Who’s Actually Running This Thing?
We have achieved what Buckley greatly feared: Not government by the first 2000 names in the Boston phonebook, but government by the faculty of Harvard. This is what an oligarchy looks like.
Cancel Public School
If we took the future of the nation seriously, we would end public schools tomorrow.
Cancel Culture’s Newest Victims
Cultural power is shifting, decentralizing—one might say diversifying. And it is actual, meaningful diversity—that is, diversity of thought rather than diversity of appearance.
Is New York Dead Yet?
The pandemic has simply accelerated a phenomenon that was already underway. But there’s nothing wrong with the city that a whole lot of liberty can’t fix.
No More School
Schools this past year have finally managed to combine teaching nothing with simultaneously keeping children in isolation. Now is the time to dispense with the charade of progressive schooling.
The Pandemic Is Over
2020 was the year of government overreach. Make 2021 the year of organized civil disobedience and friendly reunions.
Congress vs. Normal People
Public duties should be seen as George Washington saw them—a tremendous personal inconvenience to be undertaken with reluctance. Special privileges should be abhorred.
Why We Still Need a Militia—and How to Build One
It may seem ridiculous or paranoid, or simply unnecessary, to revive such an institution in a free society. But only a free society could support it.
To Hell With Unity
It is not good for the country to pretend that the Left will respect your rights as Americans if you just let them have their way with the law.
The Make-Believe Election
Results be damned, everyone will pretend that Biden is good news.
Are Big Tech and Big Government Overplaying Their Hand?
Those casual enemies of free speech who today dominate the tech landscape have a much weaker hand than they think.
Why Is the GOP Glad Trump Lost?
Establishment Republicans will learn the hard way how very much they have lost in helping Joe Biden win the way he did.
Will Republicans Kill Democracy?
Whether it takes a year or 10 years or 100 years for the wheel of history to turn, the Republicans who chose “stability” over democracy will not be remembered kindly, if they are remembered at all.
Social Media Censorship Sows the Wind, and We All Reap the Whirlwind
Google, Facebook, and Twitter wanted to make a happier world in which we weren’t troubled by wrong information or misleading ideas. Instead they have led America to the brink of genuine catastrophe.
Judging the Past
It is the curse of the Left (and the blessing of the Right) to be judged by the future as they themselves judge the past.
Servitude-Free Zones
What percentage of lifetime earnings will you get to spend on yourself or your family? Combining federal, state and local income taxes, Social Security and […]
Flying Tigers are a Model for Sensible Projection of US Power Abroad
By late 1940, Japan had conquered Manchuria and was pushing south and west across China. Japan planned to subdue China and then turn east, towards […]
The Tyranny of Small Things
I recently spent an hour-and-a-half standing outside a Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles office, waiting for the privilege of paying $72 to renew my driver’s […]