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Who We Are
Americans didn’t always think of themselves as conservatives. ... “Conservative” was a label for the backward and authoritarian, the most hidebound elements of Old Europe (read more).
Is Barack Obama a Republican Realist?
His foreign policy recalls George H.W. Bush—and his domestic policy could be Ike’s or Nixon’s.
Better Jeffersonians Than Jefferson
A new book explores the tradition of John Taylor of Caroline, Grover Cleveland, and William Faulkner.
Engagement Inflation
Marriage proposals are getting bigger and flashier.
The Value Of Cultural Relativism
Recognizing the value of other cultures isn’t the same as conceding Western Civilization’s inferiority.
What Does Atheism Do For Atheists?
Disbelief in God is a metaphysical stance with no obvious ethical entailments.
Hampton Roads and ‘Lincoln’s’ Secrets and Lies
Does the new Spielberg film tell a more morally problematic story than necessary?
Hagel’s Critics are Out of the Mainstream
The American people are tired of the foreign policy of Bill Kristol and Lindsey Graham.
How to Fix the GOP’s Foreign-Policy Problem
Republicans will lose wars and elections alike until they stop treating world affairs as an arena for ideology.
How Bigelow Brought Back Bush
Seven steps to mainstreaming torture
Yesterday’s Spain, Today’s America
How the conquistadors’ empire undermined stability at home
Nixon at 100
The Old Man put the GOP on the path to becoming the party of the New Majority.
Hagel in History’s Cockpit
The former senator’s nomination points the country in a better direction.
What America Can Learn from Kutusov
From education to decentralization, the Russian who beat Napoleon teaches victory by retreat.
Neoconservatives: An Endangered Species
The problem with this unimaginative “vision stuff”
Foreign Policy and the American Mind
Democracy veers toward hubris and absolutism.
TAC CLASSICS
Hagel’s Dilemma
The senator is vague about his political future but clear in his opposition to the Iraq War.
Rod Dreher
Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been?
Rod Dreher
The Mall Killers
Rod Dreher
Cleverness And The Common Good
Rod Dreher
Pot? Meh.