Pursuit of Happiness

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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?

Tal Fortgang
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 3, 2026

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.

Juliana Geran Pilon
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 1, 2026

The Dignity of Relational Beings

Advancements in technology may lead us to discount the personal effort required to show up for others.

Ainsley Weber
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 31, 2026

Adams’ Duplicitous Cabinet

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

Myron Magnet
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 27, 2026

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.

Thomas Dias
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 19, 2026

Gratitude, Grit, and Miracles: The New Facts of Jewish Life in America

Jews have rarely lived among neighbors who regarded their lives as valuable as anyone else’s — who would risk their own lives rather than look the other way.

Tal Fortgang
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 17, 2026

Becoming All-American

Blue Moon takes place on the evening of March 31, 1943, the opening night of Oklahoma!

Titus Techera
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 6, 2026
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The Original Sin of U.S. Health Care

Avik Roy
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 4, 2026

The False Equivalence of Multicultural Day

Josh Blackman
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 26, 2026

Norman Podhoretz: American Patriot, Faithful Jew, and Indomitable Defender of Civilization

Daniel J. Mahoney
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 25, 2026

America’s Roundabout Revolution

Jonathan Miltimore
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 24, 2026

The AI Future: Between Certain Doom and Endless Prosperity

Kevin Frazier
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 17, 2026

Politics and the Possibility of the Humanities

Nathaniel Peters
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 13, 2026
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Civitas Outlook
A Year of Tariff-Induced Stagnation

Broad-based tariffs won’t “liberate” anyone; they’re simply another way for the government to impose self-inflicted economic wounds.

Civitas Outlook
Another Reason for Regime Change: Iran’s Flagrant Assault on the Rules of War

The rules of war are not complicated. Militaries may strike military targets. Militaries may not deliberately target civilians or threaten the commerce of neutral nations.

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