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Roger Kimball

Roger Kimball

Roger Kimball is the editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. His most recent book is “Who Rules? Sovereignty, Nationalism, and the Fate of Freedom in the 21st Century.”

Recovering the Meaning of Leisure

Commentary In a famous passage of his “History of the Peloponnesian War,” the Greek general and historian Thucydides ...

Viewpoints February 7, 2021
Biden and the Greengrocer

Commentary One of the strangest aspects of America’s new cup o’ Joe is the idea that the installation ...

Viewpoints February 1, 2021
Biden Unleashes War on Political Opposition

Commentary We’ve been hearing a lot about the Biden administration’s planned “domestic war on terror”—or perhaps it’s really ...

Viewpoints January 25, 2021
The Radical and Benighted Ready to Step Center Stage Under Biden

Commentary G.K. Chesterton somewhere observed that an inconvenience, looked at in the right spirit, is an adventure, not ...

Viewpoints January 18, 2021
Taking Stock of President Donald Trump

Commentary It's too early to render a final judgment on the Trump administration. For one thing, it’s not ...

Viewpoints January 11, 2021
Militant Ignorance Reshapes Our Schools and Culture

Commentary Meet Heather Levine, a teacher at Lawrence High School in Massachusetts. According to an article by Meghan ...

Viewpoints January 4, 2021
‘The Vision of the Anointed’ Explains Our Situation Today

Commentary In my last column here for 2020, I’d like to look back to one of my favorite ...

Viewpoints December 28, 2020
Elite NYC Prep School’s Faculty Issues Racist Demands

Commentary Do you live in New York City? If not, congratulations. You may have been spared preposterous virtue-signaling ...

Viewpoints December 21, 2020
The ‘Dr.’ Will See You Now

Commentary “Trelawney was always changing his style—even his name, too, I believe, which is, of course, no more ...

Viewpoints December 17, 2020
If There Is a President Biden, Don’t Expect to See Him Around for Long

Commentary Several times during the election season, I noted that no matter who was said to have won ...

Viewpoints December 14, 2020
The ‘Move On’ Chorus Needs to Deal With the Facts of the Election

Commentary Ross Douthat is one of the faux-conservatives who The New York Times likes to keep around to ...

Viewpoints December 6, 2020
Crime Hiding Crime: A Motive for Stealing the Election

Commentary What motivates people? The philosopher Thomas Hobbes thought that, at bottom, there were two things: the desire for ...

Viewpoints November 29, 2020
Recounts Needed to Settle Dominion’s Role, and the Election

Commentary He said, she said. It turns out that your opinion about Dominion Voting Systems depends not only ...

Viewpoints November 22, 2020
The Appearance of Impropriety Dogs This Election

Commentary In my last column, I noted the many “red flags” that have popped up regarding the 2020 ...

Viewpoints November 16, 2020
Before Declaring a Victor, Investigate Allegations of Fraud

Commentary I should like to begin by offering Donald Trump some prophylactic advice. Whether he continues as president ...

Viewpoints November 8, 2020
The Abuse of ‘Theory’ and the Profundity of the Surface

Commentary At a moment when the static of partisan passion is blaring at us from every conceivable media ...

Viewpoints November 2, 2020
How Things May Look on Nov. 4

Commentary Hegel said a lot of baffling things, many of which underscore Walter Bagehot’s observation that “in the ...

Viewpoints October 26, 2020
In Championing the Goodness of America, Trump Defines the Choice in This Election

Commentary Etienne de La Boétie, who graced this planet from 1520 to 1563, may have died young, but ...

Viewpoints October 19, 2020
The Truth About Biden’s Candidacy Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Commentary This column has a strophe and an antistrophe. The strophe is the old story of the purloined ...

Viewpoints October 13, 2020
Democrats Talk Impeachment Again, Bringing Clarity to Nation’s Choice

Commentary File this under “Here we go again” or—if that file is already full—try “everything old is new ...

Viewpoints October 4, 2020
Reality vs. The Narrative

Commentary I think it was Pat Moynihan who said that while you are entitled to your own opinions, ...

Viewpoints September 27, 2020
Despite Threats of Riot and Mayhem, Nomination of Ginsburg’s Replacement Should Proceed

Commentary Everything is much louder now, isn’t it? With the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. ...

Viewpoints September 20, 2020
Wiping Phones and Erasing the Public’s Trust

Commentary Political legitimacy requires two things: the rule of law and the widespread, shared perception that the law ...

Viewpoints September 13, 2020
The Atlantic’s Ridiculous Stab at Relevance

Commentary I hope that you are as disgusted as I am about the report that Donald Trump, completely ...

Viewpoints September 6, 2020
A Little Common Sense About Private Property

Commentary It’s the denouement of the silly season, so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that the commentariat ...

Viewpoints August 30, 2020
The Biden–Sanders Plan for Destroying America

Commentary A couple of nights ago, the celebrated author, lawyer, and talk show host Mark Levin took a ...

Viewpoints August 24, 2020
Waiting for Durham May Be Over

Commentary Things seem to be speeding up now, which is good. I was beginning to think that John ...

Viewpoints August 16, 2020

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