RealClearBooks Week of May 30, 2022 Archives

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Tuesday, May 31
Churchill, Political Judgment, and Courage to See
Daniel J. Mahoney AmGreatness
What a French Aristocrat Discovered on American Soil
Stephen W. Sawyer TLS
The Great Debasement
Alice Gribbin Tablet Magazine
An Irish National Treasure Gets Long-Needed Restoration
Ed O’Loughlin NYT
An Un-American Accusation
Tony Woodlief The Spectator World
Balancing the Show and the Business
Jeremy McCarter WSJ
Ricky Gervais is Guilty of Blasphemy
Brendan O’Neill The Spectator
Golf’s GOAT and American Avenger
Guy Shepherd PlannedMan
The Corruption of the Best: On Ivan Illich
Geoff Shullenberger American Affairs Journal
Why Live in America?
Nick Burns Passages


Wednesday, June 1
Political Narratives Are the Media’s Default in Times of Tragedy
Gerard Baker WSJ
If You Want Protection for Your Loved Ones, Do It Yourself
J.D. Tuccille Reason
The Real History of Paganism
Francis Young First Things
Greatest University Ever
Lee Trepanier Law & Liberty
Cannes at War
Vladislav Davidzon Tablet Magazine
The Ideology of the Bicycle
Zoë Beery The Atlantic
‘The Wire’ at 20: ‘This Show Will Live Forever’
Jonathan Abrams NY Times
Can Hollywood Handle the Truth?
Armond White National Review
'Top Gun: Maverick' Is Nostalgia For American Greatness
Elle Reynolds Federalist
Is Bradley Cooper's Prosthetic Nose Problematic?
Bonnie Stiernberg InsideHook


Thursday, June 2
Why ‘Do Something’ on Gun Control Won’t Work
Daniel Henninger WSJ
America Needs to Argue Better
Tony Woodlief RealClearBooks
‘The Wire’ Stands Alone
James Poniewozik New York Times
The Queen's Secret History
Mary Harrington UnHerd
An Additional Reason Not to Vandalize the Mona Lisa
Charles Hilu National Review
The Books That Taught a Debate Champion How to Argue
Bo Seo The Atlantic
The Socialism in Nazism
Daniel Johnson Law & Liberty
Restart Your Engine: How to Educate an American
Mark C. Schug Econlib
In the Red
Jeffrey H. Anderson Claremont Review of Books
Proposing a New Ritual for America’s Civic Religion
Dore Feith First Things
50 Years After Carlin's '7 Words,' Censorship is Losing
Mattox & Chilson RCPo


Friday, June 3
'Top Gun: Maverick' Arrived Right on Time
Marc D. Giller Hollywood in Toto
Is Netflix Hollywood’s New Dinosaur?
Alex Shephard The New Republic
A Sci-fi Film With a Lighthearted, Apocalyptic Vision
David Sims The Atlantic
The Sex Pistols Don't Need a TV Show
Dorian Lynskey UnHerd
Terence Davies’s Magnificent Benediction
Armond White National Review
'The Northman' Is 'Hamlet' for Silicon Valley
Marco Roth Tablet Magazine
‘The Watermen’ Review: Fast, Furious, Freestyle
Matthew Rees WSJ
For the Sake of Argument
James Bowman Claremont Review of Books
Baseball's Woke Streak
David Lewis Schaefer Law & Liberty
Why Should Americans Care About the Queen?
Michael Gerson WaPo
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