In Defense of ‘Whataboutism’
We can’t afford to declare that ordinary ways of thinking and arguing are simply out of order.
Is Our Fate Really Out of Our Hands?
Popular opinion—like politics in general—is changeable, and can change again in sudden and unexpected ways.
For the Sake of the Constitution, and the Country, Fill Ginsburg’s Seat Quickly
Many Americans would feel relieved to have the question settled so that they can focus on what they are supposed to be deciding: whether President Trump or Joe Biden will make a better president.
‘That We Here Highly Resolve . . . ’
Part memoir and part history, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton’s Sacred Duty recounts in vivid detail the stories of the men and women who make up […]
Understanding Google’s Military Mindset
Google tried to censor the Claremont Institute last week. The tech giant backed off under pressure, but the tactical maneuver was hardly a failure. To […]
Soul, Man
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] The soul is the most difficult and paradoxical thing […]
The Indispensable Guide to the Matrix
You’ve felt it your entire life, that there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter […]
Ambition and the Ends of Government
One of my favorite journals, The New Criterion, recently posted an article by one of my favorite commentators, James Piereson (disclosure: I’ve know Jim for […]
How to Think about Property Rights and Social Networks
Is it true that Twitter, Facebook, and Google are private companies, which can cancel, delete, or ban anyone they want at any time? Short answer: […]
A Winning President is Better Than a Presidential President
Donald Trump never studied political philosophy; and for that those of us who have might say, “Thank God.” For one thing he would have been […]
‘The Things I Saw Beggar Description . . .’
Day by day, the regressive Left drags American society closer to violent conflict. First, it was ok to punch fascists, or systematically to infiltrate an […]
Europe’s War of Contrition
Sometimes a picture isn’t just worth 1,000 words, but 1,000 years of history. This tableau, justly famous already, depicts (with only slight exaggeration) the future […]
The ‘Perpetual Dread’ of the Left
As the first bloody spasm of liberalism’s utopian convulsions, the French Revolution is rife with antecedents. Portrait of an Average Woman, Christian Zweig’s masterful biography […]
The Wise Guy Wisdom of the Trump Revolution
During the 1980s—the heyday of the flamboyant, headline-grabbing New York mafioso, including Carmine “The Snake” Persico, Tony “Ducks” Corallo, and Vinny “The Chin” Gigante—an ambitious […]
Deep Thoughts
Never mind what you’ve read here, or here. The “deep state” doesn’t exist. But don’t take my word for it. The Nation says so, based on […]
Whiteness is All – Pt 2
The very thoughtful Thomas Chatterton Williams, who I quoted in yesterday’s post about Ta-Nehisi Coates, has his own response to Coates’ Atlantic essay in The […]
Whiteness is All?
The latest installment of The Confessions of Saint Ta-Nehisi Coates, appearing yesterday in The Atlantic, takes the form of a jeremiad against the iniquities of […]
Jordan Peterson Gives Scary Talk to Secret Meeting of 1,800 Extremists
Last night, I got to hear Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, author of the best-selling 12 Rules for Life, speak at the Warner Theater in downtown […]
Journalism 0-1
Journalism—the “professional” kind, the sort taught at the Columbia School of Journalism—is dead. Yet, zombie-like, it shambles on, eating the brains of both its consumers […]
Looking Without Seeing
Fans of the fantastic HBO series “Westworld” (the second season of which just started) will know that when one of the cyborg “hosts” encounters something that […]