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The new Superman skips the virtue signaling and woke moralizing. @jackhunter74 on where Hollywood might be headed: modernagejournal.com/did-superman-m…

This week on his podcast, @ToryAnarchist dives into elite overreach, popular sovereignty, and what Edmund Burke can teach us about Donald Trump and the U.S. Constitution: modernagejournal.com/where-burke-ag…

“Superman is many things—but thankfully, woke isn’t one of them.” @jackhunter74 on what the film reveals about Hollywood’s new direction: modernagejournal.com/did-superman-m…

Jane Austen saw that manners reveal morals. Whit Stillman shows the same in his films—even if his heroines go clubbing instead of attending high tea. Mary P. Nichols on Stillman’s kind of comedy: modernagejournal.com/whit-stillmans…

Can an Übermensch still be an everyman in postliberal America? Our editor @ToryAnarchist on the new Superman film: modernagejournal.com/supermans-poli…

Whit Stillman may be the closest thing we have to a modern-day Jane Austen: ironic, affectionate, and morally serious. From Mary P. Nichols: modernagejournal.com/whit-stillmans…

Did the Cold War end because of Western strength or Soviet weakness? @stevenfhayward investigates the Cold War in his latest entry for our conservative encyclopedia: modernagejournal.com/cold-war/24353…

George Kennan was prescient about the Vietnam War—and his approach to foreign policy offers valuable lessons today. From Eric Weise in our fall 1975 issue: modernagejournal.com/mr-x-russia-an…

The Cold War started before World War II even ended. And its shadows still linger today. Steven F. Hayward gives his account of the Cold War: modernagejournal.com/cold-war/24353…

realclearbooks.com Monday reads: @katrosenfield for @PirateWires, @blgtylr for @TIME, @JohnJWaters1 for @RealClearHistry, @FOMO_sacer for @unherd, @DrDominicGreen for @TheFP, @ToryAnarchist for @ModAgeJournal, and many others.

“Military interventions abroad should not be undertaken for moral reasons. Our interests—not our sensibilities—must prevail in such decisions.” Francis P. Sempa on Nicholas Spykman and George Kennan’s arguments for realism in U.S. foreign policy: modernagejournal.com/what-should-gu…

In her latest collection @BooksKelsay, Leslie Monsour digs into what makes California so special—and so savage. Our review from @MidgeGoldberg: modernagejournal.com/the-poet-as-ar…

My latest @ModAgeJournal podcast discusses the problem of fitting a any kind of superior “superman” into an egalitarian democratic society, youtu.be/MdVIKyAqBFA

National interest isn’t selfish or immoral—it’s survival. The Cold War realists George Kennan and Nicholas Spykman knew this well, writes Francis P. Sempa: modernagejournal.com/what-should-gu…

“In place of a robust midcentury liberalism (whatever its faults), this not-so-Superman’s creed is bland sentimentality.” A new essay and podcast from our editor @ToryAnarchist: modernagejournal.com/supermans-poli…

What would Alexander Hamilton have thought of Trump’s presidency? Francis P. Sempa investigates: modernagejournal.com/donald-trump-h…

James Gunn’s new Superman film shows how little is left of the spirit that made Superman possible in the first place. From our editor @ToryAnarchist: modernagejournal.com/supermans-poli…

“Liberty and equality are antithetical. Every increase in equality brings with it a diminution in liberty.” From Stephen Tonsor: modernagejournal.com/equality-3/243…

"...they’re well aware of the failings of the pre-Trump Republican Party ... But knowing and feeling are different things." @ModAgeJournal Editor @ToryAnarchist provides push back to Yuval Levin's recent remarks deriding President Trump's movement.

The dream of perfect equality often becomes a blueprint for control. Stephen Tonsor saw what Rousseau missed: a free society can’t enforce equality—and an equal one can’t stay free. modernagejournal.com/equality-3/243…