http://www.american.com Art, food, fashion, and the way we live now. daily 1 2007-03-29T16:41:19Z http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/the-end-of-giving-till-it-hurts Among Irving Kristol’s many accomplishments was the little-known role he played in transforming American philanthropy. No publisher Leslie Lenkowsky culture 2009-10-28T20:52:03Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/beauty-art-and-darwin It is possible that we have a kind of built-in moral resistance to the runaway pathologies now visible in the arts. Where did that resistance come from? No publisher Roger Sandall culture 2009-10-08T15:48:01Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/september/the-practical-liberal Much has been made of Irving Kristol’s maestroship of an intellectual movement that enlarged and transformed American conservatism. Interestingly, his exertions had no comparable or even discernable influence on American liberalism. No publisher Christopher DeMuth culture 2009-09-22T17:24:37Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/august/marx-hubbard-and-the-totalitarian-impulse An overweening philosopher and a scam artist. What brings them together in an intelligible category? Each man proposed, without embarrassment, a total explanation for human life. No publisher Robert McHenry 2009-08-21T03:06:54Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/august/dealing-with-diversity-the-smart-way Science is telling us that ethnic diversity causes significant problems by diminishing valuable social capital. What then should we do about it? No publisher Jason Richwine 2009-08-11T21:08:50Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/capitalism-jewish-achievement-and-the-israel-test Israel has become one of the most important economies in the world, and is second only to the United States in its pioneering of technologies benefitting human life, prosperity, and peace. No publisher George Gilder 2009-07-27T22:44:08Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/april-2009/obama2019s-education-hopes-face-achievement-realities American students are spending more time in academic classes and checking the ‘more rigorous curriculum’ box. But there is little evidence that all that extra academic work has turned into higher achievement. No publisher Mark Schneider 2009-04-28T21:38:41Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/april-2009/the-news-of-god2019s-death-has-been-greatly-exaggerated Two Economist magazine writers weigh in on the global revival of faith. No publisher Evan Sparks 2009-04-10T19:26:35Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/april-2009/what-moneyball-missed The blockbuster book that has transformed sports did not give baseball enough credit for creating the conditions that the A’s were able to exploit. No publisher Adam Fleisher 2009-04-02T21:29:22Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/march-2009/the-high-cost-of-volunteering The Obama administration’s costly AmeriCorps plans take the volunteer out of volunteerism. No publisher Alan W. Dowd 2009-03-31T14:06:54Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/march-2009/babylonian-dreams The elite attack on ancient Greek achievement is made manifest in London, Paris, and Berlin. No publisher Roger Sandall 2009-03-20T22:03:59Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/march-2009/small-car-big-shadow A guy named Romney kick-started the compact car revolution 50 years ago. No publisher Ralph Kinney Bennett 2009-03-12T20:27:26Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/february-2009/preparing-the-obituary Netizens and the news business are locked in a mutually destructive death spiral. Can anything arrest the decline? No publisher James V. DeLong 2009-03-03T16:19:31Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/the-story-of-booze Iain Gately’s enjoyable new book explains what liquor has meant to different societies throughout history. No publisher Kevin R. Kosar 2009-01-21T17:08:05Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/lincoln-and-inaugurations-past-and-present It is part of our common inherited good fortune to be of one of those ages to which Lincoln belongs. No publisher Robert McHenry 2009-01-16T15:38:38Z BernArticle