Permissible and Impermissible Incendiary Speech?
For many on the Left, what most see as incendiary and violent rhetoric is simply contextualized as the necessary talk of social justice.
The Switcheroos of the Two Parties
The party of old left-wing progressives has become one of rich regressives. And once country-club Republicans are becoming a party of middle-class populists.
Will ‘Democracy Die in Darkness’ After November?
The Democrats will soon chant democracy is dying because they are terrified it is thriving as never before.
Who Denies Election Results?
There is nothing “unprecedented” about challenging election results. And for Democrats, there’s nothing unprecedented in trying to manipulate them.
The Tentacles of the Social Media Octopus
The sharper wits of Silicon Valley know that if the public sees their products as toxic extensions of left-wing groupthink, the majority of Americans will shun them.
Joe Biden Plays the Old Ugly American
Having shut down America’s oil-producing abilities, Biden believes that he can strong-arm his enemies to send us more of such taboo energy that we won’t produce ourselves.
Ukraine and the Malevolent Legacy of the Obama-Biden Administration
The United States is shackled by a near decade of Russian reset and the aggression it invited on February 23, 2022.
An Epidemic of Cognitive Impairment?
Why is the supposed party of youth dominated by such frail and forgetful elderly?
Pushing the Envelopes in Ukraine
So how does it all end, and Russian, Ukrainian, European and U.S. agendas become compatible? It doesn’t, and they won’t.
The Thinnest Veneer of Civilization
We are in a great experiment in which regressive progressivism discounts all the institutions and methodologies of the past that have guaranteed a safe, affluent, well-fed and sheltered America.
Remembering Hate Speech
What we used to know as “hate speech” is now presidentially acceptable speech, and what has followed from it is no surprise.
Martha’s Meltdown Model
The Martha’s Vineyard experience marks a unique opportunity for modern bicoastal progressivism.
Equal Justice, They Said
We are now a revolutionary society in decline using the courts, prosecutors, the administrative state, and the law itself to punish enemies, help friends, and declare such asymmetry “social justice.”
Ukraine with a Whimper or a Bang?
Putin deserves what he’s getting, but that moral and strategic victory is still a very different story from America sliding into a nuclear confrontation with a desperate autocrat.
America Delira
We went mad because we easily could. And we could, not because we were poor and oppressed, but because we were rich and bored.
The World Wants No Part of Woke, But It’s Glad We Do
China can likely sink any $12 billion American aircraft carrier and its 5,000 diverse “they/them” crew that dares to venture into the Taiwan strait.
How Old Bad Ideas Become Wonderful
We in America are regressing—now returning to the distant neanderthal past, now embracing the worst of what the 19th and 20th century had to offer.
The Mysteries of Long COVID
Long COVID may be one of many reasons why in a recession, labor paradoxically still remains scarce.
The Strangest Thing About ‘Semi-Fascist’ Trump
Of the last three presidents, Trump was either the most indifferent or the most obstructed when it came to using government agencies for his own partisan political advantages or to neuter his enemies.
Will the Republicans Really Win Back the Congress?
There are a lot of ifs and time grows short.