Calvin Coolidge: ‘If All Men Are Created Equal, That Is Final’
The following is an excerpt from Calvin Coolidge’s (lengthy) speech in Philadelphia on July 5, 1926, marking the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. […]
K-12 Education Has Become Progressive Sunday School
As an adolescent, just beginning my education as a Catholic, I had Catechism classes. There, for usually an hour, we learned some of the basic […]
Why Don’t Climate Activists Support Nuclear Power?
For several days in mid-April, downtown London was paralyzed by thousands of “climate activists” protesting the failure of the British government to act swiftly enough […]
The New Social Contract We Must Reject
America’s public life is disordered; our discourse toxic. Competing lists of scandals and abuses (calls for impeachment, “nuclear options,” attacks on free speech, and so […]
Civilization Wins in ‘The Highwaymen’
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Hollywood’s cultural liberalism is effective not because it lectures us. Indeed, the lecturing, hectoring awards shows have […]
From the Rubble of a Church Rises a Spirit of Love
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] COLUMBUS, Miss.—At the First Pentecostal Church on Tuscaloosa Road, the last Saturday of February was a day […]
Trump’s Task Was Caesar’s
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] At a meeting of the Roman Senate on this […]
The Time Has Come for Britain to Embrace a ‘No Deal’ Brexit
Ever since June 2016, when the British people voted 52 percent to 48 percent to leave the European Union, establishment British politicians have been grappling […]
The Crisis of the Republicans Divided
To understand the Republican Party today, in all its cluelessness, one needs to know what it was when it was founded. One needs to know […]
How Big Tech Will Swing the Midterms, Then Take Over the World
Facebook is a menace to grassroots political organizing—and to free and fair elections generally. The social media giant this week announced it would ban “misinformation” […]
The Suicidal Sanctimony of Phony Conservatives
Christine Blasey Ford made scurrilous accusations against Brett Kavanaugh for actions she claims occurred nearly 35 years ago when they were both minors. Both Judge […]
Is Trump’s Cabinet Undermining His Agenda?
Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear: Trump in the White House, has exposed something constitutional scholars might, at best, call outright insubordination. At worst, it amounts […]
Stand-Your-Ground and the Florida Governor’s Race
Florida is at the forefront of the national debate on gun rights, and it has been for a long while. It led the nation with […]
Polarization Over Kavanaugh Is a Good Thing
The heated polarization over Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court is a sign that the country is ripe for a serious reckoning with what […]
The Coming Restoration of the Constitution
Just as the upcoming midterm elections may be the most important of our lifetimes—since they will determine if the Trumpian Counter-Reformation will continue or be […]
The Timeless Principles of the Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress voted on July 2, 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain and approved the final wording of the Declaration on July 4. […]
Straw Bans vs. Common Sense
By now you’ve heard that the Santa Barbara, California city council outlawed the distribution of disposable plastic drinking straws. For a moment, it appeared the […]
Mayday for Brexit
President Trump managed to ruffle a few feathers during his visit to Great Britain this week before Air Force One even stroked the runway. Then, […]
What the Health of the Body Politic Needs Now
Our body politic operates much like our own bodies, alternating between different levels of awareness and activity as it experiences and responds to stimuli. The […]
The Democrats’ Declaration of Dependence
This Fourth of July, as Americans celebrated our nation’s Declaration of Independence, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) issued its own Declaration of Dependence. Yes, the […]