The Courts Should Stay Out of Political Battles
The nine philosopher-kings enthroned on the Supreme Court were finally gracious enough to let President Trump proceed with his plans to build a wall at […]
First Principles
Citizen Responsibility in the Face of a Mass Shooting
The wall-to-wall coverage of the two recent shooting sprees has provided partisans in the government-media complex with yet another opportunity to espouse their usual—and tired—talking […]
Igniting Civil War
Government sponsorship of violence against opponents or complacency in the face of incitement to violence is a powerful tool of political repression. Regimes such as […]
The Latest U.N. Horror Show: Christian Refugees Ignored
Since the 2014 invasion and genocide by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, at least 16,000 Assyrian Christians from Iraq have become refugees in Jordan. […]
Don’t Celebrate Bastille Day
Unlike the American Revolution, in which the rule of law and the institutions of civil society survived the change of governments, the French Revolution was one of the signal bad events in world history.
Liberalism, Originalism, and the Constitution
No one would mistake the Supreme Court’s liberal justices for adherents to the concept of “originalism,” or the belief that one should consider—first and foremost—the […]
The Lessons of the Declaration of Independence
The colonists’ quest for independence from the British in 1776 began with a goal: “to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal […]
What Happened to America’s Elite?
It happened on campus. Once upon a time, the foundation of an American college education was common sense. Common sense realism was the philosophy young […]