# Adam Ellwanger https://humanevents.com/author/adam-ellwanger ## Articles by Adam Ellwanger - [The Mask Slips: The Colorado Massacre and the “Non-Binary” Con](https://humanevents.com/opinion/the-mask-slips-the-colorado-massacre-and-the-non-binary-con.md) — 2022-12-07 — The media would prefer to forget the whole affair. It’s our job to remind them: again and again. - [In Defense of the National Conservative Agenda and Its So-Called 'Authoritarian' Impulse](https://humanevents.com/opinion/in-defense-of-the-national-conservative-agenda-and-its-so-called-authoritarian-impulse.md) — 2022-10-28 — Conservatives, long attacked by legacy media as 'authoritarian,' are routinely stymied even from wielding the basic powers of their office. - [The Invisible Whiteness of Being: Cultural Appropriation and The Little Mermaid](https://humanevents.com/opinion/the-invisible-whiteness-of-being-cultural-appropriation-and-the-little-mermaid.md) — 2022-09-22 — Something Fishy with The Little Mermaid… - [On the Promise and Peril of an American Christian Nationalism](https://humanevents.com/opinion/on-the-promise-and-peril-of-an-american-christian-nationalism.md) — 2022-08-02 — Over the last few years, the term “Christian Nationalism” has increasingly been used by commentators on the Left as a cudgel to scare political moderates away from right-wing populism. For much of… - [Indultilization: Childhood, Adulthood, and the Costs of Pandering Affirmation](https://humanevents.com/opinion/indultilization-childhood-adulthood-and-the-costs-of-pandering-affirmation.md) — 2022-07-25 — The social norms that coalesce around the concepts of childhood and adulthood have changed over time. For much of recorded history, children had comparatively little value in the eyes of adults. In… - [Parables of the Virtual: ‘Falling Forward into an Unknown Future’ with Google’s Paranoid Android](https://humanevents.com/opinion/parables-of-the-virtual-falling-forward-into-an-unknown-future-with-googles-paranoid-android.md) — 2022-06-17 — Google-employed AI ethicist Blake Lemoine made news this month when he leaked a profoundly disturbing “conversation” that he had with Google’s artificially intelligent chatbot program called LaMDA… - [Debasing Amy: The Acceleration of the Sexual Revolution](https://humanevents.com/opinion/debasing-amy-the-acceleration-of-the-sexual-revolution.md) — 2022-04-13 — This month marks twenty-five years since the theatrical release of Chasing Amy, a romantic tragicomedy that marked the highest level of thematic and cinematic sophistication achieved by north-Jersey… - [The Scandal of Lent in an Era of Self-Justification](https://humanevents.com/opinion/the-scandal-of-lent-in-an-era-of-self-justification.md) — 2022-03-21 — Lent is an annual period of a little more than a month that precedes Easter on the Christian calendar. Easter, of course, is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Lent represents a… - [The Whims of Affirmative Action: The NFL, the Supreme Court, and Folly of Identity Politics.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/the-whims-of-affirmative-action-the-nfl-the-supreme-court-and-folly-of-identity-politics.md) — 2022-02-04 — In the decision of the 2003 affirmative action case Grutter v. Bollinger, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote that “The \[Supreme\] Court expects that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences… - [America is Not a Democracy](https://humanevents.com/opinion/america-is-not-a-democracy.md) — 2022-01-05 — This semester, one of my college students proposed an interesting topic for his paper. As a recent immigrant from Pakistan, he wanted to write an essay that argued “Pakistan is not a democracy.” I… - [Linguistic Weaponry and the Rhetorical Mechanics of “Let’s Go Brandon!”](https://humanevents.com/opinion/linguistic-weaponry-and-the-rhetorical-mechanics-of-lets-go-brandon.md) — 2021-12-31 — By now, many readers are aware of the gutsy prank that an Oregonian named Jared Schmeck played on Joe Biden and the First Lady during the Holiday break. Schmeck’s family has a Christmas tradition… - [NatCon 2 and the Plan To Save America.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/natcon-2-and-the-plan-to-save-america.md) — 2021-12-10 — It was the last day of the second National Conservatism conference (informally called NatCon2) at the Hilton Orlando. My flight back to Texas was leaving in five hours, so I ducked out of the… - [The Burning Tower(s).](https://humanevents.com/opinion/the-burning-tower-s.md) — 2021-09-12 — Reflections on 20 years since 9/11. - [The Occupation: Public Protest and the Use of Space.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/the-occupation-public-protest-and-the-use-of-space.md) — 2021-08-03 — How American elites co-opt popular demonstrations of discontent. - [Space Exploration: Frontier Politics and the Future of Man.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/space-exploration-frontier-politics-and-the-future-of-man.md) — 2021-07-25 — Ownership and territory in the next century. - [Fear and Loathing at CPAC.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/fear-and-loathing-at-cpac.md) — 2021-07-13 — Doom and debauchery in Dallas. - [A Letter to Team USA.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/a-letter-to-team-usa.md) — 2021-06-30 — Olympic excellence, American pride, and the performance of virtue. - [The Centrist Type: A Study in Character (or Lack Thereof).](https://humanevents.com/opinion/the-centrist-type-a-study-in-character-or-lack-thereof.md) — 2021-06-28 — Moderation as ideology and “the middle” as fiction. - [PRIDE Month as Reactionary Moralism.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/pride-month-as-reactionary-moralism.md) — 2021-06-21 — Secular progressivism and the future of transgression. - [Oligarchy and the Polls.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/oligarchy-and-the-polls.md) — 2021-05-21 — Engineering the “voice” of the people. - [The Politics of Retribution and the Minority-Owned Business.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/the-politics-of-retribution-and-the-minority-owned-business.md) — 2021-04-23 — Revenge as compassion in Weimar America. - [“Preferred” Pronouns: The Final (?) Frontier.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/preferred-pronouns-the-final-frontier.md) — 2021-04-15 — Linguistic coercion and social change. - [In Defense of Tribalism.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/in-defense-of-tribalism.md) — 2021-03-22 — Culture, commonality, and the perils of multiculturalism. - [Bad “Optics”: On Pseudo-Events and Pseudo-Democracy.](https://humanevents.com/opinion/bad-optics-on-pseudo-events-and-pseudo-democracy.md) — 2021-03-13 — What the left's obsession over Senator Cruz's trip to Cancun reveals about media and the politics of appearance.