Courtesy | Unsplash The end of the baby boomers’ 40-year reign is almost at hand. The scepter will presently fall to a young generation that is staggeringly unprepared to receive it. Since the foreshocks of succession first began to rattle American politics in the early-to-mid-2010s, candidates and their parties began to pander to the youngest...
Courtesy | Ben Sasse on Facebook The day after Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in mid-December, conservatives came together to pay respects to a real winner. AmericaFest provided a three-day flashpoint of an ongoing conflict, as “Make America Great Again” and “America First” traded blows on a national stage. The day after, conservatives were reminded how...
Postmodernism is waning. Traditionalism is ascendant. People are nostalgic for a simpler time: They brought raw milk and smoking jackets back into vogue, and turned sundresses into a legitimate craze. “Trad” is the definitive response to 15 years of “woke.” As this becomes clear, it also becomes apparent that no one grasps what that truly...
The 1919 Chicago White Sox | Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons The Detroit Pistons last won the NBA Championship in 2004, when point guard Chauncey Billups and a spirited Pistons team toppled the mighty Los Angeles Lakers. Twenty-one years later, Michigan sports legend Billups might soon find himself behind bars for a long, long time. This latest...
Courtesy | Unsplash “To find love, throw a party,” wrote Opinions Editor and senior Caroline Kurt in her Oct. 16 column. The ghost of Jay Gatsby looks on in silent agony. We suggest an important qualification to Kurt’s argument that throwing parties can be a solution to singleness. Our disagreement lies in the distinction between...