One of the first pieces I authored as a new hire for The American Conservative was titled, “The Myths We Tell Matter.” The brief post was inspired by a visit at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. After ...

"A Great Disorder" by Richard Slotkin explores American myth-making. Here: Gary Wear with Moody's Battery Confederate artery is seen during a demonstration of a battle during the 150th anniversary of ...

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A key part of my Conservative Futurism is trying to understand as accurately as possible the world we currently live in and how we got here. If we get that wrong, it’s going to be nearly impossible to ...

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their appeals to the American electorate on the basis of personality, character and policy. But they are also framing themselves as actors in the American ...

The American dream is built on the notion that the US is a meritocracy. Americans believe success in life and business can be earned by anyone willing to put in the hard work necessary to achieve it, ...

As time passes, history often becomes blurred. Stories are retold, facts are altered, and over generations, popular belief can drift far from the truth. Much like the old game of telephone, the ...

*(CNN) — From the outside looking in, Prachi Gupta’s family was the epitome of the American Dream. In short, the ‘model minority” myth fits them to a tee. Her father was a doctor, her mother was a ...

In an era long before our own, but with similarities that resonate now, a cohort of Texas farmers, suffering debilitating impoverishment as a consequence of a long and extensive drought, successfully ...

This is American Empire, Splinter’s rolling series of articles exploring the power of the United States and the different ways it is unleashed upon the world. Read our other entries here. In this ...