Left-Wing Ideologies Are Not Conspiracy Theories
Against false equivalency| www.richardhanania.com
Whether we should just abolish democracy and other queries| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
Taking the grunt work out of writing| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
There are few (if any!) people alive whose work I think more highly of than Steven Pinker, or whose books have done more to shape my worldview.| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
More populist and ethnonationalist, maybe less conspiratorial| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
An optimistic scenario for a post-Trump, post-woke America| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
“He killed my ma, he killed my pa… I'll vote for him”| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
Bryan Caplan joined me on the livestream today to discuss my recent article, “Economists Should Do More to Fight Misinformation.” We begin by splitting some hairs about whether the misinformation label misleads us about the ultimate origins of false beliefs, and also the difference between something being emotionally unappealing and intuitively incorrect.| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
The completely fact-free debate over the continuing resolution| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
Reflections on cultural differences between conservatives and liberals| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
Links for September 2025| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
High conformity and the need for life scripts| www.richardhanania.com
How subconscious prejudices warp conservatives' views| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
On four eras of the culture war, and more| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
Review of Look Who’s Back (2015)| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
The history of religion as the triumph of the cruel| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
A review of the Charlie Kirk Memorial Service| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
Mike Solana's bizarre take on the Kimmel controversy| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
Bad capitalism is better than good socialism| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
Red states are not doing any better| Richard Hanania's Newsletter
Charlie Kirk was shot and killed today while speaking at Utah Valley University.| www.richardhanania.com
The "I just want to grill" crowd will not save conservatism| www.richardhanania.com
We're already seeing glimmers of what a post-Trump GOP will look like| www.richardhanania.com
Self-reflection on what drives moral outrage and why I am not an effective altruist| www.richardhanania.com
Review of Twin Peaks (1990-1991), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)| www.richardhanania.com
Values determine what we find funny| www.richardhanania.com
A very interesting night among influential conservatives| www.richardhanania.com
This week, I had Tyler Cowen on the CSPI podcast.| www.richardhanania.com
How belief in the blank slate plus residual gender double standards create "cancel culture," and the difficulties of fighting back| www.richardhanania.com
A warning on embracing victimhood culture| www.richardhanania.com
Alternative status hierarchies can maximize the return to human capital| www.richardhanania.com
On populism as a different way of selecting who has power| www.richardhanania.com
The public square is turning into a grotesque idiocracy| www.richardhanania.com
Can RFK Win the 2028 Republican Nomination?| www.richardhanania.com
The natural outcome of development, and authoritarian pushback| www.richardhanania.com
American conservatism is increasingly becoming a third world movement| www.richardhanania.com
A cost-benefit approach to the crackdown in El Salvador| www.richardhanania.com
Watch now (75 mins) | Callum Williams of The Economist on the secrets to US success| www.richardhanania.com
Yes, I Still Want the Stupid Party to Win| www.richardhanania.com
Ideology and intelligence as an inherently causal relationship| www.richardhanania.com
Leftist policies have been failing for a very long time. We should take that seriously.| www.richardhanania.com
The end of tooth decay, and rationalism as a source of community and guidance| www.richardhanania.com
Conservatives are stupid. What should we do about it?| www.richardhanania.com
Why HBD is just white nationalism| www.richardhanania.com
On not trusting social science and still avoiding epistemological nihilism| www.richardhanania.com
Listen now | This conversation is too good to paywall, so I’m sharing it with the world. My last conversation with Amy Wax, which focused a lot on immigration, went viral (see podcast and video and transcript), and since she recently reviewed my book for The American Conservative| www.richardhanania.com
Why the next generation of American elites will be more right-wing| www.richardhanania.com
On a new Frankenstein monster made of the worst ideas and instincts| www.richardhanania.com
The real reason everyone hates people who give away their kidneys| www.richardhanania.com
The US should promote more growth and order abroad, and less chaos| www.richardhanania.com
Choosing between slippery slopes| www.richardhanania.com
Randomized experiments and cross-national data argue that phones are making kids miserable| www.richardhanania.com
How to critique the press without devolving into nihilism| www.richardhanania.com
Explaining why Trump emerged on the right, why only liberals debate filibuster reform, how anti-vax became a partisan issue, how David Shor is half right, "Dems are the real racists" and much else.| www.richardhanania.com
The importance of betting on beliefs| www.richardhanania.com
Zero sum thinking hurts your own people too| www.richardhanania.com
Immigration destroys social cohesion. Good.| www.richardhanania.com
Why Conservatives Won't (and Can't) Fight for Influence, and What to Do About It. Followup to "Why is Everything Liberal?" and "2016: The Turning Point"| www.richardhanania.com
When we have objective measures, the past is never better| www.richardhanania.com
The next decade will be shaped by Silicon Valley entering our politics| www.richardhanania.com
American Triumphalism and "Normie Theories of Democracy"| www.richardhanania.com
The 99% Good Principle and the Problem with Moderate Vax Skepticism| www.richardhanania.com
How a sociological concept explains the "Scam Right"| www.richardhanania.com
My road to small-l liberalism| www.richardhanania.com
Sometimes people will say that their politics are based on “common decency” or “treating others well.” Most intelligent observers I imagine roll their eyes at this kind of talk. If you describe your politics or philosophy in a way no one would disagree with, you’re not really saying anything substantive.| www.richardhanania.com
Cardinal Preferences Explain Why All Institutions are Woke| www.richardhanania.com
Taking opportunity costs seriously in the quest for knowledge| www.richardhanania.com
The abortion issue isn't going away, and will destroy Republicans| www.richardhanania.com
Understanding one of the founding myths of the New Right| www.richardhanania.com
