What’s Left of Heidegger
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is, without question, the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. While existentialism and phenomenology as philosophical movements existed prior to Heidegger, his 1927 Being…
The Age of Avengers
Martin Scorsese’s now repeated dismissals of the Avengers movie series have provoked a variety of reactions—some of them very strong. The core of Scorsese’s critique is that…
Remembering the Other Greeks
For much of Western history, “Ancient Greece” has been associated with three cultural phenomena (at the least within popular consciousness). The first is the world of “Greek…
Fritz: A New Life of Friedrich von Hayek
On March 12, 2007, Texas representative Ron Paul announced his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. Although Paul’s attempt then, and in 2012, was unsuccessful,…
Seven Wonders: Mystery, Nostalgia, and God
“Everyone knows of the renowned Seven Wonders of the World, but few have set eyes on them.” — Philo of Byzantium The recently released Indiana Jones…
Oppenheimer’s Nihilism: Where Is Christopher Nolan?
In March of 2001, Memento was released in US theaters. The film, initially having a difficult time securing a distributor, became a financial and critical success. Memento…
Suburban Reactionary: An Interview with Peachy Keenan
Peachy Keenan is the author of Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture Wars (Regnery, 2023). She is a regular contributor to The American Mind.…
The Return of the King: Arthurian Legends and History
“It is all true, or it ought to be; and more and better besides.” Much of the recent revival in humanist education (both K-12 as well…
Liberalism after Liberalism
In 1998, Robert Greene released his now famous The 48 Laws of Power. The book became extremely popular, eventually selling over 1.2 million copies and having a…
The Good Old Days of the Good Old Boys
Throughout the America of the twenty-first century there is a strong sense that the media is biased and purely spreading propaganda in support of one of the…
The Wisdom of the Ancients
“The west does not die when nations do.” In his classic 1991 tome Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, Marxist philosopher Frederic Jameson presents…
Napoleon, Notre Amour
Americans have long had a love-hate relationship with Napoleon Bonaparte. Thomas Jefferson famously praised Napoleon for giving Louisiana to the United States, while condemning the Corsican general-turned-emperor…
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices: A Review of “Time of the Magicians” by Wolfram Eilenberger
“I am therefore of the opinion that the problems have in essentials been finally solved. And if I am not mistaken in this, then the value of…
Can Liberal Education Be Saved?
Jeremy S. Adams. Hollowed Out: A Warning about America’s Next Generation. Washington, DC: Regnery, 2021. The 1989 classic coming-of-age film Dead Poets Society follows a simple…
Once More Into the Breach: A Review of Matt Walsh’s “Church of Cowards”
Matt Walsh. Church of Cowards. Washington, DC: Regnery, 2022; 2020. In May of 1994, a group of Christians signed an agreement titled “Evangelicals and Catholics Together.”…