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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The Only Thing Worse Than Capitalism Is Everything Else
Moving 'past' capitalism means going backward.
A Hunger for the False Transcendence of Crowds
On eschatology, human nature, and the promise of deliverance from the alleged agony of existence.
Face Masks Are Temporary. The Culture War Is Forever.
What the ‘masks are for cowards’ crowd is really trying to say.
The Feminist Version of the ‘Flight 93 Election’
The moral compromise of those who believe Tara Reade but are voting for Joe Biden.
The Problem With ‘Take Women Seriously’
Individuals should be regarded as individuals, not according to their membership in some abstract category.
Doubling Down on Double Standards
The media's handling of Brett Kavanaugh was a debacle. Do we want the same for claims against Joe Biden?
All Policies Have Tradeoffs. All of Them.
Also, people who push the same policy during near-opposite conditions are not talking in terms of economics.
No Laughing Matter
We really shouldn’t take Trump seriously. But now’s not the time to take him humorously, either.
New Deals, Old Arguments
Hello future contact-tracing data points, Elsewhere at The Dispatch, I offer some speculation that the ...
Why We’re Not Having the ‘Americans Offended God’ Argument About Coronavirus
It has just a little bit to do with Donald Trump.