Bill Clinton’s History of Injustice Toward Blacks
This month, which also happens to be Black History Month, is no exception to the rules of nature. It offers no exemption from human nature, […]
America
Progressing America Into the Abyss
Leftists self-identify as “progressives.” Yet anyone with a scrap of sanity and a rudimentary understanding of their philosophical antecedents, as well as their injurious policy […]
What We Still Have to Lose
In September 2016, the Claremont Review of Books published Michael Anton’s essay, “The Flight 93 Election,” which became one of the most controversial and discussed […]
It’ll Work This Time
A favorite Saturday activity of mine involves chatting with a merry band of socialists who clot on a main street near me. Dreadlocked, dreary, and […]
The PMS Caucus
In a gracious move at his State of the Union address, President Trump gave a shout-out to the historic number of women serving in Congress […]
Donald Trump’s Annihilation of the Democratic Party
The nadir of the amoral egotism of what might broadly be called “Me-ism” has been reached by the avant garde of the Democratic Party in […]
The Return of Ancient Prejudices
In the latter half of the 19th century and early in the 20th century, as Catholic immigrants poured in from Ireland and eastern Europe, an […]
The Art of the SOTU
Do you remember Hillary Clinton? I know, I know. Now, do you remember her campaign slogan? It was “I’m with her!” Incredibly, I still see […]
No Wall, No Peace
Our government’s failure to secure the border has precipitated a political, economic and moral crisis. The fact that we not only permit, but by our […]
Howard Schultz Unifies the Parties—Against Him
The endless fight between Republicans and Democrats seemed to pause last week. The cause: former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s announcement on “60 Minutes” on Jan. […]
A State of the Union Address I’d Like to Hear
Thank you, Speaker Pelosi, for re-inviting me to deliver this address. You withdrew your earlier invitation—something not done to any president before—but you changed your […]
Ideas Have Consequences
For those who came of age during the postwar era of “movement conservatism,” there was something of a canon of serious books that provided common […]
A Republic, Not a Giant H.R. Department
How dumb is the 2020 presidential election campaign going to be? Unfathomably dumb. Breathtakingly dumb. Seriously; pretty dumb. And that’s just among the mainstream candidates. […]
California’s Green ‘Bantustans’ Are Coming to America
If the “smart growth” urban planners that dictate land use policies in Democratic states and cities have their way, the single family dwelling is an […]
Putting Families First to Trump the Ruling Class
The country class victory over the ruling class in 2016 with its election of Republican President Donald Trump was momentous. For the ruling class, however, […]
The Party of Death, Out in the Open
Safe, legal, and rare was a lie. President Bill Clinton in 1996 told Americans abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare.” That was then. Now […]
Too Fearful of Man to be Fearful of God
Of the many memorable scenes and sequences from the film, “Casablanca¸” one that stands out for both its subtlety and its continuing resonance comes when […]
Duke University: Polyglot Boarding House
Middlebury College is widely renowned for their top-quality, immersive foreign language learning programs. Central to the Middlebury curriculum is the infamous language pledge, a promise […]
Nostalgia and the American Dream Aren’t Airy Fantasies
BRYAN, Ohio—When the New England Confectionery Co. filed for bankruptcy in Boston last spring, there was such an immediate and deep sense of loss across […]
The Evil Genius of ‘Native American’
The fake news stories come and go so fast that keeping up feels impossible. Last week’s most hyped fake news was BuzzFeed’s report that President […]