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Rights Here, Rights Now

Andre Kespian

The political history of the Western world, from its Christianization in the first centuries of the present era to its secularization in the most recent one, can be written as the history of individualism. It began with the revolutionary idea that people ought to be considered primarily as individual souls rather than as members of earthly communities.

Hollowed Out

Kenin M. Spivak

Most military experts agree that the U.S. military is no longer capable of achieving its mission as mandated by national defense doctrines adopted by administrations of both parties. President Biden is exacerbating the situation by focusing military strategy on progressive politics instead of military preparedness.

'THE ROUNDTABLE' EPISODE #148

Ye/Them

The Editors

This week has offered a veritable clown car of obnoxious and distasteful weirdos. Nick Fuentes wormed his way into a dinner with Trump via Kanye West. Sam Brinton, the non-binary, crossdressing, doggie-roleplaying member of the Biden administration’s Department of Energy, has been charged with felony theft after being caught on video snatching a woman’s suitcase. Plus: Balenciaga’s new ad features kids in BDSM-themed outfits. Our editors discuss the shocking freakishness on display and whether there’s any coherent thread that would allow us to make sense of it all.