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- Investigating the Academy April 19, 2024In a recent speech to University of Toronto scholars, a Quillette editor explained why many of his fellow journalists are reluctant to report on administrative scandals at Canadian universities.Jonathan Kay
- Nostalgia for Confinement April 18, 2024Why are some in Russia and Eastern Europe pining for the communist system that once oppressed them?John Lloyd
- American Carnage April 18, 2024Alex Garland’s spectacular new film ‘Civil War’ is a warning of what can happen to democracies when civil society collapses.Allan Stratton
- Investigating the Academy April 19, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- A Struggle to Survive April 19, 2024Notes on Ukraine and Russia.
- For a Free Society April 18, 2024A conversation with Vernon L. Smith.
- A Voice from Kansas, a Voice for Freedom April 18, 2024On a podcast with Vernon L. Smith.
- A Struggle to Survive April 19, 2024
Category Archives: Culture
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
The Progressive Governor Northam
Ralph Northam was elected governor of Virginia in 2017. During the campaign Northam routinely denounced his Republican opponent, Ed Gillespie, accusing him of being a racist. Now an incendiary photo of two men has surfaced from Northam’s medical school yearbook. … Continue reading
The New (Old) Puritans
If there is any question that the new puritans of the regulatory state are a bunch of fanatics, this video from John Stossel should remove all doubt. JFB
Richard Milhous Trump
The political commentariat has spilled a lot of ink trying to understand what the Trump phenomenon is all about. But no one has come up with a convincing story about why it is that candidate, and then President Trump has … Continue reading
Asides…
One of the favorite progressive hobby horses is to wail about voter turnout, or the lack thereof. And so periodically we are treated to assertions that Republicans systematically suppress the vote, especially of minorities, as an electoral strategy. Needless to … Continue reading
Where’s the Outrage?
In 1996 the GOP candidate for President, Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, used to tick off a laundry list of horribles mostly having to do with charges that President Clinton was sleazy and that a biased liberal press was protecting … Continue reading
Our Core Values
Ex President Barack Obama has emerged to denounce current President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind Obama’s executive order known as DACA. The decision, according to Mr. Obama, did not constitute a “legal requirement”. It was, he opined, “…a political decision, … Continue reading
We settle a dark peace this morning
Members of a mob don white robes and hoods with slits for their eyes. They arm themselves with batons and crowbars, and march by torchlight chanting, “Jews will not replace us” at which point they proceed to wreak physical violence … Continue reading
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The End of the Rule of Law?
On July 31, 2017 U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton ruled that former Sheriff Joe Arpaio was guilty of “flagrantly” disregarding an order by federal District Court Judge G. Murray Snow to halt the immigration round-ups for which he had … Continue reading