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
Category Archives: Culture
Leonard Nimoy on Life, Art and Culture
Back in 1989 the film critic and social commentator Michael Medved conducted a wide ranging interview of actor Leonard Nimoy; the interview focused primarily on arts and culture. Although he is most famous for playing the Vulcan Mr. Spock on … Continue reading
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Tagged art, culture, Film, Hillsdale College, Leonard Nimoy, LLAP, Michael Medved, Spock, Star Trek
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Socialist Destructionism
Ludwig von Mises, a founder of the Austrian School of Economics served as a professor of economics at New York University from 1945 through 1969. He was a towering intellect who was influenced by and associated with some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged DiLorenzo, Frankfurt School, Herbert Marcuse, libertarian, Marx, Mises, Socialist Destruction, utopian socialism
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And About Those Norms…
We hear a lot about norms these days, and in particular, about how President Donald Trump’s typically juvenile behavior violates long standing norms and therefore harms democracy. There is something to this. Trump is, after all, boorish, a habitual liar … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Politics
Tagged Collusion Inquiry, Comey, Donald Trump, FISA, Hillary Clinton, James Brennan, James Clapper, James Comey, Joe Biden, Norms, Perkins Coie, President Obama
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DEFCON 2
The grand pooh-bahs of the DNC are about to break into full panic mode. When Nancy Pelosi pointed her impeachment gun at President Donald Trump she shot former Vice President Joe Biden in the heart. Unforced errors like that one, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Politics
Tagged Amy Klobuchar, Bernie, campaign, DNC, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, nomination, politics, primary, Sanders, woke
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The March for Life
Thousands, probably tens of thousands, came from all over the country to bear witness to the continuing atrocity of the U.S. abortion regime. They were mostly young and mostly female. Their presence and the message they carried spoke truth to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Policy, Politics
Tagged abortion politics, march for life, pro life, RBG, right to life, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, unborn children
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Art and Culture
Politics is downstream from culture in that politics is shaped by culture. Famous writers like George Orwell (1984), Arthur Koestler (Darkness at Noon) and Mario Vargas Llosa (The War of the End of the World) have ruminated on this and … Continue reading
Christopher Hitchens on Reparations
Christopher Hitches was a writer and polemicist with extraordinary talents who, in December of 2011, died much too early at age 62. An iconoclast throughout his adult life, Hitchens eventually drifted away from the left — early on he was … Continue reading
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Progressive Anti-Semitism: The Triumph of Evil?
Photo by Johnathan Ernst / Reuters Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is at it again. The latest uproar was sparked by her use of a standard anti-semitic slur in which she complained about the supposed “dual loyalty” of American Jews. Previously, … Continue reading
In Her Own Words
Formerly known as Sandy the Barmaid, now known as Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, we have a representative who is positively Trumpian in her grandiosity and ignorance. After she secured all of 15,847 votes to win her Congressional seat, she reportedly said … Continue reading
Another Day, Another Hoax
The hoax perpetrated by Jussie Smollet, an actor in the TV series Empire, provides a window into the widening chasm between reality and the mainstream media. Consider: Smollet claimed he was walking home from a Subway sandwich shop at 2:30 … Continue reading