Michael Anton on Conservatism and Politics
Last week, Michael Anton spoke at the Kirby Center (Hillsdale College’s outpost deep in the swamp). His lecture was titled, “The End of Conservatism and […]
Last week, Michael Anton spoke at the Kirby Center (Hillsdale College’s outpost deep in the swamp). His lecture was titled, “The End of Conservatism and […]
Ryan Williams, President of the Claremont Institute, has a great essay up today at Real Clear Policy in which he makes a case near and […]
In the view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There […]
After my last couple of posts on Jonah Goldberg, I thought I would be done discussing the cosmopolitan conservative commentator for the time being. Well, […]
Answering Jonah Goldberg’s blind attacks, Michael Doran of the Hudson Institute meditates on what has become of Goldberg and the sorry state of the class […]
Mark Bauerlein’s piece today on Jonah Goldberg is must-reading. He points out that the Don Quixotes of “intellectual conservatism” like Goldberg are all about credentials […]
Following the lead of George Will, the liberal (and unoriginal) Max Boot just published a piece arguing that Democrats must win in 2018: I join […]
In my previous post on Richard Painter’s laughable campaign for a Minnesota U.S. Senate seat, I spoke too soon when I suggested that his silly […]
Ever since Justice Anthony Kennedy’s announcement Wednesday, I’ve been reading “conservative” pundits praising the opportunity Trump now has to remake a Supreme Court that could […]
Decades ago, George Will gave much thought to the dynamics between the regime and its citizens. In his book Statecraft and Soulcraft, he argued for the […]
Remember Richard Painter, the much-touted “Bush ethics lawyer” who has become a mainstay riding the anti-Trump circuit on cable news shows? Well, he’s running for […]
The myriad of foreign policy “experts” who claim continuously (and against all evidence) that President Trump is a disaster for U.S. foreign policy are looking […]
One thing about the limp-wristed, panty-waists of the GOP “leadership” is clear: they love—and I mean LOVE—to lose. It’s in their genes. Case in point […]
When you’re finished reading Roger Kimball’s glorious take down of Barack Obama and his Hegel-sized ego in the new HBO documentary “The Final Year,” read […]
R.R. Reno has a great piece at First Things that looks at who is to blame for the hideous state of modern culture. I’ve always thought it was […]
Stop whatever you’re currently doing (even if you’re giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, it’s that important) and read Michael Anton’s breathtaking review of Tom West’s magnum opus, The […]
Salaries are skyrocketing for the Scrooge McDucks—a.k.a the CEOs—of the think tank sector of Conservatism, Inc. But their work and influence doesn’t come close to […]
Keeping up with the constant stream of bad logic and even worse arguments from Jonah Goldberg is a full-time job. In his latest edition of […]
In a piece that could easily be mistaken (at least in subject matter) for satire written by the late Tom Wolfe, NeverTrumper Bill Kristol and […]
The insufferable Max Boot just unveiled the cover of his new book: I hope it’s chock full of stories how Boot and his interventionist cronies […]