Christopher Rufo: On Civil Liberties, the American Founding, Academic Freedom, and More

In this book, Christopher F. Rufo uncovers the hidden history of left-wing intellectuals and militants who captured America’s institutions, including universities, corporations, and schools. He profiles key figures like Herbert Marcuse, Angela Davis, Paulo Freire, and Derrick Bell, showing how their ideas have profoundly influenced American culture. The book argues that these activists aim to replace constitutional equality with a race-based redistribution system overseen by bureaucratic ‘diversity and inclusion’ officials. Rufo’s work is both an historical analysis and a call to action against critical race theory and its implications on American society.

Written in 1951, God and Man at Yale is a critical examination of Yale University's undergraduate education by William F. Buckley Jr., who had just graduated from the institution. The book argues that Yale's faculty were undermining the university's founding ethos of Christian humanism by promoting atheism, collectivism, and Keynesian economics. Buckley criticized specific courses and professors for their hostility to religion and individualism, suggesting that this was a betrayal of the values held by Yale's alumni. The book is considered a seminal work in the American conservative movement and had a significant impact on Buckley's career and public profile.