Democrats as the Party of Slave Power Tyranny
The Republican surrender of the House of Representatives to Democrats and the reestablishment of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ought to remind us of the […]
Progressivism
The ‘Sacred’ Walls of Donald Trump
With each step the “caravan of contradictions” takes toward our border, another progressive illusion slips away. Victor Davis Hanson considers this mob, and by extension […]
In Europe, ‘Hate Speech’ is the New Blasphemy
In Europe, calling the prophet Muhammad a “pedophile” is not protected speech, at least according to the European Court of Human Rights, the continent’s highest […]
A Florida Lynching and a Broken Friendship
We live in strange times. Since the election of Donald Trump, it has often seemed as though half the country has gone blind or, more […]
In Defense of Americanism
The Left has never understood what made “Make America Great Again” resonate with so many people. We heard their mystification at the notion loud and […]
‘I Don’t Know Anyone Who Voted for Trump’
Pauline Kael, movie critic for The New Yorker, famously commented: “I live in a rather special world. I only know one person who voted for […]
Halloween and the Perils of Cultural Appropriation
Cultural appropriation, the Cambridge Dictionary helpfully informs us, is “the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially […]
Political Correctness and the Enlightened Ones
A story in the Atlantic recently bore the title “Americans Strongly Dislike PC Culture.” A summary of the same subject in Reason magazine announced, “Study: […]
The Rise of the Republican #WalkAways—And Why No One Cares
You might have heard about the #WalkAway Movement, in which disaffected Democrats say farewell to their party due to its hard-left turn. But you might […]
Here’s What Democrats and The New Yorker Don’t Want You to Know About Kavanaugh Accuser Deborah Ramirez’s Story
In his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 26, Brett Kavanaugh argued that the allegations of sexual misconduct raised against him were […]
The Trump-Kanye Meeting Was Weird—If You’re a Racist
The Democratic Party is a group of tricksters. Consider this: the party of Jim Crow managed to recast themselves as the paragon of racial equality […]
Post-Kavanaugh, the Culture War Will Only Get Worse
Did you hear Hillary Clinton talking about America’s cold civil war the other day? She didn’t call it that, but that’s what she meant. Just […]
Don’t Blame Avenatti
With the dust finally settling after the nasty, protracted fight to forestall Judge Brett Kavanaugh from becoming Justice Kavanaugh, Democrats now see they have made […]
Civility, Civil War, and the Future of Our Civilization
Hillary Clinton, the most vengeful, spiteful loser in the history of American electoral politics, has abandoned the Left’s always deceptive, now evanescent call for “civility.” […]
Cops Deserve a Fighting Chance
Seven police officers were shot in Florence, South Carolina last week. One of them, Sgt. Terrence Carraway, was fatally wounded. The suspect, a troubled Vietnam […]
War on Men Is a Long-Term Plan for Democrat Victory
Encouraging women to hate and fear men as rapists is not a cultural development. It is a political weapon. Democrats are trying to replicate their […]
The Battle of Brett Kavanaugh
As the smoke starts to clear over the senatorial battlefield, the outlines of the conflict have come into stark relief. What began, like Gettysburg, with […]
Common Reading for Common Activism
A few weeks ago my wife and I were walking through the Brooklyn Book Festival and we saw a booth saying something about Harry Potter. […]
Explaining the Left, Part IV: Contempt for Middle-Class Values
When I was in graduate school, I learned a lot about the Left. One lesson was that while most liberals and conservatives abide by society’s […]
#MeToo and the Death Rattle
The final victory of feelings over facts was almost confirmed this week, at least until the pre-condemned Brett Kavanaugh was afforded the old-fangled notion of […]