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A Cop’s Eye View of the Federal Takeover of the Police

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April 30, 2022

Little by little, local police forces are succumbing to leftist indoctrination, funded and advanced by federal taxpayer dollars. Here is what to look out for—and how to push back.

The True Origins of
‘America First’

By Angelo Codevilla

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April 22, 2022

John Quincy Adams is the font of American geopolitical thought. Today, lesser men fail to grasp his teaching that alignment of interests among nations can only be creatures of time and circumstance.

The Pathological Nature of Wokeness

By Bill Hurrell

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April 16, 2022

Leftist cancel culture is being driven by the emotionally deranged agenda of teenage girls.

Applying International Standards to 2020 Elections

By Tim Meisburger

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April 8, 2022

What if we applied the principles of election integrity we expect from other countries to the United States?

Before the Litmus Tests

By Benjamin H. Barton

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April 3, 2022

George Washington’s Supreme Court appointments were founders, politicians, entrepreneurs . . . and one cushing.

Why the “American Enlightenment” Succeeded, and How it Might Fail

By Joanne Mandel

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March 26, 2022

We are equipped with common sense and moral sense just as we are equipped with the senses of taste, smell, sight, hearing, and touch. We are simply made that way.

Citizenship, Immigration, and the Great Society

By Edward J. Erler

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March 19, 2022

Immigration policies should serve the interests of the nation-state; they should not be acts of charity to the world.

M. Stanton Evans,
Prophet of Our Moment

By Steven F. Hayward

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March 11, 2022

It is always worthy to celebrate the legacies of our heroes, and there is much more of this capacious man that we can learn from today.

Thinking About the Good Life

By J. Budziszewski

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March 4, 2022

We need to ask what happiness has to do with pleasure, and with friendship, and with many other things.

Why They Can’t Make Trump Go Away

By Edward J. Erler

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February 25, 2022

Post-mortem of a failed hit.

An Etude on Time, Chance, and Charters

By J. Eric Wise

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February 19, 2022

No problem will solve itself. There is no moment where enough is enough, and the resolution into harmony resolves on its own as the pendulum swings back.

The Road to Vengeance

By Mark Bauerlein

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January 29, 2022

Millennials look for meaningful existence in false gods of social justice, unable to find it where they should, in church, in tradition, in humanitas, in country.

Our 1776 Moment: Either a Liberal or Progressive America

By Bradley A. Thayer

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January 22, 2022

We live at a “1776 Moment” where our governing principles, law, and society are changing into something America has never known.

Truth Leaks Out

By Alex Berenson

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January 15, 2022

The COVID origins scandal was genuine, worthy of the world’s best investigative reporters—who ignored it.

What Role Did the FBI Play in January 6?

By Julie Kelly

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January 8, 2022

During the Trump era, Democrats and Republicans abandoned their traditional positions on federal law enforcement. And with good reason.

Frederick Douglass: The Agitator as Statesman

By Peter C. Myers

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January 1, 2022

Statesmanship, as Douglass understood and practiced it, consisted in a tireless, courageous, hopeful, and prudent struggle to recover America’s national promise.