Jonathan Greenberg

In the 2017 movie “Spiderman: Homecoming,” Peter Parker and his classmates take a trip to our nation’s capital and visit the Washington Monument. The female lead, played by Zendaya, hangs back as her friends walk toward the structure, prompting her teacher to ask if she’s “taking it all in.” She responds, “Yeah, I just…I don’t […]

Mark Twain is said to have observed that “conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.” And, as one would expect from Twain, even a conservative has to acknowledge that there’s truth to it. The American Founding, to pick an easy example, was a radical revolutionary movement now lauded by conservatives. Its leaders, […]