Author Archives: Samuel Goldman

About Samuel Goldman

Samuel Goldman is a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University. He earned a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard, where he has also taught writing. In addition to The American Conservative, Goldman’s work has appeared in The New Criterion, The Wall Street Journal, and Maximumrocknroll. He lives in New York City, where he inhabits a closet, rides the subway, and pays monstrous taxes. Follow him on Twitter.

Why Natural Law Is ‘Hopeless’

Posted on March 7, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, David Bentley Hart published a critique of …

Oakeshott and the Academy

Posted on March 5, 2013

Kenneth McIntyre has provoked considerable discussion with his review of Gene Callahan’s Oakeshott …

An Inconvenient Truth: The Bush Administration Was a Disaster

Posted on February 28, 2013

What the end of Policy Review says about conservative denial.

10 Sci Fi and Fantasy Works Every Conservative Should Read

Posted on February 22, 2013

Beyond Lord of the Rings

Is America’s Future Southern?

Posted on February 21, 2013

Yes, answer a number of “pro-growth” types (a distinct species often confused …

A B.A. in Three Years?

Posted on February 17, 2013

Degrees at American universities take too long to complete, cost too much …

Barack Obama’s American System

Posted on February 13, 2013

President Obama’s State of the Union last night was something of a …

White Elephants: Are Republicans an Endangered Species?

Posted on February 12, 2013

Its base shrinking, the party of Lincoln considers the “Calhoun option.”

The Cult of Redemptive Violence

Posted on February 7, 2013

The cult of redemptive violence is one of the darkest currents in …

Would Cain Drive a Dodge?

Posted on February 4, 2013

The bad theology behind the Paul Harvey-narrated Super Bowl ad.

The End of Freedom?

Posted on February 1, 2013

Were Americans more free half a century ago? Many conservatives would instinctively …

The Historians Strike Back

Posted on January 30, 2013

Earlier this month, the National Association of Scholars released a report on history instruction …

Tom Friedman: High-Tech Philistine

Posted on January 28, 2013

Tom Friedman is an easy target for criticism. It’s just too easy …

Republicans Won’t Compete in Cities

Posted on January 24, 2013

Democratic dominance in urban areas dates back to the age of Jackson.

There’s Nothing Wrong With ‘Doping’

Posted on January 22, 2013

The last few weeks have seen a number of events related to …

Garry Wills Is Wrong About Guns, and So Is the Constitution

Posted on January 17, 2013

I’m grateful to Scott Galupo for reviving Gary Wills’s provocative interpretation of …

The Squish Factor in College Admissions

Posted on January 16, 2013

I’ve been thinking a lot about college admissions since the publication of …

Naftali Bennett and the Continuing Appeal of Religious Nationalism

Posted on January 14, 2013

Liel Liebovitz profiles the settler leader and tech entrepreneur Naftali Bennett, who leads …

Dressing the Part of an American Conservative

Posted on January 11, 2013

My love of old things extends beyond the spheres of politics and …

Responsibility, Personal and Individual (Or, How to Do Political Theory By Watching ‘Girls’)

Posted on January 10, 2013

Responsibility is a familiar theme of conservative rhetoric. While progressives expect the …

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