National Review- Quillette
- Why We Should Settle Mars December 4, 2023Space exploration will bring us inventions that benefit humanity. And it will help us avoid war.Robert Zubrin
- History on Horseback: Napoleon Bonaparte December 4, 2023The French emperor and military commander played a pivotal role in an epochal transformation.Ralph Leonard
- Gaza and the Asymmetry Trap December 1, 2023The defeat of Hamas is a moral necessity, but that does not obviate Israel’s responsibility to minimize civilian suffering.Michael Walzer
- Why We Should Settle Mars December 4, 2023
- Jay Nordlinger
- Advice from <I>Mad</I>, Etc. December 4, 2023Reader mail on a classic magazine feature, a Nobel Peace Prize, and an immortal singer.
- Dress Codes and Their Discontents December 4, 2023On coats, ties, and other garments.
- Dress Codes and Their Discontents November 30, 2023On coats, ties, and other garments.
- Advice from <I>Mad</I>, Etc. December 4, 2023
Monthly Archives: June 2020
We’ve Seen this Movie Before
By now it should be clear to all sentient beings that protests over the killing of George Floyd have been hijacked by left wing radicals. Moreover, they (the radicals) mean to transform America by any means necessary, including the use … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill de Blasio, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Herbert Marcuse, Marxist, Progressives, SDS, Students for a Democratic Society, Weather Underground, Weathermen
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Defunding the Police
People misunderstand what “activists” mean by “defund the police”. It doesn’t mean the abolition of policing. It does mean moving the jurisdiction of policing to another larger political entity—for instance moving the jurisdiction (and management responsibility) from the city to … Continue reading
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Tagged defund, failure, Minneapolis, police, policy, politics, Progressives
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Wealth, Poverty and Politics: A Discussion with Dr. Thomas Sowell
One of the problems we face in the public square is that “argument” consists largely of assertions without regard to facts, evidence, or logic. It is commonly assumed, for instance, that differences in outcomes result from unequal treatment, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged discrimination, Great Society, Hoover Institution, Peter Robinson, policy, politics, poverty, Thomas Sowell, wealth
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Don’t Know Much about History…
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean-Jacque Rousseau “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” Edmund Burke. There is a great philosophical divide between classical liberalism and utopian socialism. It is this divide … Continue reading
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Tagged classical liberalism, David Starkey, Philosophy, politics, utopian socialism, woke culture
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The Week Trump Lost the Election
When the history books of the 2020 election are written they will most likely say that this was the week that Donald J Trump lost his bid for re-election. Not because of the economy; not because of the killing of … Continue reading