National Review- Quillette
- In British Columbia, Censorship Wears a Pronoun Pin October 2, 2024Even by Canadian standards, the province has become a hostile environment for women seeking to advocate for their sex-based rights.Meghan Murphy
- The Amy Wax Affair October 2, 2024A tenured scholar has paid a high price for bluntly expressing uncomfortable truths.Charles Murray
- Storm Warnings in the West Pacific September 30, 2024Only robust deterrence from Washington can thwart China’s designs in the South China Sea.Aaron Sarin
- In British Columbia, Censorship Wears a Pronoun Pin October 2, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- Writers, Seers October 2, 2024Reader mail on Zweig, Dostoevsky, and more.
- Populists in power, &c. October 2, 2024On Mexico, Japan, Hezbollah, China, Eric Adams, Donald Trump, a perfect game in football, and more.
- Ways of a Terror-State October 1, 2024How Russia kills.
- Writers, Seers October 2, 2024
Tag Archives: policy
GameStop: Please Stop the Nonsense
The recent surge in the stock price of GameStop has all the usual suspects commenting on “The Greater Meaning of it All”. As usual, very few of these recently minted experts know what they are talking about. Among the more … Continue reading
Thomas Sowell on Culture
JFB
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Tagged culture, policy, politics, Thomas Sowell
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Joe Biden’s “American Recovery Plan”
“Drink coffee and do stupid things even faster” — Sign in a coffee shop. Apropos the sign, an avalanche of stupidity is coming our way. Just 5 days away from his inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden has outlined the first part … Continue reading
Joe Biden–Man of Science
Joe Biden, who during the campaign repeatedly insisted that he relied on “the science” in formulating policy proposals has just tossed science overboard. According to the Washington Post, a spokesman for the President-elect said that the incoming administration “…will release … Continue reading
Is Voting Rational?
See the video below by the editor-in-chief of Reason Magazine, Katherine Mangu-Ward. JFB
Posted in Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Biden, policy, Reason Magazine, Trump, Voting
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California’s Wildfires
Despite the apocalyptic rhetoric of environmental alarmists, the destructiveness of the raging wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are primarily the result bad policy–not climate change. See the short video below on the subject. JFB
Posted in Policy, Politics
Tagged California, climate change, Newsome, policy, Sierra Club, Wildfires
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Competing Nightmares
We live in a strange political times. One of the strangest things of all is that winning candidates get elected because of who they are not. Donald Trump got elected in 2016 because he was not Hillary Clinton. If Joe … Continue reading
Battleground
The phrase battleground state has taken on a whole new meaning. As reports from various urban battlefields come in, the picture of what is happening is becoming clear. Let’s summarize. (1) In a number of American cities protests turn into … Continue reading