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From Slave Play and Heroes of the Fourth Turning onstage to The Lighthouse in cinemas, history haunts American drama today.

The enthusiastic support many evangelicals have given President Trump has baffled observers, including some prominent evangelicals who are beginning to push back.

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A new book argues that the West built its civilization on a reasonable faith. Will modern pathologies, from Marxism to radical Islam, destroy it?

The liberal Martha Nussbaum has crafted a surprisingly conservative guide to the good life. But will her secular conception of human dignity prove ultimately irrelevant?

In his latest book, cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker depicts a world getting freer, healthier, and wealthier. Is he merely another utopian thinker?

Is the cost of unleashing Donald Trump on the enemies of forgotten Americans proving too high for the GOP?

When James Poulos met Marilyn Manson in the restroom of the Chateau Marmont, the conversation turned to writer Bret Easton Ellis. Heroes aren't what they used to be.

How Leo Strauss influenced Ben Shapiro's book, The Right Side of History, and why conservatives should care

Are economic gains worth the cultural cost? Let's find out.

America and the West need a new Berlin Wall moment, not to tear down a symbol of political oppression but to throw out the ideological baggage of an earlier time

Krzysztof Kieślowski’s now-classic film trilogy has much to say about the fraught relationship between personal identities and a commerce-driven, transnational State

Michael Brendan Dougherty’s memoir is a reflection on how exploring his Irish roots influenced his views on America, nationalism, and an abiding sense of abandonment