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Will a Trump Victory Actually Dislodge the Neocons?, by Paul Gottfried

Although I fully share the jubilation of others that Donald Trump may be taking a wrecking ball to the GOP establishment, I don’t hold the view that Trump’s candidacy will reduce neoconservative power....

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Academe Finally Discovers Right-Wing Critics of Conservatism Inc. Will MSM be...

Dr. George Hawley, [Email him] an assistant professor at the University of Alabama, has provided a badly-needed public service by producing Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism. Hawley’s work,...

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Our American Cultural Revolution, by Paul Gottfried

As the person who has been asked to deliver this year’s Murray N. Rothbard address, it seems appropriate to relate my remarks to the person being honored. Although the observations that follow may not...

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A Bad Idea with Disastrous Results, by Paul Gottfried

An article on the John W. Pope Center website dealing with Title IX by William L. Anderson begins with these passages: According to Anderson, Title IX, which required that equal opportunities be...

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Scholars Supporting the Policies of Donald J. Trump for Renewing America, by...

The following statement of support for Donald Trump is intended to counteract the dishonest presentation of this presidential candidate by much of the national media. Those who have attached their...

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Yes, Virginia (Dare), There ARE Righteous Jews for Trump, by Paul Gottfried

Forget the Clinton emails—the BIG story (89,800 results on Google News as of 11:00 tonight) is that one (1) Trump supporter of the thousands attending his Phoenix rally on Saturday night took the...

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Real Islam and Democracy, by Paul Gottfried

During the last few months I’ve seen on TV and read in Newsmax the views of an earnest American patriot, Zudhi Jasser. A onetime naval officer, distinguished cardiologist and more recently, an inspired...

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Weeping with Dersh, by Paul Gottfried

Lately I’ve been watching the blossoming lovefest between the conservative-Republican establishment and those on the Left who are raging over the Obama administration’s reaction to the UN resolution...

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Trump’s Problem, by Paul Gottfried

Let’s not imagine that Trump can alone pick up his popularity ratings. Several days ago I picked up the Inquirer while in Philadelphia and saw on the front cover, next to a puff piece for Michelle...

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Leftist Rationality, by Paul Gottfried

Every day I hear exasperated Trump-backers exclaim that the Left has gone crazy. And their complaint seems justified, at least up to a point. The demonstrations against Trump, which now involve such...

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The Death of Marxism Revisited, by Paul Gottfried

About ten years ago I published a book, The Strange Death of Marxism, which argued strenuously that the present Left is not Marxist, but post-Marxist. Unlike traditional Marxists and European...

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A Small College Is Suffering from Self-Inflicted Wounds, by Paul Gottfried

Recently, one of my neighbors saw students from Elizabethtown College, where I taught for many years, walking down the street wearing what looked like the puzzle pieces featured as symbols by Autistic...

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Eastern European Jews and the Case of the Marginalized Elite, by Paul Gottfried

The story of Eastern European Jews who immigrated to America in the beginning of the twentieth century is a story of “self-marginalization.” The more dramatically Eastern European Jews progress...

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Yes, Virginia (Dare) There Is a Cultural Marxism–and It’s Taking Over...

The most recent of incident of Cultural Marxist commissars refusing to admit that dissidents are to be treated as fellow citizens is the crazed female professor who accosted the NPI’s Richard Spencer...

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Why Democrats Are More Unified Than the GOP, by Paul Gottfried

Thanks to at least nine opposing Republican senators, Congress left for its July 4 break without passing a replacement bill for Obamacare. The opposition from these Republicans was two-fold: Four...

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Dark Thoughts on the Passing of MODERN AGE Editor Peter Lawler, by Paul...

Although I generally agree with the Latin adage “de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est,” sometimes the death of someone leads one to reflect on the gushing eulogies that are showered on the deceased....

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Saturday in Charlottesville, by Paul Gottfried

Looking at a French nationalist website Boulevard Voltaire this morning, I notice a repetition of the conventional American media account of what occurred in Charlottesville on Saturday. The news...

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The Frankfurt School and Cultural Marxism, by Paul Gottfried

Franklin Einspruch, A commentator in The Federalist, describes me as a “circumspect conservative” scholar who has written responsibly about Cultural Marxism. I’m also deemed to be a conservative who...

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Getting the Culprits Right, by Paul Gottfried

I’ve just been looking at an interview by clinical psychologist and University of Toronto Professor Jordan Peterson dealing with postmodernism and the triumph of Marxism in Canada. In view of...

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Gottfried on Goldberg: “Suicide of the West”—or of Conservatism?, by Paul...

I wrote a lot in the early aughts about Jonah Goldberg’s apotheosis at National Review in the wake of William F. Buckley’s purge of immigration patriots like John O’Sullivan and VDARE.com Editor Peter...

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Charlottesville After A Year—As An Outsider, I Think the Alt-Right Far from...

We’re approaching the one-year anniversary of the fateful Unite The Right Rally, at which the violence that took place was all blamed on the “Alt-Right”, leading to much persecution (deplatforming,...

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The Defense of Southern Conservatism, by Paul Gottfried

I must confess that I feel a bit awkward about reviewing Dr. Boyd Cathey’s outstanding anthology, The Land We Love: The South and its Heritage. I am, as the reader may notice, mentioned in the preface,...

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Joe Scotchie: Recovering Authentic (= Politically Incorrect) Conservatism, by...

Joe Scotchie’s recently published anthology Writing on the Southern Front: Authentic Conservatism For Our Times made me aware of the task that confronts every serious student of the Right—recovering...

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Prof. Gottfried Replies to Our Review of His Latest Book, by Paul Gottfried

Thanks are due to Greg Hood for an outstanding, comprehensive review of my book on antifascism. Mr. Hood wrote an admirably thorough review, which I could not improve on even if I tried. I agree with...

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Stifling Dissent, One Publisher at a Time, by Paul Gottfried

Earlier this month, Arktos Press, a publishing house associated with European New Right, was dealt a sweeping blow by the censors of ideology. The company stated in a press release on March 8: This...

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