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As a publication, we are fiercely committed to intellectual pluralism. What does that mean? And why do we think that’s a good thing?

Polarization has always been with us. What has kicked it into overdrive?

The right question: are drone strikes better or worse than the alternatives?

How support for the Confederacy persists (and why it shouldn’t)

It’s about faith

Critics of the Trumpist right must not excuse left-wing illiberalism and extremism

On the myth of faculty indoctrination

Fictional characters don’t exist. Why do we feel so deeply for them?

The alt-right as an ill-fated, and morally confused, attempt at re-enchantment

Some believe an unbridgeable divide exists between what is and what ought to be. This wasn’t always so.

How a superpower secures its future

Is increased immigration as worrisome as those on the political extremes would have you think?

Freedom, security, and American foreign policy: Grappling with paradox

What to make of online unbelief—now that its moment is over

Are we all in this together?

A series to remember. For the good of mankind.

Here’s why I did it

An investigation

Abdicating economic leadership in southeast Asia while increasing confrontation over the South China Sea is terrible strategy

Walt Whitman on industrialization and urbanization

A Review of Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life by Jordan Peterson

The Jacksonians are ascendant

Young America’s Foundation can promote serious conservatism or it can let grifters, shills, and bigots dominate it. What’ll it be?

With Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, the new president proves neither warmonger nor dove