Jesse Russell

Jesse Russell has written for a variety of publications, including Law and Liberty, The New Criterion, and The American Conservative. His book, The Political Christopher Nolan: Liberalism and the Anglo-American Vision, is available from Rowman and Littlefield.

Posts by Jesse Russell

August 13, 2025

Hail Corporate Britannia

One of the dominant memes of the 21st century is that of the Great Man (or Great Woman) theory of history. In this view, the 1500s was the century of (seemingly innumerable) great men and women, ranging from Sir Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and Catherine de Medici to Philip II and many more. Continue Reading...
October 20, 2023

Is Neoliberalism Dead?

Louis Menand wrote a curious article for the New Yorker called “The Rise and Fall of Neoliberalism.” The article is curious on two fronts: First, though published in a progressive magazine, the article is largely judicious and fair to the concept of neoliberalism. Continue Reading...