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The Mud on Gillette’s Face
Their #MeToo ad called on men to be better but ended up doing them a disservice.
Millennials: A Lost Generation Without the Booze and Jazz
They entered an economy ravaged by their parents. Now they must regroup, persist, and somehow prevail.
The Great American Gun Show
Ammo, politics, and crazy merch—this writer loved it all.
When London’s Dragons Ruled Before Skyscrapers
Out-of-scale glass towers are destroying the historic character of this once beautiful place.
Conservative De-Platforming is an Attack on Private Property
Richard Weaver was right: getting back to the land may be dissidents’ only protection in the digital age.
Britain’s Struggle With Loneliness
Like us, they’ve let go of family and religion, and the results, as our writer saw, have been tragic.
The Most Traditionalist Pub in New York
McSorley’s means good ale and a good ribbing. Don’t even try to ask for wine.
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The Great War Christmas Truce: ‘They Were Positively Human’
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The Conservative Storyteller Who Made Christmas Scary
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