Arthur Herman

Washington, D.C.

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute- Historian, Author, and Contributor at Freelance

Pulitzer Prize Finalist historian, NYT best selling author. Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute. The Viking Heart is now on sale. RT not =endorsement

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The Golem in the Machine

1 week ago | commentary.org | Arthur Herman

I'm not Jewish, but I've been fascinated by the golem story-the tale of the creation of a defender of the Jews who is made of clay by a mystic magician-since junior high school, when I learned about the 1920 German Expressionist film of that name. After all, what bookish teenager wouldn't want a strong, silent protector ready to repel all bullies and tormentors on command? Later on, my wife Beth introduced me to S.
The U.S. Has a Game Changer in the Struggle for High-Tech Supremacy | National Review

3 weeks ago | nationalreview.com | Michael McCaul |Arthur Herman
Trump and Musk share the founder’s mindset

4 weeks ago | livemint.com | Arthur Herman

Donald Trump and Elon Musk speak to the press as they sit in a Tesla at the White House in Washington, March 11. For the past two months, Americans have watched as two extraordinary and polarizing figures—Donald Trump and Elon Musk—have worked as a team to reduce the size and reach of the federal bureaucracy.
Opinion | Trump and Musk Share the Founder’s Mindset

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Arthur Herman

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Playing0:00 / 6:31For the past two months, Americans have watched as two extraordinary and polarizing figures—Donald Trump and Elon Musk—have worked as a team to reduce the size and reach of the federal bureaucracy.
Opinion | Trump and Musk Share the Founder’s Mindset

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Arthur Herman

The answer is that both men are business founders, with a founder’s mindset and style. This sets them apart from their political counterparts, including many past Republican presidents. It also makes it easier for them to work with other founders, from Silicon Valley tech leaders to cryptocurrency entrepreneurs to venture capitalists. A founder’s approach to business sharply contrasts with the manager mentality that often overtakes companies as they grow in size and complexity.
‘A Measure Short of War’ Review: The Geopolitics of Lying

Jan 15, 2025 | wsj.com | Arthur Herman

It is not only politics that may be seen as war by other means. For centuries, governments have sought to demoralize and defeat their enemies without resorting to the battlefield. In “A Measure Short of War,” Jill Kastner and William Wohlforth give a well-researched account of the many ways in which nation-states have conducted information warfare aimed at “subversion”—with lessons for democracies in our current, war-raging moment.
Opinion | The World War II Lesson for DOGE

Dec 9, 2024 | wsj.com | Arthur Herman

A Trump revolution is poised to unleash the innovative and productive power of the private sector, transforming the federal government. If it happens, Americans will witness the most significant change in the operation and philosophy of governance in 120 years. Fortunately, the precedent for this kind of transformation occurred more than 70 years ago, when American private industry mobilized to win World War II.
Claremont Review of Books

Dec 2, 2024 | claremontreviewofbooks.com | Arthur Herman |Christopher Flannery |Dan McLaughlin |Daniel Mahoney

Now who’s on the wrong side of history?
‘The Wagner Group’ Review: Russia’s Guns for Hire

Nov 1, 2024 | wsj.com | Arthur Herman

On Aug. 23, 2023, a private jet took off from a Moscow airport. It had been in the air for barely 15 minutes before people in the nearby village of Kuzhenkino heard an ear-shattering boom. They looked up to see a trail of smoke and hear the whine of failing engines. Pieces of the airplane fell into the fields north of the village, along with what remained of its 10 passengers, including the most sinister figure in Russian politics after Vladimir Putin: Yevgeny Prigozhin.
October 7 and the Battle for the West

Oct 15, 2024 | mosaicmagazine.com | Arthur Herman

After the events of last October 7, most of us assumed—naively as it turned out—that the brutal massacre of 1,200 innocent Israelis would trigger a great outpouring of sympathy and support for Israel. We also hoped it would lead to the definitive repudiation of the kind of hatred of Jews and Judaism that inspired Hamas’s terrible atrocities, and that before October 7 had culminated with the Holocaust. We were wrong.

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Arthur Herman @ArthurLHerman

22 Apr 25

RT @DrSamuelGregg: At a time of #tariffs, I go against the tide and argue in @CivitasOutlook that America should pursue strategic trade lib…

Arthur Herman @ArthurLHerman

22 Apr 25

That may not be their point. However, their unintentional point may be, there is no such thing as Canadian nationalism. Even when threatened by the big bad Donald Trump.

David Polansky @polanskydj

I read this twice, and if you held a gun to my head, I don't think I could tell you in concrete terms what Canadian cultural nationalism should in fact look like.

Arthur Herman @ArthurLHerman

22 Apr 25

"Scholars" might be a bit of a stretch. How about "academics drenched in self-importance"?

Michael Malice @michaelmalice

There wasn't a peep from these people when everyone was imprisoned in their own homes for literally no reason, when funerals were illegal even if you wore a hazmat suit, when hugging your grandmother was a felony i dont believe in deporting them to atlantis but https://t.co/0e5ZNSQsxB