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The Psychology of Fashion

Our garments offer glimpses of the unconscious; we may also choose them because they feel nothing like us—because they allow us, briefly, to become someone else.

The Irresistible Urge to Anoint the Spurs

San Antonio looks ready to win now, even as it discovers itself—and maybe the future of basketball—in real time

A Bizarre, Challenging Book More People Should Read
Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic
When New Art’s Really Old
Brian T. Allen, National Review
The Stranger You Can Trust
Larissa Phillips, The Free Press
Only Real Masculinity Can Overcome Groyperism
Justin Lee, The American Mind
Quentin Tarantino Says These Seven Films are Perfect
Lucy Ford, GQ
A New Year’s Resolution Conservatives Should Keep
David P. Deavel, AMAC
The Timmy Hustle Paid Off for 'Marty Supreme'
Chris Lee, Vulture
Wes Anderson’s Potemkin Movies
Darran Anderson, UnHerd
The Unlovable Ping-Pong Wizard of 'Marty Supreme'
Eileen Jones, Jacobin
Why Secondhand Is Now Better Than New
Ted Gioia, The Honest Broker
Finn Wolfhard Finally Left Hawkins, Indiana. What Now?
Josh Rosenberg, Esquire
Planned Man's Links of the Day
Podcast: Battle of the Memes (Part II) by The Everyman
Available this week: "Writer's Diary" by Matthew Gasda
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American Civics

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David McCullough and the Study of History
One of the greatest weeks of my life was the week David McCullough came to teach a one-credit course at Hillsdale College in 2006.
Liberal Education as Civic Education
At the heart of the Western intellectual tradition is the claim that the liberal arts aim to make a man free.

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Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin
The Long Road to Juneteenth
Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler

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May Aliens Be Deported Based on Their Speech?
The answer, oddly, isn't settled.
The COVID-era Smearing—and Resurrection—of Trump NIH Appointee Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya’s path from health policy scholar to NIH director nominee is pockmarked with craters from missiles launched to destroy his scientific credibility by NIH leaders and their minions in academia.

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Zuckerberg Ending Censorship on Facebook: "The Fact-Checkers Have Just Been Too Politically Biased"
John Kerry Tells WEF: Our First Amendment Stands As A Major Block Against Hammering Disinformation Out of Existence
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The Psychology of Fashion

Our garments offer glimpses of the unconscious; we may also choose them because they feel nothing like us—because they allow us, briefly, to become someone else.

The Irresistible Urge to Anoint the Spurs

San Antonio looks ready to win now, even as it discovers itself—and maybe the future of basketball—in real time

A Bizarre, Challenging Book More People Should Read

Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic

Every year, I set myself a reading challenge. These are sometimes small—read more poetry; read older books—and sometimes quite... Read More

When New Art’s Really Old

Brian T. Allen, National Review

I’m always chipper around Christmas and New Year’s, times of gift giving, snow, revelation, reflection, and renewal.... Read More

The Stranger You Can Trust

Larissa Phillips, The Free Press

My grandmother, who lived on a tiny island 30 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, always had an extra bed available. If the house was full,... Read More

Only Real Masculinity Can Overcome Groyperism

Justin Lee, The American Mind

Nick Fuentes is a problem. His influence is growing, fueled by his deft channeling of valid grievances. He has been further buoyed by... Read More

Quentin Tarantino Says These Seven Films are Perfect

Lucy Ford, GQ

If there was any film obsessive whose ideas about what constitutes a perfect movie are worth taking seriously, it's probably Quentin... Read More

A New Year’s Resolution Conservatives Should Keep

David P. Deavel, AMAC

Conservatives looking for a New Year’s resolution might share this one with me: I resolve to read more fiction this year. In... Read More

The Timmy Hustle Paid Off for 'Marty Supreme'

Chris Lee, Vulture

Over the four-day Christmas movies-release window, blockbusterdom’s reigning titles claimed the top two spots at the box office: James... Read More

Wes Anderson’s Potemkin Movies

Darran Anderson, UnHerd

The Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky claimed there are two types of filmmakers: imitators of the world and creators of their own. You... Read More

The Unlovable Ping-Pong Wizard of 'Marty Supreme'

Eileen Jones, Jacobin

Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme is doing excellent business and inspiring great reviews. It looks like it’s going to... Read More

Why Secondhand Is Now Better Than New

Ted Gioia, The Honest Broker

Something unusual is happening in the world of gifting. I saw it during the recent holiday season—and you may have too. The Wall Street... Read More

Finn Wolfhard Finally Left Hawkins, Indiana. What Now?

Josh Rosenberg, Esquire

“You have to answer your email,” Finn Wolfhard’s father tells him. The young actor is home in Vancouver in 2017 for a break... Read More

American Civics

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David McCullough and the Study of History
One of the greatest weeks of my life was the week David McCullough came to teach a one-credit course at Hillsdale College in 2006.
Liberal Education as Civic Education
At the heart of the Western intellectual tradition is the claim that the liberal arts aim to make a man free.

In the News

Multimedia

Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin
The Long Road to Juneteenth
Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler

Censorship

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May Aliens Be Deported Based on Their Speech?
The answer, oddly, isn't settled.
The COVID-era Smearing—and Resurrection—of Trump NIH Appointee Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya’s path from health policy scholar to NIH director nominee is pockmarked with craters from missiles launched to destroy his scientific credibility by NIH leaders and their minions in academia.

In the News

Multimedia

Zuckerberg Ending Censorship on Facebook: "The Fact-Checkers Have Just Been Too Politically Biased"
John Kerry Tells WEF: Our First Amendment Stands As A Major Block Against Hammering Disinformation Out of Existence
House Committee Rips State Department Over Censorship

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Myths from the Earth's Edge
DJ Casper's 'Cha Cha Slide'
The Bridge Scene from William Friedkin's "Sorcerer"
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Hamilton, Jefferson, and the American Idea

On Jeffrey Rosen's The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle over Power in America

The 2025 Chronically Online Draft Guide

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Suzy Weiss, The Free Press

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James Piereson, City Journal

In the wake of Hamas’s terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, many observers assumed that the massacre would release a wave of... Read More

The Dislocations of Shuang Xuetao

Ting Lin , The Nation

In “Heart,” the opening story of Shuang Xuetao’s collection Hunter, a son accompanies his unconscious father on an... Read More

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Frazier Tharpe, GQ

Across 150 minutes, Marty Supreme charts a whirlwind nine months in the life of a table tennis wunderkind and New York City scammer, as he... Read More

Fran Lebowitz Lays Down the Law

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Sian Cain: I would like to ask your opinion on five things. First of all, leaf blowers. Fran Lebowitz: A horrible, horrible invention. I... Read More

This Is Top Forty

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There’s a channel on Stingray Music, an online streaming service based in Canada, called All-Time Greatest Hits. A typical five-song... Read More

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We’ve entered the Age of Slop and are adrift in an ocean of thoughtless content that’s diluted all truth and meaning. And yet,... Read More

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Paul Franz, ashes and sparks

The provocation of Hulme: to distinguish between the Absolute and Nature. Contrast this with the Blakean-Romantic distinction between Energy... Read More

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In the streets of Los Angeles, in June, as the city clashed with ICE, the most visible symbol of the protest was the Mexican flag, the... Read More

How Thomas Mann Wrote 'The Magic Mountain'

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In a 1924 letter to André Gide, Thomas Mann said he would soon be sending along a copy of his new novel, The Magic Mountain.... Read More

Movies

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

The New Yorker

There are no guilty pleasures in childhood. It is only as an adult that I feel a certain sheepishness when recalling one of my favorite picture books, “Ann Likes Red,” by Dorothy Z. Seymour, which was originally published in 1965. Wedged between the vaunted volumes of Gorey and Scarry, “Ann Likes Red” stuck out both literally, for its squat stature, and literarily, for its hazy lesson in s... Read More

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Haim Sets Off on a Rampage

The New Yorker

This month, Haim—a three-piece rock band from Los Angeles, featuring the sisters Danielle, Alana, and Este Haim—will release “I Quit,” its fourth album and a carnal, sure-footed rebuttal of the idea that our lives should orbit around some eternal romantic commitment. Haim has always been interested in the ways that relationships transform, burn out, or begin anew; the band’s best songs a... Read More

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AI Anxiety Is Plaguing Our TV Shows

Esquire

Greetings from Copenhagen! I’m currently visiting my sister, who moved out here a little over two years ago—right around when The Bear sent Marcus the pastry chef (Lionel Boyce) to travel around the city and learn about fancy pastries. After I interviewed Boyce that season, he pointed me to a hole-in-the-wall fried chicken joint called Poulette that he filmed a scene in for the show—and it... Read More

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