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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Truth and Power

Those who lack the latter could stand to hear a little more of the former.

The Rise of the Republican Echo-System

Obsession with purity caused GOP dysfunction well before Donald Trump came along.

No Amount of ‘Context’ Justifies Killing Babies

Hamas apologists can offer only incoherent arguments in defense of terrorism.

I, Dentity

Or why I don’t care about where ‘identity politics’ came from.

Time to Hide the Sausage-Making

Too much transparency is unhealthy for our politics.

Who Wants to Buy a Monorail?

The soft utopianism of easy choices.

The Trout in Robert Menendez’s Milk

Too many politicians feel no shame, much less express it.

Uniform Stupidity

Our institutions are so weak that they cannot tell anyone to grow up and play by the rules.

Why Rome?

Because, among other things, it’s cool.

Too Old For This

On Biden’s lies, Romney’s goodbyes, and populism’s allies.

Base Assumptions

Why identity politics and the ‘Real America’ fallacy are bad for our politics.

The Liberation of the Self-Anointed

On the radical zealotry of the right today.

Holy Bovines

On Vivek Ramaswamy, Social Security, and the Iowa State Fair.

Xi’s Republic of China

China’s experiment with market-based economics didn’t negate the problems of one-party rule. It merely delayed them.

If Life Was a Movie

A weird trick that helps me identify the real-world protagonists.

Who Will Stop Him?

We shouldn’t have to be debating whether the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from office.