Adam Keiper is the editor of The New Atlantis, a journal of technology and society. He contributed essays and book reviews to The Weekly Standard between 2004 and 2018, covering topics including conservative intellectual life, technology, politics, and American history.
At a congressional hearing this week, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) asked an irate and not entirely comprehensible question about his granddaughter’s iPhone. The only problem, as the tech exec who was the hearing’s sole witness explained, is that iPhones are made by Apple but the tech exec was the CEO…
Harper Lee’s inspiration in creating Atticus Finch.
His latest novel is a romp through 17th-century New England.
'Suicide of the West' is a big, baggy, sometimes brilliant case for gratitude and perpetuation.
Friends of The Weekly Standard are so prolific that it can be easy to lose track of all their projects—so we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight a few recent books by some of our cherished and most frequent contributors.
We’re all taught in school about the scientific method—an idealized version of how researchers think up hypotheses, conduct experiments, study the evidence, and confirm or disconfirm their original hypotheses. In Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes…
GoDaddy, the web-hosting company, is terminating its relationship with the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer, which has been offering incendiary apologetics for last weekend’s white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In Chaos Monkeys, his memoir about his rocky career in high tech, Antonio García Martínez lists a few pithy rules for understanding how Silicon Valley really works. The best of these insider insights: “Company culture is what goes without saying.” That is, if you want really to understand the firms…
In Chaos Monkeys, his memoir about his rocky career in high tech, Antonio García Martínez lists a few pithy rules for understanding how Silicon Valley really works. The best of these insider insights: “Company culture is what goes without saying.” That is, if you want really to understand the firms…
‘Hamilton’ review: Caitrin Keiper and Adam Keiper on the artistic implications of Alexander’s raptime band.
A flurry of anniversaries this month is a reminder of the importance of conservative magazines and journals in American intellectual life and in our political history.
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