Why are we here?
My comments on a recent book about Darwinian evolution can be read at Chronicles Magazine.
Published in print
Worse at what it is
I complain about the direction New York City has been taking in Chronicles Magazine.
The Esolen option
In the current Chronicles I review Tony Esolen’s new book Out of the Ashes.
Blurred Lines
I have an (unfavorable) piece on the current papacy in the May issue of Chronicles.
Liberalism and social issues
Here’s a talk I gave to the H. L. Mencken Club a couple weeks ago. A shorter version was published at Crisis Magazine.
Social Issues: What, Why and Whither
by James Kalb
Today I’m going to speak about social issues: what they are, why they’re issues, and where they’re going. I’ll include some comments … More ...
Beyond populism
I have a piece in the August issue of Chronicles about what’s needed in view of the populist upsurge symbolized by Trump’s rise and most recently Brexit.
The Donald
I give an explanation of the Trump phenomenon at Chronicles Magazine.
Mechanical nihilism
I review Anthony Esolen’s book Life Under Compulsion at Chronicles Magazine.
Technocracy Now
I have an essay in the current First Things on the current political and social situation and how to respond to it. The whole thing is available here.
The practice of politics
[The following review appeared in the December, 2014 issue of Chronicles:]
This is a history of liberalism as it appears to an intelligent, well-informed, and thoroughly convinced English liberal who worked for many years as an editor and correspondent for The Economist. It is useful as a sympathetic exploration of the stages through which the … More ...