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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Being Is Not a Substitute for Doing

A plague of demosclerosis.

Getting Away With Murder, Sort Of

The dangerous marriage of elitism and populism.

Social Justification

Catchy phrases enable political decisions that don't actually have any merit.

Rogan’s Jews

What the shock jock doesn’t get about antisemitic conspiracies.

Falling in Line, Not in Love

How outraged right-wingers actually boost support for Biden.

What’s So Wrong With Helping?

How a cult of victimhood tries to stamp out good deeds.

The Race to Racism

If you start with the conclusion you can talk yourself into anything.

Threat Level Midnight Forever

The Doomsday Clock is a P.R. stunt, not science.

Reading, Writing, and … Black Queer Studies?

The debate over AP African American Studies ignores that schools are struggling to make students proficient in math, science, and reading.

A Pox Upon Portland

Progressivism is killing the city.

One, Maybe Two, Cheers for Partisanship

Democracy doesn’t work at scale unless you add a competitive element.

The Hypocritic Oath

The guiding principles of our Whataboutist Era.

Deceive and Deny, Rinse and Repeat

How Congress and the media exacerbate our political dysfunction.

The Leeroy Jenkins Caucus

It only takes a few people to barge in and blow up everything.

What Democracy Looks Like

The messy vote for the speakership shows how the sausage gets made.

Two Cheers for Techno-Marxism

Bear with me …