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- How Women Can Become Worthy Opponents April 15, 2024It may be unpalatable to consider that part of what holds women back is our own nature. But if part of the problem is within us, then we have the power to fix it.Lisa Marchiano
- Peter Higgs (1929–2024): A Gentle Giant of Science April 14, 2024We have lost an important scientist; we have also lost a wonderful man.Lawrence M. Krauss
- Graham Linehan Was Right About Gender Ideology: Quillette Cetera Episode 33 April 13, 2024The cancelled comedy writer joins Zoe in the studio to talk about his new memoir.Zoe Booth
- How Women Can Become Worthy Opponents April 15, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- A Couple to Know April 15, 2024On a podcast with Robert and Guna Mundheim.
- A Republican ‘Guardrail’ April 10, 2024On Stephen Richer, the law-abiding elections official in Maricopa County, Ariz.
- Terror-State vs. Civilization April 8, 2024On Putin’s Russia, and its friends, and its foes.
- A Couple to Know April 15, 2024
Tag Archives: policy
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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Ben Sasse Interviewed by Peter Robinson
In the video below Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution interviews Senator Ben Sasse (R,NE) about his latest book, entitled “The Vanishing American Adult”. In 2016 Sasse announced that he would not support Donald Trump for President if he won … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Sasse, Hoover Institution, Peter Robinson, policy, politics
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What Do Democrats Believe?
A long time ago in a faraway place—the United States circa 2016–Democrats rightly criticized Republicans for tolerating Donald Trump’s appalling behavior. Despite—or maybe because of said behavior—Trump managed to squeak past Hillary Clinton in the electoral college to win the … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion politics, Ben Sasse, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Filibuster, policy, Republicans, Senate
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Amy Palin Klobuchar on Mexico
Senator Amy Klobuchar put on a Palineque performance when she appeared on Telemundo and couldn’t come up with the name of the President of Mexico. The video (shown below) is brutal. Klobuchar happens to be very smart. But she also … Continue reading