The one we have been waiting for is back on the campaign trail, this time to shill for Kamala Harris and secure his virtual fourth term.
Year: 2024
The Decline and Fall of Rock
The twists of fate have resulted in rock becoming the conservative music of the age, but specifically conservative, not right-wing, which would have been truly counter-cultural and "dangerous."
Hurricane Helene Is Proof Our Federal Government Is Broken and Incompetent
Western North Carolinians are living proof of the axiom, “If you want something done, do it yourself.”
On the Road and Home Again
Tim Seibel’s Freedom Voyages, Volume 4: Christmastime in Texas takes readers along for the romance of the open road, exploring America’s roots in freedom and community.
Hurricane Helene—and the ‘Climate Change’ Experts
Environmental panic attacks are nothing new.
Assassination Mysteries
Candidates and the people, be in no doubt as to the seriousness of your position.
Ignoring the Red Flags of School Shooters
Troubled kids need adults to have the courage to intervene.
Free Speech in the Crosshairs
The biggest issue on the ballot this November is free speech.
Thanks to Biden, China’s Designs On Taiwan are More Lethal Than Ever
This American adversary knows that the time to build a strong position is right now as the Biden administration has cleared the board for China.
The ‘All the Smoke’ Presidential Candidate
Light one up as Kamala Harris and her interlocutors take us on a ride to the bottom of America’s political barrel.
How Donald Trump Can Win the Popular Vote
Trump’s chances of success in the popular vote tied to the GOP’s prospects of extending its House majority.
Why Jews Aren’t Joining Forces With the American Right
American Jews may be at unease with the growing acceptance of literal jihadis as a loyal Democratic client base, but they are certainly not turning to the right.
Architeuthis dux and the American Deep State
The perfect symbol for the regime of the deep state is not the beloved bald eagle, but the giant squid.
Sex, Conservative Hot Girls, and the Right Way to Stick It to Stodgy Wokesters
Beauty is the antidote to stodgy wokeness, but beauty is not promiscuity
Biden-Harris Border Crisis Comes to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket
The border crisis has gotten so bad there’s no longer any escaping the effects—not even in the nation’s elite zip codes.
J.D. Vance Vindicates Trump with Masterful Debate Performance
Trump did well in choosing a clear successor to the MAGA movement.
I’m Going to See a New Play About Me and Christine Blasey Ford
To defend my honor and expose the lies about Ford’s Kavanaugh story, I will show up at the Woolly Mammoth Theater on Oct. 7 and call the American Stasi out.
Vance Defended Trump Better Than Trump
Vance effectively argued Trump’s case on the economy, cost of living, the borders, foreign policy, the pro-abortion extremism of the Democrats and election-denying.
Why Is Abortion So Important to the Left?
Conservatives need to understand what is really going on.
By Their Incompetence, Biden and Harris Strike a Blow Against the Deep State
More Americans than ever understand that the uproar over the upcoming election is less a contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and more a campaign to remain in power by what some call the deep state.
The Left’s Word Games Can’t Conceal ‘Third World’ Impact of Open Borders
The left wants to make an issue of Trump’s choice of words in calling what’s happened to our cities “Third World.” The issue is the loss of life caused by Harris’s open border.
Austria’s Right Wins the Election, But Will Not Be Allowed to Rule
Austria’s election carried a sovereignist party over the finish line in first place. Yet a coalition of losing left-wing parties will band together to keep it from governing.
Russia, Russia, Russia Again
The Trump-Russia collusion play is hardly legitimate, but it is strategically savvy. Democrats have their reasons for playing this card once more.
Debate-o-mania
The wild rhetoric of Harris and Trump in their epic debate-o-mania should be compared with a general ledger of political actions. Election '24 needs an accountant!
The Watergate Show Trial
During the Watergate show trial, the due process guarantees of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments were simply cast aside in an effort to destroy a president who was hated by the Washington “Deep State.”
The Pitfalls of a Woke Foreign Policy
American foreign policy holds woke social engineering as its objective to the detriment of the true national interest.
Remembering Joseph R. McCarthy
Joe McCarthy was perfectly justified in using his political position to pursue an investigation of Communist subversion. There was nothing sinister about fighting communism as an ideology or resisting Soviet imperialism.
What We Are Reading: October 2024
Short reviews of Phenomena: Doppelmayr’s Celestial Atlas by Giles Sparrow, and Charlotte's Web by E. B. White.
No Terrorism to the Left
'Terrorist Minds' illustrates a consistent blind spot on the part of terrorism scholars—left-wing terrorism.
The Foundations of Faith
Nicholas Orme has had the original idea of treating England's great cathedrals as a single class of cultural architecture, encapsulating the English religious imagination at its most expansive.
Can’t Keep A Great Man Down
John Ganz focuses on American cultural and political wars during the 1990s, when two maverick candidates, Patrick J. Buchanan and H. Ross Perot, rocked the world of staid mainstream conservatism.
Books in Brief: October 2024
Short reviews of Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen, and Adam and Eve after the Pill by Mary Eberstadt.
Can’t We All Just Make Better Movies?
The sheer incongruity of the deceased Ray Liotta appearing in a new release added a hint of fascination to "1992," an otherwise formulaic heist picture produced by rap artist Snoop Dogg.
How the Medical Industry’s Consensus on Sex Changes Fell Apart
High-ranking officials in the Biden administration worked with a transgender NGO to promote mutilating sex-change procedures for minors, according to a recent court-ordered document release.
Kamala Harris Has No Business in Politics
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown knew what he was doing when he dumped Kamala Harris. She’s not up to snuff.
Will Ireland Remain Irish?
Mass third-world immigration threatens Irish identity and stretches social services to the breaking point. It remains to be seen whether Ireland will remain Irish.
The West’s Fraudulent Democracies
Western elites consider transgenderist ideology and mass immigration foundational to democracy, while in truth they are destructive of all things democratic.
Anarcho-Tyranny in Aurora
As Venezuelan gang members harass and pillage tenants in one Colorado city, the local authorities blame landlords. Anarcho-tyranny has come to Colorado.
From the Devil to the Deep Blue Sea
Has Uncle Sam indeed signed a Faustian bargain with the Israelis? If so, who is Mephistopheles in the tale?
Iran Targets America’s Elections—and Trump
Liberals accuse Trump of being cozy with dictators, but the dictators of Iran's cruel and corrupt regime find comfort only with Trump's Democratic opponents.
Trump’s Public Opinion Coup on Immigration
Kamala Harris’s contrived photo-op visit to the border demonstrates how Trump’s immigration nationalism has become the norm.
More Adults Need to Learn From This North Carolina Teenager’s Courage
A 15-year-old North Carolina high school student spoke more truth to power at a recent school board meeting than many adults can muster. We all need to stand up to the perversion in our schools.
Seeking Silence
Our constant and artificial encounters with devices are keeping us from the more meaningful encounters with God and other human beings.
New Reagan Biopic Falls Short
The film does very little to resolve Ronald Reagan’s disputed legacy and may, unwittingly, reinforce many of the left’s false caricatures.
The Amy Wax Inflection Point for ‘Elite’ Higher Education
The Amy Wax struggle session shows that the process is the real punishment. And the indignity is the whole point.
In Defense of Amy Wax
Professor Amy Wax is being punished for being an effective apostate.
The University of Pennsylvania Strikes a Blow Against Free Speech
The university’s decision to suspend law professor Amy Wax for politically incorrect statements should concern all Americans who care about free expression.
Bezos Gets It Backwards: He Should Run Amazon Like the Post and the Post Like Amazon
Jeff Bezos has an employee retention problem at both of his companies: Amazon can’t keep them, and The Washington Post can’t get rid of them.
Hezbollah Degraded
Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to switch the focus from Gaza in the south to Hezbollah in the north was an operational success of the highest order and a political masterpiece.