Commentary
Is America in decline? Or, as one commentator put it, in “self-doubt”? Recent and not-so-recent news might make citizens of the republic think things are in rough shape, and they wouldn’t necessarily be wrong.
Viewpoints
Opinion
Decline Is a Choice
American decline isn’t inevitable, but stopping decline will mean acting to protect the liberal order in ways more forceful than we have become accustomed to.
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Miles Smith
Author
Miles Smith IV is a visiting assistant professor at Hillsdale College and a historian of the Old South and Atlantic World. He took his BA from the College of Charleston and holds a PhD in History from Texas Christian University. He is a native of Salisbury, North Carolina.