Author: Christopher Roach › American Greatness

Mere Words Won’t Deter Corrupt Officials

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May 24, 2023

The Durham report shores up the image of a government characterized by the rule of law and fidelity to high principle but conceals the reality of bipartisan addictions to
graft and self-dealing.

Importing Problems

By Christopher Roach

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May 12, 2023

There are too many immigrants, legal and illegal, and there are certainly too many immigrants committing ordinary crimes once they are among us.

American Foreign Policy’s Midlife Crisis

By Christopher Roach

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May 5, 2023

Unlike in 1945, we are no longer the supremely productive, innovative, culturally united, and powerful America of yesteryear.

Biden Is Even Worse than Obama

By Christopher Roach

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April 15, 2023

Rather than stabilizing things as the moderate Democrat he pretended to be, at every crossroads Biden has made decisions that make the country weaker, more hated,
more fragile, and less unified.

The Last American

By Christopher Roach

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April 6, 2023

The old civic nationalist ethos does not apply in these times, because Trump is not being treated normally and never has been.

When We Are the Minority

By Christopher Roach

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April 1, 2023

Things are about to get harder. We should not be like
Charlie Brown with the football.

The Iraq War: No Refunds

By Christopher Roach

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March 26, 2023

Our false humanitarianism confused our right to defend our society with a duty to make other societies more like ours.

Bad Banks Should Fail Faster

By Christopher Roach

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March 19, 2023

A bank’s mantra should be safety and resilience, rather than maximum efficiency and profits.

So Much for Transparency

By Christopher Roach

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March 11, 2023

In an age of lies, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Tucker Carlson’s release of January 6 video is a big step in the direction of undermining trust in an establishment that deserves little.

Chicago Needs Liberty,
But Order Too

By Christopher Roach

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March 5, 2023

Chicago shows the utter meltdown of a multicultural society and the limits of think-tank conservatism.

Mayor Pete Keeps Failing Upward

By Christopher Roach

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February 25, 2023

Cautious, ambitious, “well-rounded,” and soulless, Pete and his ilk are the dominant human type in charge of the world today—the managerial class.

Oh, No! Republicans Won’t Raise the Debt Ceiling!

By Christopher Roach

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February 18, 2023

The hysteria about the debt ceiling is fake. But nothing this stupid can go on forever.

Republicans Retreat From Economic Populism at Their Peril

By Christopher Roach

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February 11, 2023

Biden, for all his flaws and unpopularity, is using this tried-and-true approach to peel off the Republican Party’s newly arrived, working-class voters.

Tyre Nichols Was a Victim of Affirmative Action

By Christopher Roach

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February 5, 2023

In pursuit of diversity, standards have gone out the window. And the people who pay the price are ordinary citizens.

Wunderwaffen Won’t Save Ukraine

By Christopher Roach

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January 29, 2023

There is still the prospect for diplomacy and negotiation to resolve the war in Ukraine. But nothing about Biden or his administration suggests either the wisdom or restraint to take such a course.

Electioneering and the Spirit of Democracy

By Christopher Roach

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January 22, 2023

Constraints on electioneering do a lot to weed out the sociopaths and narcissists from higher office. And these constraints are almost entirely absent in American politics.

Did The Deep State Turn on Biden?

By Christopher Roach

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January 15, 2023

If the exposure of Biden’s apparent mishandling of classified documents arose from an intelligence community operation, it shows that the unelected deep state is beholden to neither party.

From What, Exactly, Is the FBI Protecting Us?

By Christopher Roach

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January 7, 2023

Precedents from military occupation are not a good template for our peacetime domestic affairs.

Ukrainian Foreign Influence Endangers America

By Christopher Roach

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December 26, 2022

We are ruled by a corrupt, stupid, and hostile elite that is willing to risk our national security and impoverish us to prolong their temporary grip on power.

Technology Advances While the Mind Retreats

By Christopher Roach

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December 18, 2022

The passive use of barely understood technology is more akin to magic than science. ChatGPT threatens humanity with a return to a more primitive state.