Good People Must Be Dangerous People
Fear is the only language the violent comprehend.
First Principles
Can Prudence and the Constitution Prevail in the Face of Court Packing?
It is a supremely imprudent policy to make the court more political, and it ought to be resisted.
Biden’s Gun Control Distraction
Biden is accelerating the gun control agenda to divert attention away from the real crises at the border and elsewhere in the United States.
The Chesterton Option: America Is Worth a Crusade
Only by rediscovering and elevating our Christian culture can we differentiate ourselves from the new evil empire.
Embracing the Divine
That we begin now, this springtime, to embrace the divine in our lives more fully, more resolutely, and more gratefully than ever, is an Easter and Passover prayer for all of us.
The American Civil War Is Over Judeo-Christian Values
What will we get in America if Christianity and Judeo-Christian values die?
Christopher Lasch vs. the Elites of Our Time
One of the most trenchant critics and historians of American culture died more than 25 years ago. What do his writings tell us about the present crisis? Turns out, quite a lot.
To the Parapets, Defenders of Free Speech!
Anyone who aims to chill, curtail, infringe, or end free speech has outed themselves as an aspiring tyrant and must be stopped.
Lessons from the Edge of Liberty
If Americans choose to fight the coming authoritarian leviathan, they should examine the history of other political movements and the resulting lessons learned at the edge of liberty and tyranny.
Is a Conservative-Libertarian Alliance Possible?
Yes, but conservative populism—both as an ideological movement and as a practical political agenda—will evolve with or without the libertarians.
Five Reasons to Revere the Constitution
Most governments in human history presume that the government is all-powerful, and then carves out certain restrictions where it cannot act. Our constitution does exactly the opposite.
Until Lambs Become Lions
Right now, we are 80 million couch potatoes and keyboard warriors with rifles in our bedroom closets. This is not a force to be reckoned with.
What’s Wrong With Background Checks?
The freedom of gun owners to transfer guns, keep such transactions hidden from the government, and generally to have the government out of their lives is an important component of being a free people.
Forgetting the Founders
The American way is to lay claim to our unalienable right to liberty.
Terrible Good Advice
The once widely accessible domestic institution of marriage is becoming more and more the domain of a fortunate few.
Choose Your Ground
Now is not the time for impotent tough talk and posturing with weapons at protests.
What About ‘Whataboutism’?
There is good and bad whataboutism. Blanket calls to ignore comparisons are usually done in bad faith.
Tearing Down Our Castles
Home and family, bulwarks of freedom and freedom-making in their turn, are hated by those who hate mankind and want to subject it to vast systems of social and political control.
Is Your Friend a Liberal or a Leftist? Ask These Questions to Find Out
The great tragedy of our time is that liberals vote left. Virtually every value liberals have held for a century is now held by conservatives […]
How Contemporary Con Law Became a Con Job
Harvard’s Laurence Tribe turns Clarence Thomas and his recent dissent in the Pennsylvania election case into a cartoon caricature. This is sophistry, not legitimacy.