Eating Harvard’s Lunch
Why is Harvard’s motto in Latin? On the current coat of arms, printed on three open books, is the inscription VE-RI-TAS: “Truth.” Through Harvard’s…
Trump, Trade, and the Founders
Prominent voices on the Left and within movement conservatism have argued that President Trump’s approach to foreign trade is strange, unorthodox—and even un-American. This…
Flipping Reddit
If Elon Musk didn’t have other priorities at the moment, he might want to consider adding Reddit to his free speech portfolio. Such a feat would…
“Paul Revere’s Ride” 250 Years Later
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the most popular poet in American history. As Dana Gioia writes, His work commanded a readership that is almost unimaginable…
Another Sleight of Hand?
By the sound of it, the University of Michigan’s seeming about-face on DEI has the potential to be a drastic change for the better—but…
The American Mind Podcast: The Roundtable Episode #263
The American Mind’s ‘Editorial Roundtable’ podcast is a weekly conversation with Ryan Williams, Spencer Klavan, and Mike Sabo devoted to uncovering the ideas and…
Trump’s Smithsonian Counter-Revolution
Every nation has a story. Recently, the Washington Post described the Smithsonian Institution, with its 21 museums and 14 educational and research centers, as…
Is DOGE Enough?
President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency is perhaps the most welcome wake-up call for the federal government—and its obscene spending habits—in decades. It is…
Fighting the Ideological Lie
This book aims to provide nothing less than a full-throated defense of moral and political sanity against the latest eruptions of ideological mendacity in…
Why Americans Oppose DEI
Public opinion has turned against DEI. It is tempting for DEI advocates to wish this reality away and call the DEI rollback part of…