Daniel McCarthy

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  • Nov 24, 2025
    William F. Buckley should be viewed as someone who succeeded, just as the conservative movement he built succeeded, in winning the battles that were most important to him during the...
  • Oct 7, 2025
    At a time of war abroad and political violence at home, a new book called “Fighting Enemies Foreign and Domestic” couldn’t be more relevant. Or could it? This...
  • Oct 2, 2025
    The memorial that was held for Charlie Kirk in Arizona saw an absolutely remarkable scene. You had Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, saying that she forgives the gunman who...
  • Sep 26, 2025
    Jimmy Kimmel’s return to the nation’s airwaves is proof of just how unseriously the liberal media takes left-wing violence. If Johnny Carson had gone on air...
  • Jul 23, 2025
    Stephen Colbert is at the center of a conspiracy theory. It was born last week, when news broke of CBS canceling Colbert’s late-night talk show.  The network’s...
  • Jul 21, 2025
    The latest episode of “Modern Age with Dan McCarthy” offers a change of pace: an examination of what the new Superman movie reveals about liberalism’s impoverished...
  • Jun 11, 2025
    William F. Buckley Jr.’s reputation is in ruins. This is through no fault of Buckley himself, nor has it been brought about by the publication of this brick of a biography by...
  • Jun 5, 2025
    Democrats think they need a Joe Rogan of their own when what they actually need is a Christopher Rufo. Today Rufo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and just last week he...
  • May 13, 2025
    Modern Age editor Daniel McCarthy sits down with the poet Dana Gioia, who delivered the keynote address at ISI’s recent 18th Annual Gala for Western...
  • Apr 8, 2025
    Civilization is a product of canons. The Bible is a canon, and while the Iliad and Odyssey were not quite sacred scripture to the ancient Greeks, the Homeric...
  • Apr 1, 2025
    Discussing totalitarianism today, as well as yesterday, with historian Sean McMeekin.