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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Everything Wrong With the Labor Theory of Value
Marx didn’t invent the labor theory of value: That work was done by Adam Smith, ...
Biden’s Timeless Obsession
He’s wanted to get out of Afghanistan since he was vice president. It didn’t matter whether the time was right or not.
The Helicopter State
The government can’t love you, and when it works from the premise that it can, folly or tyranny follow.
Andrew Cuomo’s Al Capone Moment
It’s good that norms against piggishness are strengthening. But it’s dismaying that the more important norms Cuomo violated seem to be weakening.
Nationalists Turn Their Lonely Eyes to Hungary
It’s not just a dumb and bad model for the United States. It's an impossible one.
Fear and Loathing in the Time of COVID
The pandemic and its attendant stress have turned otherwise normal people into unruly passengers, poorly behaved consumers, and worse.
Looking for Policy Solutions in the Dictionary
A culture obsessed with the performance of language thinks it can solve problems just by finding the right vocabulary to describe them.
Throwing Down With the Anger Police
From COVID backsliding to the Capitol riot, America is beset by a pandemic of false equivalence.
The ‘Rust of Memory’ Is Corrosive to Our Politics
Conservatives tend to be nostalgic for how they think people lived. Liberals tend to be nostalgic about times when they had power.
Of Course the Left Started the Culture War
Progressives push change—good or bad change, it doesn’t matter—and then claim to be victims when they meet resistance.
A ‘News’letter About Nothing—and Everything
Reality is infinitely more complex than the words we use to make sense of it.
Standing Athwart the Bait, Yelling ‘Stop’
What the fight over critical race theory says about the state of our politics.
When the Perfect Becomes the Enemy of the Good
Progressive demands for inclusion reach ridiculous new heights.