This Is No Way to Run a Government
Our institutions are failing the American people and will continue to do so until accountability is demanded by the public and restored by our political leaders.
Weekend Long Read
The Antidote To Dependence Is Building
Is it really too much to ask that our economy work for men as they are, rather than as the Left wants them to be?
How Multiculturalism Toppled Rome
From Britain to the Middle East, Rome enjoyed support from vast numbers of people who had a stake in its success, even though their ancestors were not originally Roman or even Italian.
American Despotism
True science, the evidence before ones eyes, exposes the globalist American empire as a kleptocracy that has betrayed the country, outsourced its wealth and defense, and degraded its people.
Inside Women’s Studies
The charges of oppression that privileged white feminists once leveled indiscriminately at men ended up being turned back on them by women of color.
No To Conservative Accommodationism
The Right concedes ground to the woke revolution and gives bipartisan legitimacy to a progressive project that aims to diminish the moral capital of historic America.
The Jolly Green Giant and the JFK Mystery
Nearly a quarter century after Jim Garrison’s conspiracy case fell apart, Oliver Stone demonstrated that a fraud can have a second life in fiction, if not in the universe of fact.
Antonin Scalia, Ready for His Close-up
Early interaction with the press established a lifelong Scalia theme: their questions ranged from ill-conceived to moronic, his answers alternated between bemused and bothered.
The Empire That Never Was
America cannot survive on its large-C Constitution alone. It needs a small-c constitution, too, a shared spirit of common purpose and ritual. And for that, we must become friends again.
How Communist China Does Your Thinking for You
When China talks about winning without fighting, it essentially means without us fighting back. And that comes down to getting into our heads and disabling us from the inside.
An American System for America Prosperity
The ideology of global free trade is not American—nor is it the free market system. America had the highest tariff rates in history at the same time we saw the greatest economic expansion in history.
The Triumph and Tragedy of Abba Eban
Eban’s meteoric rise and dramatic fall was a classic tragedy—and one that extended beyond his personal political career. It holds a lesson for today.
The Lincoln Miracle
In Chicago people were still scratching their heads over what the convention had just done. ‘The nomination of Abram Lincoln, although not entirely unexpected, took even his
friends by surprise.’
friends by surprise.’
Harry Jaffa vs. Willmoore Kendall Redivivus
The American regime, grounded in social compact, freely composed of freely consenting citizens, rests on the Western tradition of political thought. As such, it is an
expression of natural right.
expression of natural right.
The Perils of Historical Ignorance
We cannot stand idly by watching our nation, and what it represents, collapse from within through the destruction of our history and heritage.
Tocqueville in Arabia: The Anxieties of the Democratic Age
From the vantage point of the aristocratic soul, the truant’s freedom offered by the Democratic Age is initially both temptation and horror.
Franklin’s Warning: A Republic . . . If You Can Keep It
Benjamin Franklin’s famous warning links government to the character of the people.
Triumph Regained
The actions of the Americans at Van Tuong reflected the cultural norms of the U.S. military, many of which had been transposed from civilian society.
Lies, Damned Lies, and Gun Statistics
Gun control disarms regular people, which makes them easier targets for regular criminals to victimize, and it does pretty much zilch against dedicated mass killers.
The Unbearable Lightness of Pining Backward
Tradition without a metaphysic, without God, without genuine belief, is not viable as the basis for social and political order.