National Review- Quillette
- Ezra Klein’s Feeble Liberalism February 24, 2026Liberals must act aggressively to uphold the values of free society.Brian Stewart
- Trump’s Iranian Dilemma February 24, 2026President Donald Trump must choose between a military strike on Iran, whose consequences no one can predict, and a deal that would leave the Islamic Republic still able to attack its own citizens, menace Israel, and export terrorism worldwide.Benny Morris
- Podcast #325: Why We Need to Talk About Transgender School Shooters February 23, 2026Jonathan Kay speaks with journalist Adam Zivo about the 10 February school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia—a mass murder perpetrated by a trans-identified male gunman who was initially identified by police and journalists as a woman.Quillette
- Ezra Klein’s Feeble Liberalism February 24, 2026
- Jay Nordlinger
- ‘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
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
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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
A Failure of Governance
“The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.” Mao Zedong “It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.” Edmund Burke … Continue reading
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Tagged defund police, Edmund Burke, governance, Mao Zedong, police, policy, riots
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The Ongoing Cultural Disaster
Q: What accounts for the grotesque state of American politics? A: The grotesque state of American culture. Politics is, and always has been, downstream from culture. Sure, politics and policy can influence culture, but that influence is largely ephemeral. … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, education, policy, politics, public sector unions, School Choice, schools, teachers unions
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Minneapolis–Progressive Paradise
Minneapolis has long been one of, if not the, most progressive city in America. It also is the city where George Floyd was killed in police custody. And it is home to one of the widest income gaps between white … Continue reading
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Tagged John Stossel, Minneapolis, policy, politics, Progressive, Progressive Failure, racism
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Defunding the Police
People misunderstand what “activists” mean by “defund the police”. It doesn’t mean the abolition of policing. It does mean moving the jurisdiction of policing to another larger political entity—for instance moving the jurisdiction (and management responsibility) from the city to … Continue reading
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Tagged defund, failure, Minneapolis, police, policy, politics, Progressives
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Wealth, Poverty and Politics: A Discussion with Dr. Thomas Sowell
One of the problems we face in the public square is that “argument” consists largely of assertions without regard to facts, evidence, or logic. It is commonly assumed, for instance, that differences in outcomes result from unequal treatment, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged discrimination, Great Society, Hoover Institution, Peter Robinson, policy, politics, poverty, Thomas Sowell, wealth
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We Need to Talk about… Joe Biden
His name is not Donald J Trump. That is all it takes, apparently, for a Democratic challenger to command the loyalty of the party faithful. It doesn’t matter what he thinks, assuming he is capable of it. After all his … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, campaign, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, nomination, policy, politics, Stephanie Kelton
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Progressive Fascism
“Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.” Benito Mussolini “State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill of Rights, classic Liberalism, control, Fascism, liberty, Mussolini, Nancy Pelosi, policy, politics, Progressive
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