The American Mind's Weekly Digest

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A New Nationalism

Joel Kotkin

War, or the threat of war, should awaken nations from their dogmatic quarrels. So too should concentrated economic threats and assaults on our political system. It is not so much a matter of good global intentions but the embrace of hard-headed national interests that will be key in responding to the autocratic challenge.

"Here Be Monsters"

Kyle Shideler

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the phrase “national interest” has become something of a blasphemy. Analysts have drawn ire for articulating the interests which might motivate Russia’s invasion or questioning whether the United States has a significant interest in intervening.

'THE ROUNDTABLE' EPISODE #110

Let Them Eat Teslas

Biden bans Russian oil imports, driving gas prices to their highest point ever and aggravating America’s existing inflation crisis. But Biden, Buttigieg, and prominent Democrats have a solution: just don’t be such a gas-guzzling pleb. Thanks, Joe! Meanwhile, the feds are looking into a centralized cryptocurrency. Plus: the gender madness continues–but the Right can win.