Media Normalizes Political Violence by Mainstreaming Antifa
Since February’s violence in Berkeley, which stopped a scheduled speech on campus by Milo Yiannopoulos, the media and the political Left’s relationship with Antifa has […]
First Amendment
Inebriates of Virtue
At Yale, where censorship never sleeps, the Committee of Public Safety—no, wait, that was Robespierre’s plaything. Yale’s new bureaucracy is called the “Committee on Art […]
The Proverbs of Pelosi
In her attempt to deny the free speech rights of a group called “Patriot Prayer,” Nancy Pelosi argued that the group should not be granted a permit […]
Who Was Really at Fault in Charlottesville?
Almost everything about the Charlottesville riot was disgraceful except the conduct of the president. The move to take down the statue of General Robert E. […]
President Trump Was Right the First Time
President Trump was roundly criticized over the weekend for failing to call out neo-nazis and the Ku Klux Klan by name in his first statement […]
Trump’s Error: Failing to Follow the Left’s Talking Points
As I watched President Trump’s initial reaction to the violence in Charlottesville from Bedminster, New Jersey, I felt proud of our nation’s new leader. At […]
McAuliffe’s Progressive Government Riot
For over a century, police and military have been used successfully to contain possible violence between demonstrators and their opponents in our communities. Everyone knows […]
A Tale of Two Cities: Charlottesville v. Seattle
What happened in Charlottesville? Here is the “drive-by” media narrative: a progressive mayor and his progressive deputy worked to remove a statue of slaveholder and […]
‘Freedom of the Press’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think
Progressive propaganda, relying on misdirection, misinterpretation, and outright falsehoods, permeates American life and touches or taints every topic. The corporations that produce mass entertainment and […]
What the #GoogleMemo Reveals About the Left
Much digital ink has been spilled over the recent #GoogleMemo incident: why former Google employee James Damore should have been fired, why he shouldn’t have […]
Of Memos and Pitchforks
James Damore had to be fired. There was no way around it. He spoke out, eloquently, against orthodoxy and if history is any guide, he’ll […]
Google Memo Wasn’t ‘Anti-Diversity’—It Was for the Wrong Kind
Let’s discuss the Google memo heard ’round the world. (Because Silicon Valley’s fetid, politically correct group think is slightly less depressing than the ratcheting tensions […]
The ‘9th Circus’ is Badly Broken—Let’s Fix It
The Sacramento Bee recently editorialized in defense of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a frequently (and legitimately) maligned court that has periodically been […]
Solving Google’s Censorship Problem Will Be a Trial
Someone must have been telling lies about Jordan Peterson, he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was locked out of his Google […]
Persuading Progressives? It’s Possible
One thing that never ceases to surprise me is how little progressives understand the most basic tenets of conservative thought. The simple ideas that, for […]
Is ‘America First’ Un-Christian?
Peter Leithart’s recent essay in First Things, ”On Trump and Trumpism,” is a reasonably good summary of what many practicing Christians—or at least practicing Catholics—think about […]
‘Indoctrinationism’: The Ideology of Speech Policing
Speech policing in the United States, often called “political correctness,” has inspired much resentment and concern along with advocacy. Right now only its advocates have […]
Memo to DeVos: Roll Back the Title IX Madness
Imagine for a moment you’re the male student at Amherst College, who, after a night out drinking with friends, accompanied a fellow student back to […]
Swampland’s Ten Commandments
The Trump family is no doubt canny about the dog-eat-dog landscapes of the Manhattan real estate lagoon. But when the Trumps arrived in Washington, as […]
Fake News Sure Didn’t Start With Trump
Contrary to the narrative of Donald Trump’s friends and foes alike, the phenomenon of “fake news” long precedes the 2016 presidential election, even if the […]