Individualism and the Protection of Innocents
The decent must transform their psyches and focus their wills if they are to become the dangerous folks that they need to become to neutralize the indecent and dangerous.
Good People Must Be Dangerous People
Fear is the only language the violent comprehend.
Is It Time for NeverGOP?
Why exactly is it imperative to vote Republican? How exactly will Republicans stop the Left—and stop them from doing what, exactly?
Intelligence, Feeling, and Critical Thinking
Feelers, as opposed to thinkers, can’t get beyond themselves, and far from welcoming discourse with others, they are conversation-killers.
Why Trump (and the GOP) Must Do Better
The president and his party must act and act now, lest their supporters suspect they’ve been conned.
If the President Wants to Win, He Needs to Do Better
Threatening tweets are no longer passing muster. Just the opposite: They make Trump look weak when he fails to follow through with action.
The Imperative to Think in the COVID-19 Era
Now would be a good time to listen to Hannah Arendt.
Big Conservatism and the Moment of Decision
Will we have politics-as-conversation or politics-as-war? Those are the only choices.
Citizen Responsibility in the Face of a Mass Shooting
The wall-to-wall coverage of the two recent shooting sprees has provided partisans in the government-media complex with yet another opportunity to espouse their usual—and tired—talking […]
Resisting the Politics of Victimhood
We are a self-contradictory people. In our private lives, we affirm, or at least speak as if we affirm, the virtues of personal responsibility, self-reliance, […]
‘Abortion’: Sloppy Thinking on Filicide in the Womb
In the wake of the Alabama state legislature’s decision to pass what its opponents call an “extreme” or “virtual abortion ban,” the topic of “abortion” […]
We Are All White Supremacists Now
Darren Beattie received his Ph. D. from Duke University in 2016. Almost immediately upon completion of his degree, he signed a one-year contract to be […]
NeverTrump “Conservative” Michael Medved: A Look Back
Now that Donald Trump has had what is, by many accounts, an astonishingly successful first year—according to the Heritage Foundation, at any rate, an even […]
#MeToo: Fallout from the Sexual Revolution
The #MeToo campaign has far-reaching implications for both feminism and the so-called sexual revolution to which feminism gave rise. First, today’s feminist affirms a model […]
Pence-Weinstein Phenomenon Exposes Contradictions of Feminism
Time has bestowed its “Person of the Year Award” to “the silence breakers”—those who, according to USA Today, “triggered a #MeToo national outcry over sexual […]
Sexual Misconduct, Feminism, and the ‘Roy Moore Rule’
From what we know about the allegations of sexual misconduct in the news recently, there is no reason to doubt that some are legitimate, or […]
Who’s the Con: Trump or . . . Ann Coulter?
As long ago as April 2011, I argued Donald Trump would stand a good chance of winning if he decided to make a serious run […]
Fake News Sure Didn’t Start With Trump
Contrary to the narrative of Donald Trump’s friends and foes alike, the phenomenon of “fake news” long precedes the 2016 presidential election, even if the […]
James Hodgkinson, the Left, and Degrees of Moral Responsibility
In response to a recent article of mine on James Hodgkinson—the Bernie Sanders supporter and despiser of all things Republican who attempted to assassinate Republican […]
Who are the Real “Snowflakes,” Leftists or Conservatives?
The country is in a new era. Unfortunately, far too many of those who have grown comfortable as prominent spokespersons of the “conservative” media either […]