Category: Culture Wars/Current Controversies

The problem America cannot fix

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 Isabel Fattal Senior editor A 2022 Supreme Court ruling changed the boundaries of America’s fight over guns. The latest mass-shooting tragedies raise the question: Where does gun reform go next? First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic: Clarence Thomas’s billionaire friend is […]

Marx Was Not Woke

By Paul Gottfried Wokeism arises out of the failure of liberalism, not out of the theory of Marxism. Yoram Hazony provides what is perhaps the best exposition of how the woke left represents an “updated” form of traditional Marxism. His argument, which is ably presented in his book […]

Legal abortions dropped by 32,000 after Roe was overturned

Theara Coleman Legal abortions dropped by 32,000 after Roe was overturned Harold Maass Why Republicans are worried about Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Theara Coleman The debate over Clarence Thomas’ luxury vacations David Faris Succession‘s shocking twist Joel Mathis Will Biden’s big EV push work? Brendan Morrow Ariana Grande addresses concerns about her weight Theara Coleman America’s […]

Abortion opponents’ next push

Monday, April 10, 2023 Isabel Fattal Senior editor On Friday evening, a federal judge in Texas ruled to block access to the abortion drug mifepristone; this afternoon, the Justice Department appealed the decision. This case is about more than abortion pills: It also signals a potential new strategy […]

Debate: It’s Time for a National Divorce

Are political breakups really as American as apple pie? Angela McArdle and Zach Weissmueller | From the May 2023 issue (Illustration: enjoynz/iStock) A National Divorce Is an Opportunity for Peaceful Coexistence Affirmative: Angela McArdle Joanna Andreasson The largest, most obvious divorce-worthy incidents in this country were the COVID-19 […]

A Few Clarifications

Matt Taibbi 46 min ago I’ve been caught up in a feud between companies, and some things have been said. Just to clarify: I’ve never been a Substack employee. I have my own company, but I’m employed by subscribers. I have some loyalty to Substack, a company that’s […]

Will Trump end up in prison?

Krystal Kyle & Friends 19 hr ago Let’s get into it: Where is Donald Trump’s criminal case going? As of early this week, he’s been indicted on allegations of falsification of business records, setting a record as the first president charged with a crime. Now that he’s been […]

Michael Lind On Populism And Elites

He’s one of a kind in his intellectual idiosyncrasies and consistency. 4 hr ago (We’ll be back next Friday with the usual Weekly Dish, alongside another Dishcast and window contest, after this Easter weekend.) Michael, an old friend and acquaintance, is a writer and academic. He’s taught at […]

The Craziest Friday Ever

On staying at Substack, and leaving Twitter, I guess Matt Taibbi 3 hr ago Earlier this afternoon, I learned Substack links were being blocked on Twitter. Since being able to share my articles is a primary reason I use Twitter, I was alarmed and asked what was going […]

The Rich Are Eating Themselves

By Joel Kotkin Beware of plutocrats bearing gifts. The annual clown show at Davos epitomises how today, the global elites have embraced an unholy trinity of ‘progressive’ doctrines: climate-change apocalypticism, a belief in systemic racism and racial ‘equity’, and radical gender ideology. The super-rich hope that by genuflecting […]

Race and State

By Joel Kotkin The upcoming ruling by the US Supreme Court on racial preferences is certain to ignite yet another divisive debate about whether or not a person’s ethnic heritage should determine their treatment by the state and major institutions. After steady progress towards “race-blind” governance, the notion […]

The Great Awokening as a Global Phenomenon

The striking synchronicity with which Great Awokening terminology increased in news media worldwide David Rozado 12 hr ago I have documented previously a post-2010 sharp increase of words used to denounce prejudice (i.e. racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, etc) in US and UK news media content. Some have […]

Exiting the Vampire Castle

We need to learn, or re-learn, how to build comradeship and solidarity instead of doing capital’s work for it by condemning and abusing each other. This doesn’t mean, of course, that we must always agree – on the contrary, we must create conditions where disagreement can take place […]

Why is Trump attacking his Manhattan judge?

Rafi Schwartz Why is Trump attacking his Manhattan judge? Devika Rao The worsening state of the United States’ maternal healthcare Peter Weber Is the expected Manhattan case against Trump really so ‘novel’? Joel Mathis Asa Hutchinson’s challenge to Trump for the GOP nomination Brendan Morrow Most viewers didn’t finish Amazon’s Lord of the […]

Live from Trump’s arraignment

Caleb Maupin is a widely acclaimed speaker, writer, journalist, and political analyst. He has traveled extensively in the Middle East and in Latin America. He was involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement from its early planning stages, and has been involved many struggles for social justice. He […]