The Journal of American Greatness began some months ago, to a large extent anyway, as
an inside joke. At a certain point its audience expanded beyond any of our
expectations. It also ceased to be a joke. Thus it no longer makes sense to continue it in its
current form. No journal is meant to last forever, and this one won’t try to.
We’ve decided to call it a day.
The inspiration for this journal was a profound discomfort with
the mode of thought that has come to dominate political discourse—an ideological
mode that makes nonsense of the reality of American life. The unanticipated recognition that we
have received, however, also makes clear that many others similarly felt the desirability of breaking out of conservatism’s self-imposed intellectual
stagnation. Should any such market for our ideas exist in the future, we may participate in it. But we will do so in a different way.
In closing, we simply want to thank our readers—we never
expected so many of you—who made this extraordinary adventure possible over the
last four months.
