1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (354+ words) My veteran father taught me not to get swept away by military fervor. I was about two months shy of my eighth birthday when the Gulf War began in January 1991, but my memory of it, and of my father's stern…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (129+ words) Supporters of the assault on Iran were quick to smear critics as traitors. President George Washington's often-read but rarely heeded Farewell Address includes a passage that has remained perennially relevant in American life. Reflecting on the domestic costs of entangling…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (861+ words) The American Conservative The End of the War-Hero Writer Expect no great man of letters to emerge from the bloodied fields of Iran. Modern warfare does not a good movie make. Nor a good book, I suspect. Drones zipping about…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (501+ words) How long will it take for liberal elites to get the message about immigration? How many times do Americans have to vote for Donald Trump to make the point that they want illegal immigrants deported? They voted for him in…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (557+ words) The American Conservative American Militarism Is the Missing Element in the Creed'Nation Debate War is no longer the business of citizens. Ramaswamy's many and articulate critics, including our own Andrew Day, have pointed out the problems a conservative might have…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (195+ words) It's a Wonderful Life endorses neither socialism nor Ayn Rand'style capitalism. Few Christmas movies inspire as many hot takes each year as It's a Wonderful Life. The 1946 Frank Capra classic is a cinematic "Baby, It's Cold Outside" for people who…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (222+ words) Propaganda about "freedom" proves to be thin gruel. A point that has yet to be raised is the juxtaposition of the views of British veterans of the Second World War with Russian veterans of the conflict. Penstone's attitudes towards the…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (736+ words) Mr. Republican understood that "universal" values were becoming tools of the powerful. The post Robert Taft's Principled Stand Against Nuremberg appeared first on The American Conservative. Robert Taft's Principled Stand Against Nuremberg Mr. Republican understood that "universal" values were becoming…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (839+ words) Retired Gen. Mochida Kazuhito admires President Trump but distrusts Washington. I mention that Col. Douglas Macgregor (Ret.), a contributor to The American Conservative, was also a tank commander. Mochida knows of Macgregor and sometimes cites his analysis with great approval....

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (460+ words) In a world consumed by vanity, David Rose led a life of service. I can't stop thinking about David Rose." Nearly 200 bullets were fired at the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on August 8. One of…...