G-File

Every Wednesday and Friday, Jonah Goldberg draws on his deep understanding of American history, culture, and conservatism to analyze politics and policy.

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Slouching Towards the Old World

The ‘new’ conservatism isn’t new, it’s just not very American.

Convenient Truths

If you want to be a champion of the truth, you can’t be selective about it.

The Life of Facts

We’re never more than one generation away from sweeping change.

When You Find the Bad Guy in the Mirror

It’s not necessarily all that brave to call out the other team.

Principles vs. Partisanship

Conservatism is about more than elections.

Rights and Wrongs

Having the right to do something doesn’t make it the right thing to do.

Grading Gorby on a Curve

He didn’t ‘liberate’ Eastern Europe, he merely failed in his goal to keep the Soviet Union intact.

Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted

Progressives are so wedded to the idea of being rebels that they don’t realize they are part of the establishment.

We Regret to Be Informed by You

Lots of data, little wisdom.

Czech Yourselves Before You Wreck Yourselves

We’re not on the cusp of a civil war. But we are way over the precipice of dangerous stupidity.

Stuck on Stupid

Villainous speech, immigrant busloads, and torquing the news to fit a script.

Yearning for a Banana Republic

Emboldened by fever dreams of persecution, Republicans want nothing more than to anoint a strong man to punish their enemies.

Bonfire of the Asininities

The last thing America needs is a “new politics.”

Bonfire of the Asininities

The last thing America needs is a “new politics.”

Discontent Is Never Enough

There has never been a better time for a third party to emerge. But a new party needs an issue to drive it.

The Descent of Men

The ‘new manliness’ makes vices into virtues and cruelty into courage.