RealClearBooks July 6, 2026 Archives

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Cape Verde’s World Cup Run Will Live Forever

Anthony Dabbundo The Ringer

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Marriage Plot

Tyler Foggatt The New Yorker

America 250

Jordan Castro Granta

Elvis’s American Testament

John Hirschauer City Journal

A Royal Pain

Dominic Green Washington Free Beacon

AI and the False Consciousness Trap

Yanis Varoufakis UnHerd

Lionel Messi Isn’t Short on Talent

Allysia Finley WSJ Free Expression

Book Excerpt: Blood & Progress

Noah Rothman RealClearInvestigations

The Obsolescence of the Post-Left

Geoff Shullenberger Compact’s Substack

We Should All Sing Louis Armstrong

Ethan Iverson Tablet

Inside Dua Lipa’s Library of Banned Books

Ron Charles Substack

When Did Making Reservations Get So Annoying?

Bettina Makalintal Eater

A Great American Storybook for Independence Day

David P. Deavel AMAC

The 50 Most Iconic American Style Heroes

Lynette Nylander Harper's Bazaar

At the Very Least We Should Know Your Name

Nick Roberts LARB

Planned Man's Links of the Day

Podcast: Peace in Our Time by Compact

Available this week: "Colossus" by Ross Barkan

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