Why ‘House of Cards’ Gets Politics Wrong

Why ‘House of Cards’ Gets Politics Wrong

House of Cards is a first-rate series for us political junkies. I’m hooked. In fact, Right Progress Editor James Velasquez and I had plans to wake up at 3:00 AM to start watching it on the night of release. Really. The acting seems, to me, a cut above most television....
A Home for Millennial Reformists

A Home for Millennial Reformists

Originally published on The Clapham Group webpage by Mark Rodgers The Clapham Group’s Ben Kafferlin, with a half dozen other disaffected millennial “reformists,” have started a new initiative named Right Progress. It’s a network of millennial-age writers and...
Soul Searching at Gettysburg

Soul Searching at Gettysburg

“The brave men…who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.”  As I write this, I am at the epicenter of any history buff’s dream. It is a steamy, overcast day and I find myself in the small town square of Gettysburg,...
Spring Creek, Society, and a Frenchman

Spring Creek, Society, and a Frenchman

Published by Benjamin Kafferlin at Right Progress, and originally published in Res Publica by The Ashbrook Center under the title A Collapsing Community Nestled in the scenic Allegheny foothills is my hometown where my ancestors have lived for over two centuries....