National Review- Quillette
- The Paranoid Style in Shakespeare Denialism May 2, 2024Against conspiracist trends, there is an obligation on defenders of a liberal society to uphold the integrity of its intellectual methods.Oliver Kamm
- Bad History at the BBC May 2, 2024A new radio series about the 1943 Bengal famine favours culture-war polemic over rigorous scholarship.Hira Jungkow
- Disorder in Heaven April 30, 2024The end of greatness in heavyweight combat sports.Alexander Blum
- The Paranoid Style in Shakespeare Denialism May 2, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- Age Issues May 1, 2024Youth, maturity, and the question of wisdom.
- The joy of hate, &c. May 1, 2024On hatred in politics; a governor’s dog; Scottish nationalism; and more.
- In the Midst of an Assault April 29, 2024Notes on Ukraine and Russia.
- Age Issues May 1, 2024
Category Archives: Politics
Landslide
Boris Johnson, who will inevitably be tagged as BoJo by the tabloids, won a huge victory in Thursday’s snap elections. When the dust settled the Tories wound up with a 78 seat majority in Parliament. Also, the Scottish Nationalist Party … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Johnson, Britain, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, snap election, Socialism, Tory, UK
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Chilling Effects
CNN is reporting that “current and former FBI officials tell CNN they’re concerned that the harsh rhetoric coming from Trump and Barr has only worsened the bureau’s already tenuous standing with the President, leaving them wondering whether federal agents could … Continue reading
Seriously?
Rivals for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) and “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg (D. South Bend IN), have taken to firing at each other over the issue of transparency. Each is busy pretending that other has failed … Continue reading
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Tagged Buttigeig, campaign, Democrats, Mayor Pete, nomination, politics, Senator Warren
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Odds and Ends…12/10/2019
The most important near term test vote for U.S. Presidential politics is not the pending pre-ordained impeachment of Mr. Trump by the Democratic House, soon to be followed by acquittal by the Republican Senate. Nor is it the fast approaching … Continue reading
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Tagged Attorney General, climate change, Exxon Mobile, Martin Act, Trump, verdict
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He Done It
Perhaps, just perhaps, the Republicans might get around to acknowledging the obvious: President Trump is guilty of the main accusation lodged against him. He attempted to get the government of Ukraine to investigate, or at least announce that it intended … Continue reading
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Judge Napolitano Discusses Impeachment on Reason TV
After 6 months of studied silence, On Liberty Watch is going to re-open. In addition, the website will be revamped a bit over the next few months. The mission however, remains the same: the defense of liberty. The inanity of … Continue reading
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Tagged Impeachment, Judge Napolitano, Libertarianism, Nick Gillespie, Reason Magazine
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George Will — “The Conservative Sensibility”
George Will, the nation’s preeminent conservative columnist, has just published what is perhaps his finest book yet–and it’s not even about baseball. As the title suggests, it’s about Politics with a capital P. The Conservative Sensibility provides a robust defense … Continue reading
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Did John Brennan Commit Perjury?
Evidence is beginning to emerge that suggests former CIA Chief John Brennan lied to Congress about his actions with respect to the FISA application that authorized the FBI to investigate the Trump campaign. See the interview with Judge Andrew Napolitano … Continue reading
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Did Trump Obstruct Justice? Judge Napolitano weighs in.
Robert Mueller did not find enough evidence to charge either Donald Trump or his campaign with conspiracy in the matter of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump promptly claimed he was “totally exonerated” despite the fact that prosecutors … Continue reading
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Thomas Sowell–Discrimination and Disparities
It has become accepted wisdom that the uneven distribution of outcomes across different groups is evidence of unjustifiable discrimination based on animus. In his latest book, Discrimination and Disparities, economist Thomas Sowell, now a scholar at the Hoover Institution, blasts … Continue reading
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