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The New China Syndrome
The truth about Beijing that Washington keeps burying — and the five lies Xi Jinping must be forced to answer for.
To Restore Separation of Powers, Agency Guidance Must be Reined In
The momentum we have now must be used to further rein in the administrative state.
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Britain’s Four State Solution
There is growing support for secession, especially among young people.
The American Dream
This story appears annually at tomklingenstein.com on August 28, in commemoration of 250 years—and counting—of American independence. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’” These are among the […]
Robots Would Like a Word!
Domo arigato, Mr. Ningen!
The New China Syndrome
The truth about Beijing that Washington keeps burying — and the five lies Xi Jinping must be forced to answer for.
After You Read
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Think More: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Trump's siege of Iran, a restocked medicine reserve, walked fentanyl, birth tourism under oath, Medicaid's open pipelines, and K-12 fraud.
Think More: Friday, August 28, 2026
The FBI's Catholic memo, in-state tuition suits, a Chinese bot farm, Venezuelan oil, Europe's ledger, and the campus fight over the SAT.
Think More: Thursday, August 27, 2026
Foreign hardware in the grid and the ballot box, the states as the real arena, the arithmetic of equity, a $40 trillion ledger, and the trust deficit.
Think More: Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Fauci's diary and the North Carolina school delay, Chinese hacking platforms seized, Hawley's Flock investigation, and Plato's cave.
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The Long Read. Lyceum Edition.
Essay-length arguments on political philosophy, constitutional history, and cultural criticism, brought to bear on the week's events. One a week, often on Sundays.
John Eastman’s Supreme Court Petition: A Reader’s Guide
A reader’s guide to the three questions at the center of John Eastman’s challenge to his California disbarment.
Real Russiagate Has Never Been Tried
According to Schmidt, there is nothing wrong with the Russia collusion narrative at all—it just hasn’t been proven yet.
Welcome to the Machine
Sydney Harris warned that men would learn to think like machines. He did not foresee that machines would become the judges of what men make.
The Hate Map’s Ledger
The Department of Justice has filed the case that fifteen years of conservative reporting already made. The record is older than the indictment, and the cost has not yet been counted.
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The Pulse
Weekly diagnostics on American public opinion, featuring polling and analysis from Scott Rasmussen and the Napolitan News Service, with editorial context from the Lyceum editors.
Culture War: The Deadly Consequences of a Woke War Machine
Culture War: The Deadly Consequences of a Woke War Machine is a conservative political documentary that examines the August 2021 Abbey Gate bombing during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. It was produced by the American Principles Project. When the Biden administration decided to hastily depart from Afghanistan it was seen, and remains seen, as a […]
Democratic Socialists Are Counting on the Fog
A new Napolitan survey finds 44% of voters call Democratic Socialists a threat to America’s founding ideals. Fewer than half can say what one is.
The Verdict and the Vote
Government Covid ratings hit a record low in a new Napolitan survey, yet voters would back a candidate promising to reinstate mandates by 13 points.
Free Buses Poll Well. The Rest of the Program Doesn’t.
A new Napolitan News survey tested six planks of the DSA platform. Housing and transit sell. Defunding police and emptying the jails collapse.
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