Paleoconservative Diversity
The debates about issues in the paleoconservative camp, particularly the war in Ukraine, are far more serious than critics suggest.
Defining ‘The People’
A cultural war is overshadowing and swallowing up older class conflicts. Those who used to fight the old class wars, if they’re honest, find themselves on the populist Right.
Republicans Have a Long Row to Hoe If They Want Revenge
However comforting it may be to believe that Nemesis is about to pounce on our enemies, the goddess of retribution may still be tarrying elsewhere.
Dear GOP Establishment:
It’s You, Not Ourselves We Loathe
Contra Rich Lowry, there is loathing in the GOP, but it is a loathing that the base feels for the supposedly more civilized Republican politicians who represent their party.
Santos Can’t Touch the Democrats’ Duplicity
It would take considerable doing on the New York Republican’s part even to approximate the dishonesty of the party he ran against.
Strange Deep State Bedfellows
How long can the alliance between the surveillance state and what looks like an increasingly lunatic ruling class last?
Contra Michael Anton and America’s Natural Right Underpinnings
The religious and political tradition of the West in its best and most authentic form may not be summed up in natural right teachings after all.
Mail-in Ballots Forever
Unless Republicans address Democratic election procedures decisively, they should prepare for another licking in 2024.
What Moves the Voters Republicans Lost?
Unless there is a major turnaround in the culture, the Republicans will have to deal with a strong and vocal opposition in future elections.
Diatribes and Dinner Dates
Trump has not been particularly good in recent years at picking friends and allies but that doesn’t make his dining arrangements as contemptible as Piers Morgan
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Hakeem’s Denial
Nazism and racism are rampant in this land only when Republicans challenge elections that Democrats seem to have won, usually with the help of vote harvesters and a noticeable lack of voter ID.
Does DeSantis Have National Appeal?
The notion that Republicans could win statewide elections in any other state by fielding a candidate like Florida’s governor is questionable.
The Trouble With Tactical Imitation of the Left
Some of the Left’s actors are so peculiarly leftist that it is hard to see how our side could imitate them.
Professionalism Deniers at Fox News
One might hope the anti-Trump partisans at Fox News would be vetting the witnesses for their side with a bit more care. But that would require professionalism.
Historicism and the Right
In the end, the contest between natural rights and historicism on the Right may be irrelevant.
Democrats Successfully Whip Up Abortion Hysteria
The Democratic diversionary move of whipping up hysteria over abortion has only added to the 33 point-gap between male and female voters.
Revealing the Obvious About Orthodox Exclusion
The political leanings of Orthodox Jews have exacted a price.
Moderate and MAGA Republicans
While woke Democratic candidates are flooded with hundreds of millions of dollars courtesy of coastal elites, Republicans lack the necessary funding to wage effective campaigns.
Biden’s Soviet ‘Antifacism’
The “antifascist” party coalition Biden plans to build resembles the early stage of the Soviet seizure of power in Eastern Europe after World War II.
A Very Qualified Defense of Liz Cheney
One can feel sympathy for this driven crusader even if one rejects her crusade. But we should hold in contempt those “conservatives” who egged her on while sacrificing nothing themselves.