Celebrating American Greatness in the Shadow of 9/11
Something really interesting has been going on over at Malpaso Productions, Clint Eastwood’s movie production company. The three most recent films Eastwood produced and directed […]
Another Way to Pay for the Wall
President Trump has called for $1.8 billion over 10 years to build the wall securing our southern border. That amounts to a total of $18 […]
The Train to Common Sense
Common observation and a plain understanding is the source of all art. —Joshua Reynolds I hope you haven’t let anyone talk you out of seeing […]
Taking America Down
About a century ago, the Progressives got busy in America just as the Communists got busy in Russia. For a moment, the Progressives were in […]
Goodbye, America?
On Sunday, my wife and I went for a walk in a park located in an affluent area near where we live. We were struck […]
Encouraging a Migration Explosion
Are they doing it on purpose? Of course they are. America’s progressive elite has disdain for Americans who refuse to embrace their globalist, “borderless world,” and […]
What Has Been Forgotten About our Common Sense Founding
To the extent that America may be said to have a central idea, common sense is the key to understanding it. America’s Founders used the […]
Common Sense and the Common Good
The Founders’ gift does not demand much of us. As citizen-sovereigns, we need to exercise common sense and hold dear the common good. Little more […]
Misunderstanding the Russian Revolution at 100
In his article “Intellectuals and Thugs: the Russian Revolution,” George Friedman marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution of 1917 by analyzing the inherent […]
What’s the Matter with Germany? (Part II)
In my recent article, “What’s the Matter with Germany?” I argued that under the leadership of Germany, “Europe is committing ‘suicide by Islam.’” Adolf Hitler […]
Common Sense Trumps the Experts in War and Peace
What is common sense and why does it seem to be so uncommon today? Our country was founded on the basis of the self-evident truths […]
What’s the Matter with Germany?
Germany is making trouble again. This time it is not sending young men in uniform swarming across its borders to conquer Europe. Instead, it is […]
What Happened to America’s Elite? Part II
In a previous article at American Greatness, I addressed the history of American higher education from the Founding until our time. This history, I suggested, […]
What Happened to America’s Elite?
It happened on campus. Once upon a time, the foundation of an American college education was common sense. Common sense realism was the philosophy young […]
“Patriot’s Day” Is Not a Patriot’s Way
Please don’t misunderstand. If you haven’t already seen the movie, my intention is not to persuade you to watch it. It is not even to […]
For Memorial Day, Some Common Sense About Our Common Purpose
“Will our Republic survive?” It is a fitting question for Memorial Day. For, as Abraham Lincoln noted in his Gettysburg Address, “It is for us […]
The Left Versus Common Sense
Our political reality is no longer Left versus Right. It is now the Left versus common sense—and that change is changing voting patterns in this […]
Americanism vs. Marxism-Lennonism
I have a friend who is a retired public school teacher. She is very likeable and in some areas an independent thinker. One day in […]
Make Americanism Great Again
I recently received an e-mail—you may have seen it, too—from a person who has been a prominent spokesman for the GOP and now is a […]
Trump the “Anti-Enlightenment Man” Revisited
I suppose we must prepare ourselves for more pseudo-intellectual drivel about the Enlightenment from people who oppose Donald Trump. David Brooks of the New York […]