Conservatives in Name Only
The term “CINO” may be just what we need to sort the wheat from the chaff in political philosophy in America, just as “RINO” helps us understand American party politics.
Confusion on the Right?
Wittingly or unwittingly, many voices on the Right are advancing the Progressives’ cause instead of truth, justice, and the American way.
A Troubling Chorus of ‘Conservatives’
It would be helpful if we had a term to designate this chorus of American voices that claims to be against the Progressives and yet, like the Progressives, rejects the founders’ idea of America.
Four Pillars of America
What are the pillars of the American idea?
What About the Founders?
According to some critics, American conservatives are confused about rights. Perhaps these critics are confused about the founders?
Is Tyranny the Inevitable Consequence of Liberalism?
Sohrab Ahmari’s thesis that liberalism inevitably leads to tyranny only works if classical liberalism and what he calls “progressive liberalism” are fundamentally the same.
Has America Changed its Mind?
Progressivism’s victories are so pervasive and so extensive that Progressivism’s changes are barely recognized.
Blame It on Richard Nixon
Nixon acquiesced to the high crime of a stolen presidential election.
Forgetting the Founders
The American way is to lay claim to our unalienable right to liberty.
1689 or 1776?
The Enlightenment Era did begin in 1689 and America is the quintessential Enlightenment nation, but 1776 is still the right choice for America’s founding year.
2020 and the Brilliance of the Founders
An aroused American public refusing to accept this attempt to steal the election will make it possible for those in Congress to do what they generally try to avoid doing—their constitutional duty.
A Reminder About Us
Republicans need to get real and put up the kind of all-out political fight that can save them from political extinction—and save the Constitution while they are at it.
Welcome to the New Democratic Party
For the new Democrats, the more Joe Biden is failing, the better.
John Brennan ‘Imagines’ a Post-American Future
Could it have crossed your mind that a former CIA director would promote an American presidential candidate with a popular song about a world without America?
Understanding the Founders’ Understanding of Equality
The further we as a people drift from the Founders’ idea of equality, the nearer we come to being a once-free people who have lost our liberty.
A Lesson from Texas
The arrival of the Chinese flu has given those who think of themselves as our rulers a new opportunity to exert control over those of us who are simply going about our daily lives. But in Texas, people are on to it.
The ‘Knives’ Are Out for You
Rian Johnson’s 2019 all-star “mystery” is propaganda, not a warning.
Turn to the Founders to Remind Ourselves of What We Stand to Lose
Let’s read The Federalist Papers from now until Election Day.
Common Sense About China
China’s goal, Brian Kennedy writes, is “demoralizing the United States to the point where America believes that further resistance is futile.” They can’t succeed without the help of America’s elite.
The Common Sense of the American Mind Can Prevail
The Founders pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to create America; it is their gift to us. If we care to preserve what they have given us, we must recognize that the hour is late and the peril is real.