National Review- George Floyd Square Businesses Sue City of Minneapolis for Allowing Rampant Crime, Driving away Customers November 29, 2023The businesses, all of which are owned by one family, are seeking more than $1.5 million in damages from the city.
- Pope Francis Punishes Conservative Critic Cardinal Burke, Revokes His Apartment, Salary November 29, 2023Burke has criticized the Pope’s efforts to relax restrictions around gender and sexuality.
- Senior CIA Official Shared Pro-Palestinian Facebook Images after Brutal Hamas Attack November 29, 2023McFadden holds one of the senior-most positions within the agency and previously oversaw the production of the presidential daily briefing.
- New Georgia Project’s Vaunted Turnout Operation in Doubt amid Financial-Mismanagement Allegations November 29, 2023Founded by Stacey Abrams, the group claims credit for registering tens of thousands of voters, but a recent report suggests its heyday is over.
- U.S. Suicides Reached Record High Last Year November 29, 2023The increase in suicides was largely driven by older Americans, specifically older men.
- George Floyd Square Businesses Sue City of Minneapolis for Allowing Rampant Crime, Driving away Customers November 29, 2023
- Quillette
- Why Does the Intersectional Left Defend Hamas? November 28, 2023Sectarian morality arises from the concept of collective guilt.Julian Adorney
- Victim Blaming Revisited November 28, 2023Exploring biases and criticisms in the perception of crime victims, from robbery to rape.Richard B. Felson
- The Heckler’s Veto and the Right to Free Association November 27, 2023It's not just a matter of weighing up one group’s free speech against another group’s counter-speech. It’s also about one group’s freedom of association being impeded.Holly Lawford-Smith
- Why Does the Intersectional Left Defend Hamas? November 28, 2023
- Jay Nordlinger
- Cuts and Controversies November 29, 2023On Maria Callas, the centennial of whose birth is marked on December 2, 2023.
- Maria Callas: More Than a Myth November 29, 2023On the great soprano (1923–77) on the occasion of her centennial.
- A President, Appreciated, Etc. November 27, 2023Reader mail on George W. Bush, Gertrude Himmelfarb, John Smoltz, and more.
- Cuts and Controversies November 29, 2023
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Magical Thinking
Republicans complain that Democrats are hypocrites. Democrats reply that Republicans are hypocrites. They are, of course, both correct in a generic sense. All politicians routinely say things they know or suspect to be false, especially if they think it affords … Continue reading
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Tagged Debt, Deficit, Democrats, Magical Thinking, politics, President Biden, Republicans, Taxes
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The Unbearable Incompetence of Mr. Biden
During the presidential campaign of 2020 the argument was being made that candidate Joe Biden was at heart a moderate who would guide the ship of state back to normalcy. Biden, who ran as not-Trump, asserted that all the talk … Continue reading
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The Liz Cheney Affair
In 1860, on reading Darwin’s Origin of the Species, it was reported that the wife of the Bishop of Worcester said “Let is hope it is not true, but if it is, let us pray that it will not become … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Liz Cheney, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz
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