In "Tyranny Inc.," Sohrab Ahmari calls out the hypocrisy of today’s American economy, which enriches unaccountable oligarchs, exploits workers, and undermines democracy.
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Do What You Wish
Artificial intelligence is forging a world less free, and filled by individuals less equipped for freedom—or simply less equipped, period.
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The arch-neoconservative Victoria Nuland resigned from the State Department last week, after a long career of fomenting nearly every U.S. foreign policy debacle—most especially Ukraine's losing war with Russia.
From Myth to Mob Rule and Back Again
In this discussion of 11 critics of contemporaneity, Neema Parvini is unsentimental about human nature, scornful of pabulum, and armed with mordant wit.
Pulling the Plug on NATO
Every pro-NATO argument is really an argument for its abolition—in the eyes of America's patriotic realists.
The Most Foreseeable Disaster in U.S. History
America has one generation left before it careens over the debt cliff. We are crossing the point where no amount of taxation will be able to save us.
Germany’s Anti-Fascist Hysteria
Germans who protest their government's liberal immigration policy will see the ruling leftist bloc—media included—pull out all stops to silence, smear, and bully them.
The Funders of the U.S. Invasion
Thanks to the UN, and your tax dollars, millions now travel north from Central and South America and reach our border looking none the worse for the wear. This is a well-planned and well-funded invasion.
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Princess Kate and Democracy’s Discontents
The tabloid interest in the princess’s health, is also punctuated by genuine sympathy on the part of many Brits, who see the royal family as the nation's family, too. But that's not how it should be with our elected leaders.
How Democracy Dies in Germany
German police and teachers harassed a 16-year-old schoolgirl for posting a harmless video featuring the Smurfs and about a conservative political in that country. In Germany, left-wing thought-control has replaced freedom of speech.
The Path to Victory for Trump
Trump’s best chance in 2024 is to ignore the noise and prove, contrary to the smear campaigns, that he is the superior candidate in terms of competence, stability, and sanity.
The Illusion of Privacy
We can’t live in the past, but we should minimize our overexposure to online technology.
The World Cannot Afford an Unserious America
The world, and U.S. citizens in particular, need a serious America. But thanks to our government’s refusal to secure our border, the idea of America being a serious country is a relic of a bygone era.
Is Laken Riley’s Life Worth Less Than George Floyd’s?
The issue facing Biden and his party is not whether to call Ibarra “illegal,” “undocumented” or a “newcomer,” but whether they intend to protect Americans from gang members.
Republican Ignorance and Incuriosity Encourage Corporate-Government Collusion Against Liberty
Too many Republicans still believe that running interference for big business is the same thing as preserving and defending liberty. They completely miss the ways that corporations have become the hand inside the sock puppet of big government.
A Constitution Unburdened by Consent
Because we have unburdened our political rhetoric from authentic Christianity and our Constitution from the necessity of reflecting our consent, we are burdened instead by empty language and forms now used to enslave us.
Can Biden Buy the Voters?
Biden knows what he has to do to win—but the educated whites who are the backbone of his party have little in common, culturally or economically, with the lower-class whites whose interest is in work, not woke.
Oscar Oversights
Black actors and authors are still ignored in Hollywood—including some with very revealing stories to tell.
Haley’s Career Died Because of the GOP’s Poison Ideology
This is what happens to leaders who despise their voters and whose contempt for the culture, faith, and heritage of their people is palpable and overpowering—to the point that such leaders cannot contain themselves.
Dakota Johnson’s Honesty and Madame Web’s Failure
The actress’s frankness about her regrets over participating in this turkey of a film is a breath of fresh air. It’s a cause to be hopeful that studios will learn that there are penalties for choosing to relegate art to the algorithms.
Liberal Elites Against Democracy
One of the great ironies of our present age is that democracy's would-be eponymous outfit, the Democratic Party, has become an enemy of democracy itself.
Teflon Don Strikes Again
Trump's fight with our corrupt system is why his supporters can’t let him go. Who knows? It just might make him president again.
Why I’m Not Cheering for AIPAC
It’s not the job of American conservatives to be loudly endorsing the taking down of American politicians who are critical of Israel.
SCOTUS’s Unanimous Decision and the Pandemic of Trump Derangement Syndrome
That things could get ugly and fast explains why it was imperative for the Supreme Court to rule as it did in the Colorado ballot case—and to do so unanimously.
The Left’s Beef With Beef
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Clueless in Cuba
The Squad’s recent trip to Cuba shows what happens when the need for illusion is deep.