The Creeping and Creepy March of the Progressive Totalitarian Impulse
As a foreigner living in the United Kingdom, the first thought that occurred to me watching “The Death of Stalin” last month was how bleak and […]
Conservatives
A Taxonomy of Conservatives: The Frat Bro
He might have a 5 a.m. lift with his team in a few hours, but that won’t stop him from playing another round of beer […]
Can Anything Shock a Khan?
London sautéed in blood this week, as its furied denizens stabbed, shot, and robbed, eclipsing for the first time New York City’s murder rate. Meanwhile, […]
A Taxonomy of Conservatives: The Libertarian
His hoodied silhouette emerges from a cloud of white vapor with a few lackadaisical and interspersed smoke rings. With a copy of Atlas Shrugged in […]
Why Kevin Williamson Matters
Any rational person’s list of the most intelligent and pungent columnists now writing will perforce include the name Kevin Williamson, late of National Review and, […]
Anti-Trump Appeasers on the Right Empower the Mob
Before I get into the firing of Kevin Williamson, let me say this: Williamson is a talented, unique, and compelling writer. I have complimented his […]
A Taxonomy of Conservatives: The Bookworm
Colleges are hostile environments for young Americans on the rightward end of the political spectrum. Like any living being in a hostile environment, these students […]
Trump Needs a ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights’
The recent passage of the omnibus spending bill did serious damage to Donald Trump’s presidency. Politically, it harmed his standing with at least half of […]
Take the Loss, NeverTrump, and Move On
It’s a certain indication that NeverTrump is miserable when it turns on Rich Lowry, embraces Michelle Obama, and imitates Hillary Clinton. Perhaps rattled by new […]
Trump is Cutting Old Gordian Knots
The proverbial knot of Gordium was impossible to untie. Anyone clever enough to untie it would supposedly become the king of Asia. Many princes tried; […]
When Conservatives Make Peace With a Godless America
Many years ago, I attended a dinner at a wealthy man’s New York City condo with, among others, one of the most prominent and influential […]
The Wall is National Defense
In a report from the Army’s Command and Staff College detailing a tactical success during the French Counterinsurgency in Algeria, we learn the following: In […]
Washington’s Fantasies Are Not People’s Reality
The Beltway’s sober and judicious foreign-policy establishment laments Donald Trump’s purported dismantling of the postwar order. They apparently take the president’s words as deeds and […]
Revenge of NeverTrump: Mr. Murphy Makes a War Room
President Trump should be afraid. Very afraid. No, not of the flailing Robert Mueller investigation or the latest accusations by porn star Stormy Daniels. He […]
Adult Supervision: Advice from the Founders
Impassioned protests following the mass shooting at a Florida high school culminated over the weekend with marches on Washington, D.C., and other cities. To properly evaluate […]
This Monstrosity of a Spending Bill Will Hurt Republicans
The omnibus spending bill passed in the dead of night and signed into law Friday, on the eighth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, is […]
NeverTrump’s Creepy Infatuation with Stormy Daniels
If NeverTrump was a class full of adolescent boys, none of them could go up to the front of the class to work on the […]
A Night At the Opera with Tenor Trey Gowdy
Mark Twain once wrote, “A southerner talks music.” U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy’s operatic molasses-and-cream voice, and a wardrobe’s worth of changing hairdos, memorably color the […]
Libertarians Will Be the Ruin of Us All
If you believe in limited government, then you need to know that Libertarians are the most dangerous people in America. Thanks to Libertarians, Democrats—completely controlled […]
Trump-Era Media Are Objectively Biased
Much has been written about the political and ideological one-sidedness of TV networks like Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC, but in the larger scheme of […]