The Right is giving Gen Z what they’ve been denied

July 21, 2025

The Right is giving Gen Z what they’ve been denied

In an Atlantic piece, psychologist Jean Twenge asked a serious question: “Why are the kids all right-wing?” She argued that the perceived Generation Z “red wave” that characterized President Donald Trump‘s rise to the White House was merely temporary. Nevertheless, Twenge interviewed data analyst David Shor, who sounded the alarm: “Young people have gone from […]

Feminism against the family

Author Anna Louie Sussman is both civil and thoughtful in her response to an earlier op-ed I wrote on feminism and fertility, but I am afraid, after this longer discussion, it appears there is less common ground between us than I originally thought. What first caught my eye in a recent op-ed Sussman wrote for […]

Why do Democrats suddenly care about Epstein?

Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on July 6, 2019, on federal charges for sex trafficking minors. While in his jail cell, he — allegedly — committed suicide on August 10, 2019. It’s been approximately six years since his death. The Trump administration has botched the long-promised release of Epstein-related information. But Democrats acting as if […]

Trump’s higher ed crusade now has its blueprint

There are tides of change in American higher education, and Christopher Rufo and the Manhattan Institute are leading the charge. Earlier this week, Rufo released the Manhattan Statement: a bold call to restore truth, civic virtue, and institutional neutrality to the nation’s elite universities. Backed by new polling data, the document arrives at a critical […]

Lena Dunham turns on the feminist ‘good guy’

Lena Dunham’s much-anticipated return to TV arrived in the form of Too Much, a Netflix comedy-drama that reimagines her real-life breakup with musician-producer Jack Antonoff as a self-lacerating romantic odyssey. Largely staying behind the camera due to health problems, Dunham channeled her emotional chaos into a fictional avatar: Jessica (played with twitchy, unfiltered energy by […]

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James Gunn gives Superman an existential crisis

There’s a moment in the second act of James Gunn’s Superman where Lois Lane consoles the titular hero as he grapples with the revelation that his Kryptonian parents didn’t send him to Earth as a savior, but as a conqueror. Meanwhile, outside his apartment window, the Green Lantern and his Justice Gang are being thrashed […]

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