Today on theamericanconservative.com, Noah Millman reflected on the 9/11 anniversary, explained the lack of discussion of trade in the wider discussion of the decline in American manufacturing, and argued that the Democrats had prevailed over the GOP in making a case for their party and their candidate to the American public at the end of convention season. Scott Galupo contemplated how Obama and Romney’s diverging styles are likely to play out in the Presidential debates.

Daniel Larison continued to evaluate Romney’s shaky foreign policy credentials and challenged Thomas Sowell’s hyperbole on Iran, while Patrick J. Buchannan and Scott McConnell encouraged the Obama administration to call Bibi’s bluff. Paul Gottfried disliked the GOP “more than ever” and Jeremiah Goulka explained his departure from the Republican Club.

Finally, Rod Dreher contemplated the problems of meritocracy in a democratic society.