The Culture War
Essays on political correctness, the academy, media bias, Hollywood, and the long battle over American cultural institutions. The Weekly Standard was one of the few outlets willing to take these fights seriously as intellectual, not just political, questions.
9 articles
- 1
Puritans in Hollywood
Andrew Ferguson May 21, 2007Andrew Ferguson on moralism, censorship, and the contradictions of the film ratings system.
- 2
A World Without Public Schools
David Gelernter June 4, 2007David Gelernter questions the premise of compulsory public education.
- 3
Real Religious Intolerance
Hugh Hewitt June 16, 2005Hugh Hewitt on the double standard applied to religious conservatives in public life.
- 4
Annals of Intolerance
Stephen Schwartz July 2, 2012On blasphemy laws and the assault on free expression from an unexpected direction.
- 5
Left Behind
Abigail Thernstrom April 29, 2013Abigail Thernstrom on radical indoctrination in American public schools.
- 6
Outrageous Dowd
Daniel Halper September 16, 2012Media bias in mainstream journalism — with Maureen Dowd as the case study.
- 7
T-Shirt Intolerance and Prop. 8 Protests
Mary Katharine Ham November 14, 2008On the intolerance that progressive activists showed toward those who disagreed with them.
- 8
A Culture War Deferred
Christopher Caldwell June 7, 2010Christopher Caldwell on the Dutch culture war and what it portends for American politics.
- 9
Italy’s deplorables unite against Europe’s elites
Christopher Caldwell May 25, 2018Caldwell on Italian populism as a culture war against technocratic elites (2018).