National Review- Quillette
- Defending Academic Freedom in Higher Education and Medicine April 25, 2024The success of the academy requires academic freedom and tolerance for viewpoint diversity. These critical values are under increasing threat.Jeffrey S. Flier
- DEI Was Supposed to Help People Like Me. It Didn’t April 24, 2024My bosses wanted my Caribbean face at diversity training sessions. What they didn’t want were my actual viewpoints.Raquel Rosario Sánchez
- The Lonely Death of an Ojibway Boy April 23, 2024Charlie Wenjack has come to symbolise the deadly horrors of Canada’s Residential Schools. Unfortunately, many details of his tragic story have been misrepresented in the process.Robert Macbain
- Defending Academic Freedom in Higher Education and Medicine April 25, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- Duos, Etc. April 24, 2024Reader mail on Lerner & Loewe, “The Master and Margarita,” the Confederacy, and more.
- Lewinsky days and now, &c. April 24, 2024On Clinton and Trump; America and nukes; transgenderism and sports; the terror of tipping; and more.
- One Green Jacket, Etc. April 23, 2024Reader mail on Condoleezza Rice, Gabrielle Starr, and more.
- Duos, Etc. April 24, 2024
Tag Archives: politics
The Supremes
For the progressive left, the last week in June was a tough one. Officially approved racism was thrown overboard; religious freedom and free speech were protected, and the separation of powers, inherent in the U.S, Constitutional structure, was reaffirmed. These … Continue reading
On to the Midterms
The Democrats have built an impressive suicide machine which, by all accounts, they intend to deploy for the midterm elections. This theory contradicts the conventional wisdom—a conventional wisdom that was horribly wrong in 2016 and 2020. Horribly wrong in that … Continue reading
The State of Play
There are plenty of things to rue about the Biden Administration. There is, for instance, old fashioned incompetence, an equal opportunity employer. But the Administration’s slipping-on-a-banana-peel habit has become so routine that even its most enthusiastic defenders (AKA the press) … Continue reading
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Magical Thinking
Republicans complain that Democrats are hypocrites. Democrats reply that Republicans are hypocrites. They are, of course, both correct in a generic sense. All politicians routinely say things they know or suspect to be false, especially if they think it affords … Continue reading
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The Nanny State is Here to Help You
It was the Clinton operation in 1992 that brought us the permanent campaign. Then the financial crisis of 2008 provided the all-purpose excuse for more expansion of federal power. It was during this time that Rahm Emmanuel famously said never … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomberg Magazine, Covid-19, Fauci, FEE, politics, Rahm Emmanuel, Sweden, vaccine
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John Stossel on the Myths of Socialism
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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
Joe Biden’s Choice
Within hours of President Biden’s call for civility, protesters went on a violent rampage in the Pacific Northwest, mostly in Portland Oregon. The protesters, according to the New York Times, marched through the streets, burned an American flag and smashed … 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