American Federalist Journal
Monday - September 21, 2020



Featured articles by Kevin D. Williamson



Snobs or Mobs?
2020-09-20

Helvexit?
2020-09-17

The World Sours on Washington
2020-09-16

The Police Aren't Immune from Politics
2020-09-13

To Out-Nixon Nixon
2020-09-10



Accept the Results
2020-09-09

Reality Bites
2020-09-06

The Lives of the Martyrs
2020-09-04

On Nancy Pelosi's Haircut
2020-09-03

A Clutch of Fools
2020-09-02



Apocalypse Now?
2020-08-31

A Small Second Amendment Victory
2020-08-16

Republicans and Race, Redux
2020-08-13

The Decline and Fall of the National Rifle Association
2020-08-09

What Next?
2020-08-06



The World's Worst Idea
2020-08-05

It's Time for Action on COVID Liability
2020-08-02

The Issue Is Trump
2020-07-29

The Habsburg Moment
2020-07-26

The American Medical Community's Credibility Problem
2020-07-23



America's Psychic Tuberculosis
2020-07-20

Unquiet on the Western Front
2020-07-19

The Mystery of Minor-League Corruption
2020-07-16

Even Saints Can Get Canceled
2020-07-15

Kings of the Castle
2020-07-12



Biden: Make America Great Again
2020-07-10

Courtesy and Capitalization
2020-07-09

Chesterton's Cops
2020-07-08

We Will Miss the Filibuster
2020-07-05

Three Kinds of Power
2020-07-02



The End of (Whig) History
2020-07-01

What Are Schools For?
2020-07-01

Blowin' in the Wind
2020-06-28

The American Infection
2020-06-26

We Don't Know What's Good for Us
2020-06-23



Vive la Liberté
2020-06-21

Conservatives, Show Up
2020-06-19

The Revolution Comforts the Comfortable
2020-06-18

The Emperor's New Law
2020-06-16

The Confederate-Monument Controversy Is a Democrat-vs-Democrat Question
2020-06-14



A Police-Reform Agenda as Old as Policing Itself
2020-06-10

Comforting Abstractions
2020-06-07

After November
2020-06-05

Welcome Home, Hong Kong
2020-06-04

The Answer Isn't a Free Lunch
2020-06-03



Tired of 'Winning' Yet?
2020-05-31

Apple Is Right to Refuse to Help the FBI Hack into iPhones
2020-01-19

John Roberts, Eternal Hostage
2020-01-16

What Was It For?
2020-01-12

How to Improve Film and TV Criticism
2020-01-10



Tesla's Success Is the Product of a Healthy Entrepreneurial Culture
2020-01-09

The American Middle Class as Victim
2020-01-08

Repeal the AUMF
2020-01-05

See You Later, Alligator?
2020-01-03

Hoax Politics
2020-01-02



This Will Be Our Year
2019-12-31

Do Celebrities Really Buy the Climate-Change Story?
2019-12-29

Trump Isn't a Nazi. He's a Failure.
2019-12-27

'A People Prepared'
2019-12-24

Our Stupid Decade
2019-12-24



Stuck in a College Basement for Our Cause
2019-12-23

How to Deal with the Counterfeit Goods Problem
2019-12-22

The Welcome Boringness of Pete Buttigieg
2019-12-18

Write Them Checks
2019-12-17

You Didn't Build That
2019-12-12



The FBI's Corrupt Cops
2019-12-11

Lessons from Europe, or 'Europe'
2019-12-08

We Are Not Winning the Trade War
2019-12-04

History Is Short
2019-12-01

This Pilgrim Republic
2019-11-28



Pruning the Presidency
2019-11-27

Who's in Charge Here?
2019-11-24

The Hyper-Partisan Stupidity Arms Race
2019-11-19

The Immoral Attack on Capitalism
2019-11-19

Marco Rubio's Half-Baked Political Philosophy
2019-11-17



Impeachment and the Broken Truce
2019-11-14

The Upsides of Bloomberg for the Left and the Right
2019-11-12

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in Greenwich, Conn.?
2019-11-10

Elizabeth Warren Thinks Voters Are Stupid
2019-11-06

Making Moral Mistakes Mandatory
2019-11-03



The Difficulty of Brexit Is the Case for Brexit
2019-10-29

Not Enemies, But Friends
2019-10-27

The GOP Won't Win Over African-American Voters If It Doesn't Even Try
2019-10-25

Bring Impeachment into the Light
2019-10-24

Elizabeth Warren's Financial Berlin Wall
2019-10-22



Small Policy Tweaks Won't Fix Facebook
2019-10-20

O'Rourke's America
2019-10-16

Don't Run a Government Like a Business
2019-10-15

Elizabeth Warren Is Jussie Smollett
2019-10-13

A Day of Prayer and Fasting
2019-10-10



Make Satan Great Again
2019-10-09

Everybody Is Tipper Gore Now
2019-10-06

The Two Government Paternalisms
2019-10-04

For Democrats, Taxes Aren't about Revenue
2019-10-01

The Radicalism Arms Race
2019-09-29



Prince Don
2019-09-27

What's Behind the Democrats' Impeachment Gambit?
2019-09-26

China's Population Problem
2019-09-25

More Fracking, or More War?
2019-09-22

The Iran Dilemma, the Saudi Dilemma, and the Iran-Saudi Dilemma
2019-09-20



American Universities Are the Envy of the World
2019-09-19

Back Off from the 'Resist' Nonsense
2019-09-15

The Divine Right of the Democratic Party
2019-09-11

Playing God
2019-09-08

Harm-Reduction Beats Drug War as a Response to Addiction
2019-09-06



Conservatives Should Watch More Television
2019-09-04

How to Spot a Serious Gun-Crime Proposal
2019-09-03

We Need to Talk about Joe Biden
2019-09-01

L'Esprit de l'Escalier, the 'Times,' Etc.
2019-08-27

A Different Kind of 'Right-Wing'
2019-08-25



Is Patriotism Possible?
2019-08-21

The Age of Miscalculation
2019-08-19

America's <em>Other</em> 'Special Relationship' Remains Worth Preserving
2019-08-18

Finding Yourself in an Expanding Universe, Reading Literature
2019-08-16

Joe Biden, Designated White Guy
2019-08-13



Job Security Is Not Coming Back
2019-08-11

On Gun Control, Once More from the Top
2019-08-09

The Reflex toward Illiberal Democracy
2019-08-07

The Infernal Art of the Deal
2019-08-06

The Democrats Break Left
2019-08-04



What Noah Smith Gets Wrong about Poverty
2019-07-31

Which Party Can We Blame for Poverty and Crime?
2019-07-30

Among the Chimps
2019-07-28

Welcome to the Machine
2019-07-27