National Review- Quillette
- Searching for Presidential Rhetoric October 8, 2024Students should study extensively the presidential rhetoric of earlier times, because it often demonstrates civility far better than the rhetoric of the present.Robert C. Thornett
- Over-Learning the Lessons of Iraq October 8, 2024Russia, Iran, and the failure of US resolve.Oscar Clarke
- Towards a Post-Hamas Future October 7, 2024The events of 7 October did not benefit Palestinians in any way.John Aziz
- Searching for Presidential Rhetoric October 8, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- Words, Weather, Etc. October 8, 2024On pronouns, Marjorie Taylor Greene, a podcast with Buckley Fellows, and more.
- Remembering a Red terror, &c. October 8, 2024On Mao’s Cultural Revolution; hurricanes and politics; the pronouns thing; ‘Latinx’; Steph Curry; and more.
- ‘I Live in Accordance with My Conscience’ October 7, 2024The life and death of Ildar Dadin, a Russian foe of Putin and Putinism.
- Words, Weather, Etc. October 8, 2024
Monthly Archives: December 2020
The Moderate Mr. Biden and Other Fantasies
During the recent presidential primary and election campaigns the underlying question concerning Joe Biden was, given his druthers, how would a President Biden govern? One of the more interesting fantasies marketed by the Biden campaign was (and remains) that President-elect … Continue reading
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Tagged Administrative State, Equality act, First amendment, Joe Biden, religious freedom
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A Supposed Return to “Normalcy”
President-elect Joe Biden won the race by running a determined campaign that focused exclusively on an indisputable fact. Joe Biden is not Donald Trump. To which the voters responded by giving Trump the heave-ho while cutting into the Democratic majority … Continue reading
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Tagged Christine Blasey Ford, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Maxine Waters, Xavier Becarra
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Too Much Democracy?
As the 116th Congress draws to a close, we must confront the fact that a large majority—64%—of the Republican Congressional caucus signed on to an amicus brief siding with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking to bar Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania … Continue reading
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Sore Loser
On Friday evening the Supreme Court refused to hear the case brought by Texas’s Attorney General and joined by 18 additional Attorney’s General, all of whom are Republicans. The plaintiffs in the case sought to have the Court throw out … Continue reading
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Tagged Alito, Donald Trump, election 2020, Ken Paxton, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas, Thomas
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Mainstream Madness
A little over 50 years ago James Burnham authored a book titled “Suicide of the West”. It was his thesis that the West had lost faith in its institutions and culture. As a result, the West, especially its intellectuals and … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, Douglas Murray, Hoover Institution, Peter Robinson, politics
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