Americans are in many ways more divided today than they were in 1860. Restoring American unity amidst the current rancour sounds almost comically impossible. Writing in the Claremont Review of Books, Michael Anton lays out an ambitious program for reuniting Americans, focused on a working-class that has been abandoned by both parties.

France is in the Crosshairs, but the Target is Western Civilization
Theodore Dalrymple in Law & Liberty crystallizes the recent riots in France to a simple equation: “Whole generations have been taught and come to accept that Western civilization consists of slavery, exploitation, and massacre.” Tearing it all down – not merely reforming it – is therefore not just understandable but desirable. Dalrymple disposes of the delusional trope that these are “student” protests, noting the preponderance of Muslim migrants committing the mayhem.
For a luminous glimpse into the singular civilizational achievements the rioters would tear down, read this C2C article by Patrick Keeney.


