the chances Roe v. Wade gets overturned now that the Supreme Court is deliberating on a challenge to the decision from Mississippi
Robby Soave details the charges Jussie Smollett is facing following an attack prosecutors say the actor orchestrated.
Krystal and Saagar cover a surprisingly good take from Daily Show host Trevor Noah who was then roasted by his liberal audience for slightly deviating from the mainstream narrative
On Wednesday, hundreds of activists on both sides of the abortion issue converged at the Supreme Court to protest as the court began hearing the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Reality Winner was arrested in 2017 for leaking classified information about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Scott Pelley speaks with Winner in her first television interview since being released earlier this year.
The hosts answer your questions about Dr. Fauci, natural immunity, and the 2nd Amendment.
Krystal talks with co-host Kyle Kulinski about MSNBC host Joy Reid’s identity based political views on Krystal, Kyle and Friends
Krystal and Saagar tell the story of a top Canadian government official who faked indigenous identity to jumpstart her career in a similar fashion to Sen. Elizabeth Warren
A look back at some of this week’s best Rising moments.
The 2021 Holberg Debate: “Identity Politics and Culture Wars” Starts at 3:00. Does identity politics as it is currently manifesting itself offer a suitable avenue towards social justice, or has it become a recipe for cultural antagonism, political polarization, and new forms of injustice? Panel: Judith Butler, Cornel […]
By ASHRAF KHALIL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Supreme Court court weighs the future of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, a resurgent anti-abortion movement is looking to press its advantage in state-by-state battles while abortion-rights supporters prepare to play defense. Both sides seem to […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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