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The Queen’s Gambit: A Superhero Story

A sneak peek from the Winter 2021 issue of  Modern Age

The Netflix superhit sees chess not as a grand, global metaphor but as a path to one woman’s self-healing.

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The Incoherence of Identity Politics

Marxist ideology may drive a lot of identity politics, but a denial of human purpose is at its heart.

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Populism’s Prophet: A Chat with Pat Buchanan

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Presidents and Other Fictions

We asked some of our favorite writers to select their ideal presidential candidate—from fiction or history. The results...

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The Art of Character

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Limits of Reason

Despite the Enlightenment's enthronement of Reason, irrationality has proved intractable. Is it irrational to want to rid...

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Liberty Is Self-Government, Not Rights Alone

Bureaucratic tyranny and judicial usurpation await us when we forget the basic symbols of our political life, as Willmoore...

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The New Secessionism

Is the U.S. too big not to fail? Should states be allowed to secede so their citizens can live free of federal dictates? A...

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For a Politics of Mobility

For America to realize its promise of social and economic mobility, it’s going to have to undo the aristocratic policies...

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