The Shape of Virtue
At the outset of this year’s Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel joked that he’d give the person with the shortest speech a jet ski. I really […]
Conservatives
The Woman in the High Castle
In a dystopian fantasy in The New York Times at the end of the year, the columnist Bret Stephens reminded us of the horror that […]
You Kant Be Serious
The Romantic movement pushed back particularly hard against Enlightenment ideals,” thunders Steven Pinker in his new book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, […]
Sympathy for #TheResistance
Recently, a Trump skeptical friend of mine shared a certain embarrassingly shrill series of tweets with me, remarking gloomily that it was “The Trump-re-elect in […]
Into the NeverTrump Gulag
Deep in the D.C. Suburbs—After a frightening New York Times column by Bret Stephens comparing Trump supporters to Stalinists and NeverTrump “conservatives” to anti-Communist freedom-fighters, […]
Schooling for Totalitarianism
Marching in protest has become the activity du jour in America. The latest planned protest is “March for Our Lives,” scheduled for March 24 in […]
#MeToo Is Not for You, Monica
Like a recurring toenail infection, here she is again. Monica Lewinsky, in the pages of Vanity Fair, now claims sisterhood with the #MeToo movement. For […]
Donald Trump on Love and Justice
One of the most revealing moments of Donald Trump’s presidency so far went completely unnoted. “We all learned a lot,” he said following his recent […]
Forget Gun Control: Bring Back Mental Hospitals
After another inexplicable act of violence in Parkland Florida claimed 17 lives, the usual chorus (and some of the not so usual chorus) is screaming […]
Jordan Peterson and the Tomato
Until recently, Jordan Peterson had been a relatively obscure figure outside of a burgeoning and loyal YouTube following. Peterson’s earlier book, Maps of Meaning: the […]
America is Athens and That Should Scare You
Harvard University professor Graham Allison worries that the United States and China may be headed toward a destructive conflict. In his most recent work, Destined […]
Trump Enforces Immigration Law
Americans could view immigration policy three ways: Through the lens of a citizen, a client, or a consumer. First, there is the small r-republican view […]
Schiff Losing the Memo Wars
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) launched the third salvo in the “Great Memo Wars” over the weekend, and after overshooting his target, it’s apparent that […]
The Benedict Predicament
At least half of Americans sense that their country has been taken from them. In 2016, they voted for Donald Trump despite obvious reasons not […]
Equal Justice Under Law: ‘Well, We’re Waiting’
Atop the entrance to the United States Supreme Court is engraved a solemn promise for every American to see: “Equal Justice Under Law.” Unconscionably, it […]
You Can’t Win the Budget Battle Until You Win the Trust War
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) ended Saturday, and it went out with a bang. During a panel discussion about the #MeToo movement, National Review […]
Debate, Politics, and NeverTrump
CPAC 2018 has come and gone, and with it, NeverTrump has met its Waterloo. Whereas in 2017, there were still those willing to indulge the […]
America Created the Sino-Russian Threat
Russia and China are forming a dangerous coalition of powers on Eurasia. This is bad for the United States and the world. The great geostrategist, […]
The Schiff Obstruction
Readers of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit will recall the philosopher’s withering comments about “the dogmatism of mere assertion” which yields naught but an empty and […]
Gun Grabbers Deny the Science
Mark Rosenberg, former assistant surgeon general and founder of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control, claimed in […]