The American Mind's Weekly Digest

SALVOS

After Gentrification

Stephen Eide

In our debates over free speech, polarization, and exclusionary cancel culture, clustering has a negative reputation. Was a more polarized nation the price we had to pay for reversing urban decline?

The Art of Being Dependent

David Lewis Schaefer

Progressives want a nation of subjects who are at the mercy of the state. But America can only afford to provide the generous social benefits it already distributes to the ill, the elderly, and the poor thanks to the industry, inventiveness, and associational skills of those who aspire to self-sufficiency.

'THE ROUNDTABLE' EPISODE #163

Lights, Camera, Indictment?

The Editors

Sufferers of advanced Trump Derangement Syndrome are frothing at the mouth to think of Trump being indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan. Meanwhile, Republicans are watching intently to see whether the political winds will blow in favor of Don or Ron as we approach primary season. Then the editors take a moment to define the word "woke” and to ask whether doing so is even worth the effort. Finally, in an effort to get you to read the site(s), Ryan uses his extraordinary power to take a Claremont Review of Books essay out from behind the paywall just for you!