This political maxim remains and is made manifest in recent events: The Left ascribes its sins unto its victims. The recent resignations of four Department of Justice prosecutors, because their wholly disproportionate, excessive, and—yes—political sentencing recommendation of seven to nine years in prison for nonviolent offender Roger Stone was countermanded by their superiors in the
One would think an editor of an online magazine would be a staunch defender of free speech. One would be wrong. Keith A. Spencer, Salon’s senior editor responsible for its science, technology, health, and the economy coverage, once more reveals the elitist Left’s abject contempt for your ability to think for yourself and make your
It seemed so logical: once the “Brexit” from the European Union finally concluded, the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States would strengthen. This appeared even more likely in the wake of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party’s electoral landslide. But never underestimate the power of European “nuanced” diplomacy to
Spurred by the communications revolution empowering people to control their own lives, today’s American populist movement seeks to expand individual liberty and strengthen the bonds of community. Yet the danger now, as ever, is that populism could succumb to the temptation of collectivism—a degeneration enabled by the conflation and prioritization of virtual community over traditional
A modern populist movement with the twin goals of expanding individual liberty and strengthening the bonds of community exists as a result of a communications revolution that has empowered people to control their own lives. That’s good news. The danger, however, is that the new populism will succumb to the old temptations of collectivism—a devolution
If, as I noted last week, populism is a logical result of our communications revolution that, to an extent never dreamed before, has empowered individuals to control their own destinies, more needs to be said about its other effects. Specifically, populists seem to have the incongruent goals of both expanding individual liberty and strengthening the
It’s all the rage today on both the Right and the Left to attempt to define “populism” during the Trump presidency and beyond. Some frame the question as one pitting populism against globalism; others try to reconcile the two. To those musing upon the matter, I offer the following: you’re overthinking it. As I’ve stated
Blame it on the nog, but I herewith propose we improve upon the British bank holiday of Boxing Day, which occurs every December 26. Of course, to do so, we must first undertake a cursory exploration of the genesis and gist of the Brits’ Boxing Day tradition. Helpfully, Elaine Lemm explains it in her article
In response to the regressive Left, let’s take a timely trek down the memory hole to note a rather important missing piece of their public policy puzzle which, as is their wont, they’ve proven unable to find. (Of course, I am in no way implying they’re trying.) Back in the summer of 2008, I took
It’s little wonder sane people have taken the Left’s messaging strategy regarding impeachment and the Justice Department inspector general’s new report as mere political inanity and mendacity. Government officials, past and present, who fear potential indictment for abuse of power for personal and partisan gain, their legal “experts” at Lawfare, their collusion media cohorts, and
