Author Archives: Noah Millman
About Noah Millman
Noah Millman, senior editor, is an opinion journalist, critic, screenwriter, and filmmaker who joined The American Conservative in 2012. Prior to joining TAC, he was a regular blogger at The American Scene. Millman’s work has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Week, Politico, First Things, Commentary, and on The Economist’s online blogs. He lives in Brooklyn.
Murder of Journalist Reflects Global Assault on Free Speech
So why are the crackdowns so popular?
Seeing Lee Through the Eyes of Slaves and Planters
Lincoln’s second inaugural address was carefully worded for times like these.
“Dunkirk” Is a Film about Survival
Christopher Nolan’s epic builds a bridge between our time and the different era of 1940.
‘Only I Can Fix It’
That’s what Trump said — so no wonder he can’t build a functioning team at the White House
Trumpism and the Politics of Distrust
Trump is a lousy populist, but he retains what popular support he has because so many Americans distrust those most alarmed by Trump’s behavior
This Shakespeare Fits Our Era of Puritanical Licentiousness
So why do we have such a problem with it?
Ross Douthat Throws In the Towel
A rousing new slogan: “they could certainly do worse.”
A Euro-African West?
Meditations on civilization by Trump, Macron, Douthat and me
Reagan’s Aliens and Climate Change
The Gipper’s favorite hypothetical proves something different than he imagined
Burn After Reading
The Coens had Donald Jr.’s number
Does the West Have a Civilization?
And if it does, why are liberals like Peter Beinart letting the alt-right decide what it is?
What If the Chinese Are Just Biding Their Time?
Avoiding the ‘Thucydides Trap,’ but not the way Graham Allison envisions.
God and Man in the Times
Ross Douthat “debates” Tyler Cowen
Independence Day Movies
Damon Linker makes a list
Chesterton’s Defense of Patriotism
Happy Independence Day
Play It Again, Sam
Why do we watch movies over and over?
Oh, Canada
Happy 150th Birthday (sort of)
The Senate Health Care Bill In Two Tweets
Ross Douthat and Yuval Levin on counting the BRCA’s phantom chickens
Bad Apps and Liability
If bad training is partly to blame for fatally bad performance, can the trainers be sued?
Officer Yanez’s Panic, And Ours
An trigger-happy society acquits a trigger-happy cop
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