Essays

Francis Fukuyama Understood Liberalism’s Flaws All Too Well

Policy & Palimpsests · Jan. 22, 2026

Can MAGA Unite with the Tech Right?

City Journal · Dec. 7, 2025

"The Civilized World Seems Tired of Its Civilization"

City Journal · Dec. 6, 2024

Do We Still Have the Right Stuff?

City Journal · Dec. 10, 2023

AI and the Nature of Literary Creativity

The Bulwark · Sept. 27, 2023

‘Orwellian’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

The Bulwark · Jul. 21, 2023

The Mystery of Richard Posner

Law & Liberty · Jan. 16, 2023

Social Credit: Could It Happen Here?

City Journal · Dec. 7, 2022

The Right’s Ironic Fixation on Roman Virtues

The Bulwark · Aug. 25, 2022

Two Dogmas of the Free Speech Panic

Techdirt · Jul. 21, 2022

West Virginia v. EPA: Sound and Fury, Signifying What?

WLF Legal Pulse · Jul. 5, 2022

Renunciation and Reenchantment

Front Porch Republic · June 10, 2022

Collectivism and Violence Are One

Front Porch Republic · July 28, 2021

World to End; Experts Hardest Hit

Forbes.com · May 28, 2020

(Still) Against Degrowth

Forbes.com · Apr. 30, 2020

Doubting the AI Mystics

Forbes.com · Dec. 4, 2019