National Review- Quillette
- Defending Academic Freedom in Higher Education and Medicine April 25, 2024The success of the academy requires academic freedom and tolerance for viewpoint diversity. These critical values are under increasing threat.Jeffrey S. Flier
- DEI Was Supposed to Help People Like Me. It Didn’t April 24, 2024My bosses wanted my Caribbean face at diversity training sessions. What they didn’t want were my actual viewpoints.Raquel Rosario Sánchez
- The Lonely Death of an Ojibway Boy April 23, 2024Charlie Wenjack has come to symbolise the deadly horrors of Canada’s Residential Schools. Unfortunately, many details of his tragic story have been misrepresented in the process.Robert Macbain
- Defending Academic Freedom in Higher Education and Medicine April 25, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- Duos, Etc. April 24, 2024Reader mail on Lerner & Loewe, “The Master and Margarita,” the Confederacy, and more.
- Lewinsky days and now, &c. April 24, 2024On Clinton and Trump; America and nukes; transgenderism and sports; the terror of tipping; and more.
- One Green Jacket, Etc. April 23, 2024Reader mail on Condoleezza Rice, Gabrielle Starr, and more.
- Duos, Etc. April 24, 2024
Tag Archives: politics
While America Burns
Perhaps it was inevitable; it’s starting to look like 1968 again. According to press reports, at least 15 of America’s large cities have recently experienced what we decorously refer to as “civil unrest”. Needless to say, politicians—the people who are … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Minneapolis, murder, police, politics, Progressives, protesters, riots
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We Need to Talk about… Joe Biden
His name is not Donald J Trump. That is all it takes, apparently, for a Democratic challenger to command the loyalty of the party faithful. It doesn’t matter what he thinks, assuming he is capable of it. After all his … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, campaign, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, nomination, policy, politics, Stephanie Kelton
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Progressive Fascism
“Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.” Benito Mussolini “State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Bill of Rights, classic Liberalism, control, Fascism, liberty, Mussolini, Nancy Pelosi, policy, politics, Progressive
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George Will Interview
George Will needs no introduction. Here he is at the Aspen Institute being interviewed by Judy Woodruff–who also needs no introduction. JFB
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Tagged Aspen Institute, Conservatism, George Will, Judy Woodruff, politics
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The Season is Upon Us
When January of 2021 comes rolling around it is virtually inevitable that a supremely ambitious, self-serving, vicious and ignorant partisan hack will take the Presidential oath of office. The only question is whether the hack will be named Donald Trump … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Politics
Tagged corruption, Democrats, Donald Trump, elections, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, politics, Republicans
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An Interview with Peter Thiel
Peter Theil, a famously successful technology investor, is the founder of PayPal and the first outsider to take a stake of Facebook. He eventually sold PayPal in 2002 to eBay for $1.5 Billion and later sold his 10.2% stake in … Continue reading
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Tagged Hoover Institution, Peter Thiel, Philosophy, politics
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Ben Sasse Interviewed by Peter Robinson
In the video below Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution interviews Senator Ben Sasse (R,NE) about his latest book, entitled “The Vanishing American Adult”. In 2016 Sasse announced that he would not support Donald Trump for President if he won … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Sasse, Hoover Institution, Peter Robinson, policy, politics
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Kim Strassel on the Coronavirus, the Media and Donald Trump
Kim Strassel, an unapologetic defender of capitalism, is a Princeton educated author and journalist who writes for the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. In the video below she is interviewed by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, COVID19, economy, Hoover Institution, Kim Strassel, lockdown, Peter Robinson, politics, public policy, Trump, Wall Street Journal, WSJ
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Joe Biden: Super Hero
It is hard to imagine that anyone could figure out a way to be more juvenile and petty than Donald J. Trump. But the Democrats have managed to do it. They are going to blame the COVID19 crisis on Donald … Continue reading
The Narrative
One of the more disheartening developments in what we laughingly call public debate has been the extraordinary emphasis placed on “the narrative”. The whole point of “the narrative” is issue framing. Instead of facts like who, what, where, why and … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Corona Virus, Covid-19, emergency, health care, narrative, politics, President Trump, Reason Magazine, virus
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