Wanderland
Every Monday Kevin D. Williamson reports—as only he can—on American life, politics, and culture from coast to coast.
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Who Are These ‘Cultural Christians’?
Christian sensibility, but without the belief, is very little more than niceness inflated to the point of metaphysical comedy.

Machiavelli on the Hustings
What would the great Florentine political theorist make of our modern ruling class?

Are We Prosecuting Straw Buyers?
Illinois works to introduce new legislation while it remains unclear whether current laws are being enforced.

The Strangeness of Psychotic Jew-Hatred
Antisemitism remains astonishingly common, especially in its less feverish expression.

Our Tudor Parliament
The government has grown corrupt because it suffers from a phobia of independent powers.

Two Cheers for Partisanship
We would be better off with healthier and more effective political parties.

Art for Whose Sake?
There are tyrants among us who insist that cultural value is tied to some political criterion.

The War on Bubba
Our approach to gun crime is a mix of doing nothing and going after middle-aged guys who like to shoot rifles.