The American Mind
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Commentary and debate explaining the ideas currently driving American political life. A publication of @Claremontinst.
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The genius of The Handmaid’s Tale is that you don’t have to read it. In fact, it’s probably better if you don’t. Today The American Mind: americanmind.org/salvo/the-geni…
"Thomas Aquinas was supposed to have said, 'I fear a man of only one book.' These are people of only one streaming miniseries." Spencer A. Klavan breaks down The Handmaid’s Tale—not as literature, but as ritual dress up for theatrocrats. americanmind.org/salvo/the-geni…
One hopes that as Pope Leo moves forward, he will begin to more explicitly draw on the wisdom of his great predecessors. Claremont Institute Senior Fellow, Daniel Mahoney, on what Pope Leo XIV's ascension means for Christianity and Western Civilization. americanmind.org/salvo/christia…
Always good talking with my friend Scott Yenor (Claremont Institute). This one on his recent article at The American Mind "Side-Hustle Wives Are Trad Wives Too" youtube.com/watch?v=PmJeBe… See also his "Phyllis Schlafly’s Tragic Failure" at American Reformer
"Whatever we do militarily and strategically is first and foremost to preserve the freedom and well-being of the American people. President Trump thinks this is just common sense." Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Brian T. Kennedy on Trump, Iran, and Israel. americanmind.org/salvo/israel-i…
What happens when a nation defines its civic identity in terms of openness and diversity? Center for Renewing America Senior Fellow @nathanpinko writes that the older projects of civic nationalism exhibit desperate signs of distress: "that's Los Angeles today." americanmind.org/salvo/riots-ri…
Southern California was ground zero for America's experiment in mass immigration. The problems seen in the L.A. of 2025 were already visible in the L.A. of 1992, I argue for The American Mind:
Excellent to have Nathan Pinkoski at The American Mind. “[Dan] Quayle gave America’s boomers the core of their civic creed. He sacralized the country’s multicultural experiment, even as the dust was still settling on the very event that exposed the experiment’s intractable problems.”
![Excellent to have <a href="/NPinkoski/">Nathan Pinkoski</a> at <a href="/theammind/">The American Mind</a>.
“[Dan] Quayle gave America’s boomers the core of their civic creed. He sacralized the country’s multicultural experiment, even as the dust was still settling on the very event that exposed the experiment’s intractable problems.”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gt4mw2IWwAA3Yqr.jpg "Mike Sabo (@mesabo86) on Twitter photo Excellent to have <a href=\"/NPinkoski/\">Nathan Pinkoski</a> at <a href=\"/theammind/\">The American Mind</a>.
“[Dan] Quayle gave America’s boomers the core of their civic creed. He sacralized the country’s multicultural experiment, even as the dust was still settling on the very event that exposed the experiment’s intractable problems.”")
Center for Renewing America Senior Fellow Nathan Pinkoski presents a bigger picture perspective on the LA riots through the lens of civic identity and why it accelerates the creation of transnational, deterritorialized ethnic networks making clashes more likely 🎯
"Even the greatest statesmen can’t be all things to all people at all times. But Trump seems to have the most essential virtues..." Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Glenn Ellmers makes the case for Trump as the man uniquely suited to our time. americanmind.org/features/donal…