Ari Blaff

Rapper Kanye West speaks during a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump.

Perspective: Kanye West and the politics of expedience

Some Republicans have ignored Ye’s antisemitism because he had other views they like. But conservatism must adhere to its foundational principles.

By Ari Blaff

Perspective

Perspective: How ‘the current thing’ became a meme — and a religion

Passionate alignments with social causes flows from a void of meaning and purpose.

By Ari Blaff

American writer and editor Rod Dreher introduced a Czech edition of his book “The Benedict Option.”

Q&A

Rod Dreher on his next book, the pain of divorce and what people got wrong about ‘The Benedict Option’

To say Dreher’s journalistic purview ends at religion is a massive understatement.

By Ari Blaff

Q&A

Is nationalism a scourge or a virtue? A conversation with Yoram Hazony

Ahead of the National Conservatism Conference, the scholar and political theorist says the U.S. is in danger of becoming ‘a woke Marxist pile of rubble’.

By Ari Blaff

Education

‘It’s time to build new institutions’: Peter Boghossian on the ‘woke’ American university

A conversation with Peter Boghossian on “wokeness” and the American university.

By Ari Blaff

An electronic billboard makes its way through the London advertising a story regarding Boris Johnson’s resignation.

Perspective

Perspective: Politicians don’t fall from the sky. They come from us

The late comedian George Carlin knew that imperfect leaders rise from a society shorn of values.

By Ari Blaff

Perspective

Perspective: Is Jordan Peterson cancel-proof?

Jordan Peterson’s latest Twitter spree is disappointing, But his ability to repeatedly survive the onslaught of social-media mobs and keep engaging on the difficult issues of the day is part of his appeal.

By Ari Blaff

In this file photo, author Warren Farrell poses for a photo at his home in Mill Valley, Calif., on July 26, 2016.

Q&A

The ‘real warriors’ are the men who share the responsibilities of raising children

An interview with the co-author of ‘The Boy Crisis’ and crusader for men’s rights.

By Ari Blaff

Perspective

Perspective: Canadians love their guns, too. So why are their gun laws more strict?

Canada has high rates of gun ownership but lawmakers have responded to mass shootings with policy changes.

By Ari Blaff

Actor Johnny Depp testifies, as an article seen on a screen is entered into evidence, during the trial at Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., Wednesday, April 20, 2022.

Perspective

Perspective: Johnny Depp’s testimony is changing the conversation about men and domestic abuse

The testimony has given some men courage to admit that they’ve been abused by women. It’s more prevalent than you might think.

By Ari Blaff

Perspective

Perspective: How liberal college campuses gave rise to cancel culture

Professors in certain disciplines believe they have a ‘moral mission.’ It’s no surprise they’re evangelizing their students.

By Ari Blaff

Perspective

Perspective: Israel remembers. Does the world?

Observances in Israel this week remind the world of its post-Holocaust promise and what it means for Ukraine.

By Ari Blaff

A Canadian flag is strapped to the hood of a semitrailer truck that is part of a protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa.

Perspective

Perspective: I’m from Canada. Don’t believe everything you hear about the trucker protests

Americans tend to Americanize events in other countries, but the Canada protests aren’t equivalent to Jan. 6.

By Ari Blaff

Opinion

How immigrants challenge the narrative that America is inherently racist

People from a vast array of nationalities want to make America their home. What should we make of that?

By Ari Blaff

American Gothic is a 1930 painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Opinion

Why marriage has ‘lost its luster’ among young people

It’s not just the U.S. where marriage rates are declining.

By Ari Blaff