Privacy
This page describes what The New American Century collects, what it does not, and how subscriber email addresses are used.
Summary
- The site sets no cookies.
- No accounts, ad networks, cross-site trackers, or reader profiles.
- Analytics are anonymous and run on this site’s own server; visitor IP addresses are not stored.
- Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control are honored: when either signal is set, no analytics run.
- Fonts, stylesheets, scripts, and analytics are served from this site’s own domain.
- Subscriber email addresses are used only to send the newsletter.
- Letters sent through the write page go to this site’s own server and to no other company.
Analytics
Analytics run on GoatCounter, open-source software installed on the same server that runs this site. The data never leaves that server — it is not sent to GoatCounter or any other company. The script that counts visits is served from this site’s own domain, so no outside analytics service is contacted.
Analytics record two things: that a page was viewed, and the referrer — the link followed to reach it, if any.
The following are not collected:
- IP address. Each visitor’s IP is combined with a rotating secret to count one anonymous visit per day, then discarded. Because the secret rotates, a visitor cannot be linked from one day to the next.
- Browser or operating system.
- Location or country.
- Language or screen size.
- Cookies or identifiers of any kind.
Counts are retained for a limited period and then deleted automatically.
When a browser sends the Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal, the analytics script is not loaded at all.
Email addresses
A subscriber’s email address is used only to send the newsletter. It is:
- Never sold, rented, or shared.
- Not used for advertising, profiling, or open- or click-tracking.
- Unsubscribed at any time using the link in every email, which stops all further mail.
The newsletter is sent roughly every other week: a new essay and a recap of the notes since the previous one.
Addresses are stored with Resend, the service used to send the newsletter, and are used only to deliver it. Unsubscribing stops all mail immediately; the address is then kept on Resend’s suppression list so the newsletter is never sent to it again, and is used for nothing else.
The RSS feed provides the same content without an email address.
Letters
The write page accepts letters from readers. What is sent is only what you type: the letter, the sign-off you choose, whether public use is OK, and — optionally — a link for your signature and an email address.
- The letter is stored on this site’s own server, readable only by the person who runs it, and is removed from the server when collected. It is not sent to, or stored with, any other company.
- The email address is asked for only so a letter can get a private reply. It is never published, never added to any list, and never used for anything else.
- Letters are never published on their own. A letter may be quoted, or become the basis of a note or article, only when the writer has checked the box allowing it — with the sign-off and, if provided, the link the writer chose. The sign-off can be no sign-off at all.
- To limit automated submissions, the server briefly holds submitting IP addresses in memory to cap how often one address can submit. They are never logged or written to disk.
Fonts and site assets
Fonts, stylesheets, and scripts are served from this site’s own domain. No external font service, such as Google Fonts, is contacted. The typefaces are IBM Plex, under the SIL Open Font License, and Satoshi, under the Fontshare free font license.
Embedded media
Some essays include images or video embedded from external services, such as an image host or YouTube. Loading an essay that contains such media contacts those services, which can see the request. The site sets no cookies in the process.
Cookies
The site sets no cookies.
Changes
Changes to these practices will be reflected on this page.
Last updated: August 18, 2026.