The Left, the Wall, the Truth
Democrats and others on the left offer three reasons for their opposition to building a wall on America’s southern border. A wall is ineffective. A […]
Cultural Marxism
The Game of Pseudo-Authenticity
Americans always have been prone to reinventing themselves. We now live in an age of radical social construction—a sort of expansive update on F. Scott […]
Suffer the Children: The Regressives’ Totalitarian Imperative
If ever there was a textbook example of the Left’s totalitarian imperative, Noah Berlatsky provides it in his January 2 screed, “White kids, racism and […]
Measuring Decline by What’s ‘In’ and What’s ‘Out’ for 2019
As the calendar rolls over from the last days of the old year to the first ones of the New Year 2019, predictions are popular. […]
The Party of Abortion Thinks Republicans Are Satanic
Christian Bale rightly won the Golden Globe for his stellar performance in the mostly fictional biopic, “Vice.” As the Welshman accepted his award, though, he […]
AOC: Shadow Speaker
To get a sense of how powerful freshman Congressmember (her preferred title) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is, just look at her effect on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. […]
Letter from Brasilia: Now We Do
I am very worried; he talked too much about God.” So said a prominent Brazilian political commentator on TV after hearing President Jair Bolsonaro’s victory […]
A Year of P.C. Prudery and Ignorance
The task is daunting and the field jostles with contenders, but the 2018 prize for politically correct stupidity goes to the campaign against “Baby It’s […]
New Year’s Eve: Marxism-Lennonism Revisited
The New Year’s Eve celebration at Times Square will again this year feature John Lennon’s song “Imagine.” We thought this article, first published in 2017, would […]
Humboldt County’s ‘Too White’ Women’s March
The regressive Left in Humboldt County, California, may or may not have been dreaming of a “White Christmas,” but they damn sure don’t want a […]
It’s Not That Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Knows Nothing . . .
As tragedy struck an acquaintance this week, I was reminded today of the fleeting nature of life. The Psalmist begged God, “O Lord, make me […]
A Massacre of Innocence
Here in my cozy Dallas suburb, families celebrate all 12 days of Christmas. We welcome the birth of Christ with door-busting church attendance, trees sparkle […]
Sweet Shutdown, Roll On
It never seems to occur to the Democrats, currently bellyaching about the largely phantom “government shutdown,” that the last people Donald Trump cares about offending […]
Normal Americans Get Militant
Kurt Schlichter is funny. Really funny. Unlike so many commentators on the Right—especially those staid NeverTrump harpies—Schlichter has a wry, cutting sense of humor that […]
Does the Unfortunate 20th Century Foretell a Worse 21st?
On the centenary of his birth, we see that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was right, not once but twice. In appearance he was more akin to an […]
Fighting Democrats’ Dirty Politics
The midterms are in the rearview mirror and the chattering classes are back to debating fake collusion with Russia and a looming indictment of the […]
Jihadist Psychopath Unveils the True Threat
In his important new book Jihadist Psychopath, Jamie Glazov gets to the bottom of the predominant mass delusion of our time: namely, the delusion that […]
Selling Political Canned Tuna to Voters Who Don’t Own Can Openers
This is not another opinion column picking on Millennials. I promise. This is, rather, an exhortation to Millennials—to all Americans, really—to think hard and think […]
California’s Rigged Election Process Is Coming to America
The conventional wisdom among experts who monitor elections in America is unvarying: Voter fraud is statistically insignificant. These sanguine claims are made despite the fact […]
The Left’s Civil Religion, Part Two: Heretics
As discussed when last we chatted, per Jean Jacques Rousseau, the regressive Left has been dragging humanity back to an allegedly pristine state of nature […]