Trump’s Disruptive Energy vs. the Deep State
With just about any other president, the deep state’s victory would be all-but-assured. With Trump, hedge your bets.
Peter Collier, 1939–2019
On the life and work of Peter Collier.
Move Washington Out of Washington
Anything that can be done to dismantle the Leviathan of administrative overreach should be done. A plan by Senators Marcia Blackburn and Josh Hawley to move federal departments to the states is not the end of the story. But it might mark the beginning of a sunny new chapter.
Doing the Impeachment Math
Are there really 20 Republican senators who would commit political suicide in order to please Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and Adam Schiff?
Kamikaze Schumer Wants to Repeal Private Health Insurance
The more voters know about the New York senator’s initiative and his heavy-handed efforts to push the agenda of the far-left wing of the Democratic party, the more vigorously they will reject it.
Multitasking the Intelligence Community Roundup
I am not the only one to notice that Schiff and Nadler are more and more playing to suburban dinner theaters with tiny audiences while the names William Barr, John Durham, and Michael Horowitz are front-page news wherever there is news (as distinct from propaganda)
A Genuinely Transgressive Act
On the dedication of Christ Chapel at Hillsdale College.
Media Attempt to School Republicans Is a Disingenuous Fraud
What we are witnessing with such gems of hysterical mendacity are the pathetic death throes of a discredited political franchise and its rapidly disintegrating narrative.
Trump’s Foreign Policy Deals Properly with Tyrants
Trump’s coddling of the dictatorial mind is not capitulation but a steely eyed gambit to get part—he hopes all, or a lot, but at least some—of what he and what the United States wants.
Anti-Trump Fraternity and NeverTrump Sorority Collude in Impeachment Scam
Donald Trump asked President Zelensky to help with the Justice Department’s investigation of efforts to subvert the 2016 election. Donald Trump is the president of the United States. It is part of his responsibility to see that our elections are open and fair. Bottom line: not much to work with there for the anti-Trump fraternity.
The Little Engine That Couldn’t
The Democrats think the very fact that a president is impeached is enough tarnish his reputation and diminish his chances of success in the election. Don't bet on it.
Another Week, Another Pseudo-Scandal
Any investigation into what President Trump may have said to the president of Ukraine will involve an investigation into Joe Biden’s corruption. So, please, go ahead and air the dirty laundry.
Andrew McCabe’s Unjust Deserts
Is lying under oath or leaking classified information or misrepresenting evidence to a court a crime? If so, then it is as much a crime for McCabe or James Comey or John Brennan or Hillary Clinton as it is for Mike Flynn or George Papadopoulos. At least, that’s the way it is supposed to work. Does it?
Trump and Tone
True, the president does not speak or act like other statesmen. He's often over-the-top. But whatever the man has said, and however he may say it, he has acted with much greater forcefulness and clarity of purpose than his recent predecessors—with some commendable results.
White Supremacy: Like Manna to the Left
Since the world has not heard enough about “white supremacy” lately, I thought I would say a few words about this neglected subject. Please don’t […]
Don’t Celebrate Bastille Day
Unlike the American Revolution, in which the rule of law and the institutions of civil society survived the change of governments, the French Revolution was one of the signal bad events in world history.
Charles Reich, R.I.P.
Remember Charles Reich? Probably not. But you probably do know the phrase “the greening of America.” It is Reich’s coinage, the title his fruity 1970 […]
Sohrab Ahmari and Our Existential Struggle
Perhaps the most amusing intramural intellectual squall on the Right these past few days has centered on “Against David French-ism,” Sohrab Ahmari’s recent polemical reflection […]
Let’s Call the Russian Collusion ‘Hoax’ What it Really Is
During the Japanese bombardment of Shanghai in 1932, the Austrian essayist Karl Kraus was anguishing over the placement of commas in a column. It might […]
Restoring the Lost Consensus
Looking around the cultural landscape today, I conclude that we are in the midst of a sort of negative religious revival: let’s call it America’s […]