The Hunter Biden case does not whitewash years of deep state corruption, nor does it remove the stain of politics from Trump’s recent felony conviction in left-leaning Manhattan.
Year: 2024
What Europeans and Americans Really Want
Authoritarians who have managed to entrench their control over the United States and countries in Europe need to be defeated once and for all.
The Left Has Been Doing ‘Oppo Research’ on Conservative Justices for Years
Leftist “opposition researchers” are relentlessly concocting ethics complaints about the Supreme Court’s conservative justices to try to get them to resign or recuse themselves.
‘Hunter’s Conviction Blows Up Trump’s Claim of Two-Tiered Justice System’—No, It Doesn’t!
Given the array of serious crimes allegedly committed by Biden family members, Hunter’s gun conviction represents the equivalent of nailing Al Capone over unpaid parking tickets.
Female Trouble for the Right: The Widening Gender Gap
Data show that the political gender gap between men and women is now more like a canyon.
Western ‘Colonialism,’ Israel, and Anti-Semitism
What really explains the repeated historical periods of hostility toward Israel and the Jews.
Time for the Truth About the Pandemic
We need the truth about what saved lives and what actually ended up killing our loved ones and neighbors.
EU Establishment Lashes Out in Aftermath of Election
EU leaders have vowed to “build a bastion” against the surging popularity of Europe’s right-wing parties, as smearing their opposition as “Nazis” no longer works.
How to Arm Teenagers Against Despair and Anxiety
Equip kids with these tools, and you better the chances that they’ll become mentally and spiritually strong teenagers.
Young Destransitioners Lead the Charge Against Corrupt Medical and Educational Establishment
Detrans explores the horrific abuse of vulnerable and confused young people perpetrated by our medical and educational establishment in the name of compassion.
1984 in 2024: Orwell Was Right
Our present world feels more and more like Orwell’s dystopia but unlike in his story, we have the power to stop the party we live under.
A Report from Europe: There is Hope
A quiet majority of Europeans who do not cherish self-annihilation are waking up.
Our Immigration Debate Needs to Get With the Times
The debate over illegal immigration has become more about entertaining people than solving problems, as both the right and the left tee up tired, old arguments that miss the point.
Deception Revisited
Why the CIA is neutered, but not neutral.
Remembering Bridge on the River Kwai
This nearly 70-year-old war film was in some sense an anti-war film.
The Food Desert Fabrication
If we truly want to build a healthier food system, we must start by reclaiming our agency, one meal at a time.
Democrats Will Not Benefit from Their Own Republic-Destabilizing Lawfare
Democrats have no idea what they have unleashed. Perhaps worse, they don't even care.
How Mass Illegal Migration is Killing Young People’s Home Ownership Dreams
Parents wondering why Junior can’t move out of the basement should look to the waves of illegal aliens being imported here by our “inclusive,” “compassionate,” and anti-borders politicians.
D-Day at 80: The Score
D-Day was not a turning point of the Second World War. It was the first and arguably the most decisive operation of the Cold War.
California: Where Common Sense Goes To Die
California leads the way in policies designed to make life unpleasant.
Transnational Injustice
The International Criminal Court is a political court, no less than the one which convicted Donald Trump in New York.
D.C. Comics
“Mallard Fillmore” and its creator, Bruce Tinsley, reveal the struggles of conservative journalists—both in the comics section and reality.
Alvin Bragg—Nothing to Brag About
New Yorkers need a DA who watches out for them, not for himself.
Now Is Not the Time for Indifference
Freedom now hangs in the balance in America. Staying alert and knowing what’s at stake are key in this fight for liberty.
Guilty of … What, Exactly?
It has been amazing to see the number of very smart people who stumble over explaining exactly what Trump was convicted of doing.
Virginia Turns Toward Trump
Biden received the benefit of the doubt in 2020 from suburbanites who wanted competence and calm. He won't get that this year, after the record he's run up.
Dua Lipa, like Pope Benedict, Strives to Give Eros Dignity
The artist’s new album is panned by critics who miss the point of her commentary on real and lasting love.
VDARE Case Another Example of New York’s Weaponization of the Law
What is happening to Peter and Lydia Brimelow exemplifies the kind of lawfare that the same cast of characters are now waging against Trump. New York voters, ultimately, are the ones to blame.
June 2024 Chronicles
Wrongthink About Israel Is America’s Thought-Crime
Although Israel has been forced into asymmetrical warfare with Hamas in Gaza, labeling Americans who question U.S. involvement in this affair “anti-Semitic” is an overreach of equally asymmetric proportions.
A Prayer for the Defeat of Lawfare
There are currently four lawfare battles against Donald Trump. Not just the former president, but the rule of law itself is on trial in these proceedings.
Learning From the Fate of the American Indian
The plight of American Indians provides a cautionary tale on what happens when you can’t or won’t stop those who have come to replace you. Middle Americans and conservatives should take notice.
American Citizens or Tribal Members of Sovereign Nations?
American Indians compose a nation within a nation. They enjoy American rights and privileges, but also tribal rights and privileges.
The Quandry of Tribal Sovereignty
Native American resistance, resilience, and perseverance remain prevalent. The limits of Native American sovereignty remain mysterious.
Remembering Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke warned that the state seeking to re-order society tends to destroy the natural associations that alone make people decent citizens.
What We Are Reading: June-July 2024
Short reviews of Who Are We?, by Samuel P. Huntington, and Lost Horizon, by James Hilton.
The New Deal Paved the Way for Today’s Jan. 6 Prosecutions
David Beito’s account of American concentration camps, wartime censorship, mass surveillance, and misuse of executive agencies for partisan political purposes further impugns the claim that FDR was a man of virtue.
Ding, Dong! The Public School Is Dead
Cara Fitzpatrick chose fear over facts in her account of American public schools. The title, itself, fails living up to reality.
The War for Western Civilization
The fate of conservative political philosophy depends on the ability of educational institutions to transmit the Western tradition and way of life to students.
Books In Brief: June-July 2024
Short reviews of The English Experience, by Julie Schumacher, and The Novel, Who Needs It?, by Joseph Epstein.
Unforgetting Franco
The history of Spain's peaceful transition to democracy from Franco's dictatorship is being rewritten by a left bent on vengeance and political control.
Racially Aggravated Crimes and the New Hate
The social justice warriors are at war against Western civilization. They rail against “white supremacy” because they see white people as inextricably bound with that civilization.
‘Civil War’ Shows American Divisions Through a Glass, Darkly
Civil War centers around an imagined conflict within America set in a disturbingly near future or an alternate present.
Rebuilding What We’ve Lost
We must restore American manufacturing if we truly want America to be great again.
Citizenship Degraded
The traitor class seeks to destroy distinct communities by degrading and devaluing citizenship. They want the whole world to share their death wish.
Turning the Tide on Transgenderism
Prisha Mosley is suing the medical practitioners who convinced her to undergo gender transition surgery. Though each detransitioner has a horror story, Mosley’s is particularly hellish.
A Curse on Both Houses: Bibi and Hamas
The only solution I can come up with for the current version of this old mess is to condemn both Hamas and Netanyahu.
Dr. Fauci Does Columbia
The totalitarian ethos of Dr. Anthony Fauci is not a model for medical school graduates seeking to become actual doctors. Bureaucrats like Fauci can only preach white-coat supremacy.
Suicide Redux: A Psychiatrist Responds
More psychiatrists will not solve the existential crisis of our society. A solution must lie elsewhere.
The Rule of Law No Longer Reigns in New York
There was a time when the Big Apple was undoubtedly the legal capital of the country and an exciting and wonderful place to visit. That is no more.