Pursuit of Happiness
We explore how citizens, neighbors, workers, families, and communities shape the future of American society.

Welcome to the Manosphere
What counter-programming might resonate, reaching young men with the message that unhealthy conspiracism and cartoonish machismo need not be a part of a healthy striver mentality?

Celebrating Passover in Communist Exile
When we children found out the name of our feast, we had already crossed the big sea, eaten lots of bread dipped in sour milk, and the bitter herbs were beginning to taste quite sweet.

The Dignity of Relational Beings
Advancements in technology may lead us to discount the personal effort required to show up for others.

Adams’ Duplicitous Cabinet
A reader who doesn’t share Chervinsky’s complacent certitudes might find everything to reject in her assertions.

The Mores of Machines
As AI agents begin to form societies of their own, the Frenchman who came to understand ours may yet again have the last word.
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The False Equivalence of Multicultural Day
Norman Podhoretz: American Patriot, Faithful Jew, and Indomitable Defender of Civilization
America’s Roundabout Revolution
The AI Future: Between Certain Doom and Endless Prosperity
Politics and the Possibility of the Humanities