Like Peace, Consensus is Not the Absence of War
In Leviathan (1651), writing about the state of nature as war, Thomas Hobbes famously noted: “For War consisteth not in battle only, or the act […]
First Amendment
This is CNN . . . in 1945
What if something like CNN and modern communications were around in early 1945? What if the rules of presidential news coverage were then as they […]
#MeToo is a Moral Panic—That the Left Deserves
In 2018, it already appears that the Left will have to reckon with a famous lesson from a book that most of them have likely […]
The Left’s Hostile Takeover of Corporate America
One of the things that made “Disruptive Politics in the Trump Era,” John Fonte’s recent column for American Greatness, so provocative was his insight that […]
A Tale of Two Presidents and One Newspaper
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The stench of failure hangs over Mr. X’s White House. The people know it, judging by the […]
Justice Kennedy’s Too-Late Lament for Tolerance
I have been silent about Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, not because I lack interest in the case, but because it has already […]
The Tragic Case of Marshall Mathers
Imagine still hanging around parking lots—wearing a hoodie—in your mid-40s. Such is the tragedy of Marshall Mathers’ (a.k.a., Eminem) rebirth from pitchfork picador to corporate […]
Raping the Voters: The Left’s Power Play with Sexual Politics
As if on cue and without so much as an altar call, an entire generation of sexual libertines announced their overnight conversion to sexual propriety. […]
No, the Trump Administration Didn’t ‘Ban’ 7 Words at the CDC
Heads exploded over the weekend in response to a Washington Post article that claimed the Centers for Disease Control would “ban” seven words in all […]
Lessons in Swamplarking: The Scurrilous Art of Leaking
Last week, I discussed the swamplarkers, those D.C. denizens who sift through the sands of time and sin looking for that golden nugget of “gotcha” […]
Fake Truth
The most effective way for the media to have refuted Donald Trump’s 24/7 accusations of “fake news” would have been to publish disinterested, factually based […]
Social Media, Fake News, and Free Speech
Free speech has come under attack on two fronts since Donald Trump was elected president. Many unhappy with his victory charge that Russia interfered in […]
President Trump’s Religious Rhetoric
Donald Trump is a famously paradoxical figure: A nonpolitician who vaulted directly into the nation’s highest political office. A billionaire who seeks to speak for […]
The Coming Threat of Chinese Censorship
In recent weeks have been dominated, as they have been for much of the past year , with talk of Russian social engineering to influence […]
Anatomy of a Witch Hunt
A year has now passed since Donald J. Trump was elected president of the United States. Trump frequently refers to the daily barrage of attacks […]
Tech Giants Are Biggest Threat Facing Trump Supporters
After tech giants testified before Congress on Tuesday, Americans should realize the richest and most powerful U.S. companies wield power and influence in a way […]
Political Correctness vs. The Truth
The academy’s liberal infrastructure often seeks to justify its existence by enforcing political correctness. When this infrastructure’s subunit at Boise State University recently pounced on […]
Quick! Read This Article Before It’s Banned*!
It could be that I’m from the Soviet Union, or it could be that I love dystopian literature, but I was always under the impression […]
Don’t Blame the Kneelers—Blame Those Who Brainwashed Them
The brouhaha over political demonstrations during the National Anthem makes me think of a scene from “Junior Bonner,” a 1972 Sam Peckinpah film about rodeo […]
Trump, Football, and Natural Right(s)
Sunday was a rough day for the NFL and for football fans. U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), never one to miss an opportunity to oppose […]