The Middlebury Meltdown
Future historians of the liberal arts in American academic life will be able to pinpoint the time and place of its death with remarkable accuracy. […]
First Amendment
The Denunciation Racket
Maybe it’s my background as a Soviet-era Jewish Russian emigre, but I’ve always found calls from politicians to denounce someone or something unsettling. From the […]
George W. Bush and Political Stockholm Syndrome
“Stockholm Syndrome” is defined as “feelings of trust or affection felt in certain cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim toward a captor.” Watching […]
Looking at Trump as a Turnaround Executive
The 2016 election outcome was an unexpectedly loud declaration by the American people about their dissatisfaction with the direction of the country. Further, the magnitude […]
CPAC 2017: An Autopsy
Author’s note: I have prepared this piece in accordance with the factual standards used by CNN and Buzzfeed. Any “fake news” is thus immune from […]
A Partial Defense of Milo Yiannopoulos
Some thoughts on the Milo Yiannopoulos brouhaha. Of course the former Breitbart.com editor’s videotaped comments, in which he seemed to condone sex with young teenage boys, […]
Three Ways to Fight Back Against the Left
Not long ago, I heard a conversation on a nationally syndicated radio program between the host and a writer for the New York Post. Both were supporters […]
Media Still Don’t Understand How Trump Plays Them
Did Donald Trump and his media savvy staff purposely set up CNN and the rest of the adversarial White House press corps during this week’s […]
An Intelligent Citizen’s Guide to Modern American Liberalism
As a child I marveled at the incredible beauty on display at the Miss America Pageant. But my father cautioned me with the admonition: “Beauty […]
Authoritarians Today Lob Lies from the Left
The reaction to Michael Anton’s elevation to the National Security Council confirms that he is a man of penetrating insight. Anton, of course, was for […]
The Lethal New Meaning of the Berkeley Fascist Anti-Fascist “Protests”
Here’s the new bottom line: we now have a blueprint of what works for the vanguard of the Left. It was simple enough for them […]
Trump and that Nuisance of a Judge
By far the most controversial of President Trump’s many official actions so far is his executive order temporarily suspending entry into the United States of […]
Americans Should Fight “Global Civics”
It should come as no surprise that America’s colleges and universities teach their students to disdain America. It may be startling, however, to learn they […]
Liberate the Universities!
Berkeley is burning. So are thousands of college and university campuses across the United States. Not literally. Not at the moment. The actual fires have […]
Key Play for Super Bowl: Deflate the Left’s Racist Rhetoric
A craze is breaking out all over America, but it’s not about Super Bowl LI in Houston. People are going absolutely crazy over “whiteness”—more specifically, […]
What I Saw at the 44th March for Life
Contrary to what you may have heard, Donald Trump was at the March for Life. Let me explain. I’ve been to a few Marches for […]
Twitter Backs the Black Bloc: Why That May Be Bad News for Free Speech
A legal confrontation has been a long time coming. WeSearchr, a crowd-funded journalism company founded by Chuck Johnson, was suspended from Twitter this week after […]
John Piper’s Unmanly Contempt for Politics
What is it with elite Evangelicals and their inability, or unwillingness, to understand politics? Russell Moore deemed the tens of millions of Evangelicals who supported […]
The Alternative to Facts
The reality of President Trump is driving the Left crazy—from the smears of “fake news” to this week’s hullaballoo over “alternative facts.” The media this […]
In RE: Lewis v. Trump—A Thought Experiment
It should be stipulated without reservation that U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was one of the most important civil rights heroes of the 1960s. He sacrificed not only […]