Stalemate 2020
The polls were wrong. The blue wave was no tsunami. The Democratic majority did not fully emerge. Parts of the “coalition of the ascendant” drifted to the right. For a…
The New War on Merit
The American dream is that any citizen, regardless of sex, race, creed, or color, can rise on his determination and merit. History is littered with examples of the reformers who…
AG Barr: ‘Remarkably Monolithic Press’ Aids Progressives In Making Us All ‘25-Year-Olds Living In The Government’s Basement’
Attorney General William Barr noted America’s slide toward despotism during remarks at the National Religious Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, Wednesday. He highlighted changes in three institutional “bulwarks” that have long preserved liberty:…
Conservative Media Isn’t ‘Stoking’ The Culture War, It’s The Left
A recent Voxsplainer aimed at breaking down the “War Against Thanksgiving” to bespectacled urbanites referred, mostly in passing, to the “culture war-stoking conservative media.” This is adorable, and for two particular reasons.…
What If Michael Moore Really Is the Center of the Democratic Party Now?
A lot of people are dunking on Michael Moore for declaring that he now represents the center of the Democratic party, and they’re enjoying it, and they ought to. But he…
From Woke to Broke
“The fact is there is no more money. Period,” says Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot. She’s talking about the teachers’ strike that has paralyzed her city’s public schools—enrollment 360,000—for the past week. The…
The New York Times Is Clueless About Conservatives
This week, Slate released a transcript of a meeting held by New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet and his staff. The meeting was apparently called because of reaction to a headline…
University of North Carolina Supporting Leftist Activism
Leftists love to spend other people’s money to advance their visions for a transformed society. One of the many places where they manage to do that is on college campuses…
When Normality Became Abnormal
Donald Trump is many things. But one thing he is not is a defender of the 2009-2016 status quo and accepted progressive convention. Since 2017, everything has been in flux.…
Socialism In U.S. Threatens Recession, Jobs Recovery, And Foreign Policy
By Lewis K. Uhler and Peter J. Ferrara • Investor’s Business Daily In the streets of Caracas, the failed socialist/communist dictator of Venezuela — Nicolás Maduro — is killing his…
Green New Deal Strengthens Putin But Weakens America
By Michael James Barton • Investor’s Business Daily Progressive lawmakers in Congress just rolled out their “Green New Deal,” a sweeping bill designed to end America’s reliance on fossil fuels.…
The Progressive Race to the Bottom
Victor Davis Hanson • National Review The old Democratic party championed the working classes, wanted secure borders to protect middle-class union wage earners, and focused generous federal entitlement help on…
The Capitalism Crisis: Is America Really Turning Socialist?
There’s been an awful lot of scribble and chatter lately about a recent Gallup survey purporting to show that America, Democrats especially, are becoming more enamored of socialism. Most of…
The Political (I)morality of Our Times
By Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi The supreme irony of the 20th as well as the beginning of the 21st centuries has been that both Democrat, and to a lesser extent,…
What Causes Income Inequality?
Progressive policies do. by Francis Menton • City Journal New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has left no doubt that he wants to be the…