The American Mind’s Weekly Digest FEATURES Disaster in Afghanistan Michael Anton has described the war in Afghanistan as “doomed from the start.” Sean Davis, Lomez, Helen Roy, Spencer Klavan, Seth Barron, and Peachy Keenan respond. Read SALVOS Words Wasted Privata Can the Right persuade better? Read Vaccine Regret Spencer Klavan Our useless ruling classes are making a hard decision way, way worse. Read Freedom from "Blackness" Jason D. Hill Renouncing race is the answer to restoring our humanity. Read Importing Enemies Michael Anton The demand to resettle Afghan refugees brings the war home. Read China’s Digital Return to Reality—and Ours James Poulos The Latest Development in the East-West Social Engineering Divide. Read ¿Qué Onda, Gavin? Soledad Ursúa Governor Newsom’s career may depend on a taken-for-granted constituency. Read The New Blank Slate Gabriel Noah Brahm An English literature professor describes how he came to love teaching Freshman Comp. Read MEMOS Graveyard of Narratives Angelo Codevilla Afghanistan, et al., for the record. Read Reining in China John Mac Glionn How to make Beijing pay. Read Playing Fair with Cheaters Matt Rinaldi It’s time to end the era of shared house leadership in Texas. Read PODCASTS The Roundtable Episode #84 ‌ What will happen to the tens of thousands of refugees fleeing Afghanistan? Will we ever be allowed to know? Does Europe’s experience with Afghan refugees leave us with any useful lessons? If so, will we be permitted to learn them? Plus: Andrew Cuomo vanishes into obscurity, lobbing a political grenade on the way out, while Australia and the rest of the Anglosphere are careening into perpetual COVID despotism. Our editors discuss. Listen THE CLOSE READ The Fall of Afghanistan w/Charles Kesler ‌ The CRB’s Summer edition is wide-ranging, covering topics including masking, crime, and a prescient editor’s note about the fiasco of Afghanistan’s fall. Join Dr. Kesler and Spencer as they discuss the significance of the collapse of Kabul, a brief history of how we got there, and what lessons can be gleaned from it all. Plus: an overview of the whole edition. Listen TIME RUNNING OUT -- APPLICATIONS NOW DUE FOR SHERRIFS FELLOWSHIP Founded in 2021, the Claremont Institute Sheriffs Fellowship offers training of unparalleled depth and excellence in American political thought and institutions, from the country’s top constitutional experts and political theorists. Fourteen sheriff applicants will be selected for their character, aptitude, accomplishments, zeal, and community reputation to gather for five days to study and discuss the political-philosophical, institutional, and historical arc leading from the American Founding to today’s militant progressivism and multiculturalism, with particular emphasis on the role of law enforcement in maintaining liberty. Apply now! The Claremont Institute | 1317 W Foothill Blvd #120, Upland, CA 91786 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!