National Review- Quillette
- The Emperor’s New Score March 25, 2025Classical music was one of the first fields to impose the self-censorship that now pervades so many areas of intellectual and cultural life.Nicholas McRoberts
- Rumble on the Royal Mile March 25, 2025Scottish feminists are angry that an accomplished male sculptor has been commissioned to make a statue of a suffragette.Aidan Harte
- Red Spies and Lies March 23, 2025Clay Risen’s new book about the American “Red Scare” emphasises the injustices of anti-communism but minimises the true extent and danger of communist infiltration.Ronald Radosh
- The Emperor’s New Score March 25, 2025
- Jay Nordlinger
- Falling for Putin March 24, 2025On the Trump administration and the tyrant in the Kremlin.Jay Nordlinger
- Fantasy and Reality about Putin and the Kremlin March 20, 2025A U.S. envoy refers to Putin and Trump as ‘two great leaders’ working for ‘the betterment of mankind.’Jay Nordlinger
- ‘Germany Is Back’ March 20, 2025On the rearmament of Germany.Jay Nordlinger
- Falling for Putin March 24, 2025
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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