Miles Smith

Read the latest stories and analysis from Miles Smith.

Generation Z’s ahistorical anxieties

Miles Smith · July 1, 2025 8:00 am

This Nov. 29, 2011, file photo shows the signature of president Abraham Lincoln on a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery.

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The revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment

Miles Smith · January 31, 2025 6:00 am

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The paradox of the American West

Miles Smith · January 11, 2025 1:36 pm

Argentina's newly sworn-in President Javier Milei waves to supporters from the balcony of the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023.

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Classical liberalism is on the rise in Argentina

Miles Smith · December 21, 2023 7:35 pm

Palestinian supporters gather for a protest at Columbia University, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in New York.

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Limitless self-expression is not the essence of higher education

Miles Smith · December 2, 2023 1:14 pm

FILE - In this March 2, 2017, file photo, Middlebury College students turn their backs to Charles Murray, unseen, during his lecture in Middlebury, Vt. Hundreds of students protested his lecture, forcing the college to move his talk to an undisclosed campus location from which it was live-streamed to the original venue. Since the beginning of 2016, more than two dozen campus speeches have been derailed amid controversy, according to the Foundation For Individual Rights In Education, a group that monitors free speech on campuses.

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The problem on campus is not an excess of liberalism

Miles Smith · June 27, 2023 6:00 am

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Why the world needs a strong US navy

Miles Smith · March 31, 2023 6:23 am

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America’s story is ultimately about liberty, not slavery

Miles Smith · February 20, 2023 6:59 am

Students move through the park in in front of a university building.

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Why education must be conservative

Miles Smith · January 10, 2023 6:00 am

This is an undated photo of a 1800 portrait of Thomas Jefferson by artist Rembrandt Peale.

On Bastille Day, a reminder that Thomas Jefferson got the French Revolution totally wrong

Miles Smith · July 14, 2018 4:00 am

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