Men With Chests and Those Without
Last week’s mass shooting at a Florida high school reminds us yet again that to live well—to live free—requires men with chests. That is a […]
Education
Heroism Befitting Free Men
The U.S. Army on Tuesday announced it would award the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Medal of Heroism to the three high school cadets […]
Once Again, A House Divided
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. —Mark 3:25 (King James Version) In the wake of the horrific shootings in […]
Delirium, Questions, Resolve in the Wake of Florida
In a testament to progressive insolence, the Florida school shooting swiftly became a platform for shredding the Second Amendment. Any notion that it is unseemly […]
A Serious Note on ‘The Monopoly on Force’
This year in the United States more than 35,000 people likely will die and more than 2 million people likely will be injured or disabled […]
Make Washington’s Birthday Great Again
We once celebrated the individual greatness of George Washington on his birthday, February 22. Historian James Thomas Flexner called George Washington the “indispensable man,” because […]
Mass Shootings Point to a Problem—and It Isn’t Guns
I’m a father of four children who all attend public school. My love for them and their value to me and to society are immeasurable. […]
How to End the Judiciary Class War
The following is an excerpt from The Judiciary’s Class War by Glenn Reynolds, just published by Encounter Books. ___________________________________ In the wake of the 2016 […]
Who Knows America Best? Politicians Can Teach Professors
In January I was invited to address the City Tavern Club on the occasion of the club’s annual Reagan Dinner. This year it was a […]
“Run, Rabbit, Run!” Rabid Parents on the Prowl
These days, nothing is safe from an attack of the PC moralists. Not even classic children’s literature. In the latest edition of the PC “police […]
Back to School: Student Loan Debt and Crony Capitalism
Whenever I drive past UCLA, with its Romanesque buildings and banners of blue and gold; whenever I see the steps and street lamps that line […]
The Great Homeschooling Freakout
Home schooling is one of the few activities left in the Golden State that isn’t heavily regulated. Around 200,000 kids are schooled at home in […]
Counterfeit Elitism
Those damn dairy farmers. Why do they insist on trying to govern? Or, put another way: Why are Republicans trusting Devin Nunes to be their […]
A Tale of Two Countries
Rep. Joseph Kennedy III (D-Mass.) had the unenviable task of rebutting President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address this week. Kennedy found himself […]
Dreamers in Beltwayland
Senate Democrats led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) shut down the government last weekend, ostensibly in defense of “Dreamers”—illegal aliens who arrived in the […]
Let’s Bring Back ‘In Loco Parentis’
Nobody ever said civil disobedience was safe. When protesters take to the freeways to make their outrage known, it’s a wonder more people aren’t struck […]
Deferring Democracy: What the DACA Ruling Means
Since President Donald Trump took office last year, the federal judiciary has led the Deep State’s massive resistance to the results of an election they […]
Academia is Overdue for a Reality Check
The erosion of freedom of thought in academia may be old news, but it’s certainly not fake news. Ideological assaults on the humanities continue in […]
Goodbye, America?
On Sunday, my wife and I went for a walk in a park located in an affluent area near where we live. We were struck […]
We Can’t Understand Chinese Without First Understanding English
For centuries, French was the lingua franca of Europe—the common language, that is, spoken among people with different native languages. Until the mid-20th century, if […]