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THE BEST OF 2021
"Donald Trump’s supporters probably thought it couldn’t get any worse than Election Day, or more precisely the hours and days afterward when the votes swung shockingly in Joe Biden’s favor—the day the winning stopped. Then came January 6, and the attack on the Capitol.

No citizen, no constitutionalist, no conservative could regard that day’s outrages with anything but dismay and indignation..." So writes Claremont Review of Books editor Charles Kesler in his essay, "After January 6th: The Future of Trump and Trumpism" — one of our top read articles of 2021.

Read his powerful essay here along with other fan favorites of 2021 below.

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Most Read Articles
The Masking of America
SUMMER 2021
Faceless people make compliant subjects, not good citizens.

By Jeffrey H. Anderson

The Continuing Crisis
WINTER 2021

The election and its aftermath.

By Michael Anton
Why Trump Lost
WINTER 2021

...But almost won

By Andrew E. Busch
Right Flight
SUMMER 2021
The war between the states.

By Michael Anton

France on the Verge of Civil War 
FALL 2021

The rise of Éric Zemmour. 


By Christopher Caldwell
There Goes Robert E. Lee
SPRING 2021

His eclipse in American life.

By Christopher Caldwell
Meritocracy's Cost
SUMMER 2021

Meritocracy conceals elite disdain for the lives of ordinary Americans.

By Charles Murray
After January 6th
WINTER 2021

The future of Trump and Trumpism.

By Charles R. Kesler
Girls will be Boys
SPRING 2021

The trans-kid craze must be stopped.

By Mary Eberstadt

Thrown Out at Home 
FALL 2021

America moves on from baseball. 

By William Voegeli
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