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- Measuring the Economic Cost of Affirmative Action in Academia September 9, 2026A new report on the Canada Research Chairs program analyses the reduced standards applied to scholars belonging to ‘equity groups.’Jonathan Kay
- Literary Studies Without the Literature September 8, 2026English departments are increasingly ignoring the great works of the past, in favour of popular literary works that reflect activist themes and nonliterary works of political and social theory.Kwame Anthony Appiah
- Last Man Standing September 7, 2026Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir assesses an intellectual life devoted to the health of the liberal-democratic idea.Matt Johnson
- Measuring the Economic Cost of Affirmative Action in Academia September 9, 2026
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- ‘True Patriot Love’ May 15, 2025Love of country in the time of Trump.
- WFB & Co. May 12, 2025My time at NR has now come to an end. God bless you all.
- The Conundrum of China Trade May 7, 2025A longstanding question, whose end is nowhere in sight.
- ‘True Patriot Love’ May 15, 2025
Tag Archives: policy
Tariffs Again
Donald Trump, who considers himself an authority on pretty much everything, wrote one of his typically bombastic posts on Truth Social right after this morning’s release of unemployment data. He wrote: “LOWER THE RATE OR I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES … Continue reading
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Tagged Democrats, Donald Trump, policy
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Afghanistan
The link below is a devastating indictment of our political leadership. Everyone, and I mean everyone, should watch it. The film is called The Path to Zero. It is at the link below. https://youtu.be/8wwzv_B9x-k?si=S0ro25pEMra6p_fK JFB
The TACO President
“Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation.” So said US President Donald Trump in January of 2020. That would be the same “Art of the Deal” Donald Trump who has by now managed to fall into the … Continue reading
The Great American Spend-a-thon
The volume of bad reporting in 2025 is truly astounding. Never have so many trees been felled for so little accurate information. For instance, the NY Times published a story that sniped at Bari Weiss, now the editor-in-chief at CBS … Continue reading
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The Pyrrhic US Tariff Victory
President Donald J Trump and his minions are celebrating the great win they achieved in the trade war they set off. The win is that, by statute, they raised the average tariff rate the US charges for the importation of … Continue reading
Here We Go Again
Back a couple of years ago we were treated to the spectacle of CNN (among others) referring to the “mostly peaceful protests”that followed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis police … Continue reading
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
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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