The issues Democrats lost on last November are the same issues they continue to fight Trump on now.
Trump’s National Guard Deployment and the Art of the 80-20 Issue
Donald Trump sees and is ready to fill the leadership and quality-of-life vacuum that Democrats readily tolerate.
MN Gunman’s Pot Use Is Further Evidence Against Rescheduling Marijuana
The argument against rescheduling marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug couldn’t be any clearer in the aftermath of last week’s shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church.
Immortal Soul or Meat Machine?
A new book by a former materialist examines the evidence for materialism’s case for human existence and finds surprising evidence for transcendence.
Obama: Yes on Mamdani. Yes on Reparations?
The subjects Obama chooses to weigh versus those he gives the silent treatment are interesting.
Fundamentally Transforming the Murder of Innocents
From Minneapolis to Nashville, those who demand we affirm their constructed identities are prepared to erase the lingering reminders of reality.
The Law Allows Trump to Expand Federal Law Enforcement to Other Cities
Blue jurisdictions that do not shape up should expect to be visited by feds who have the law on their side.
Keep Children Safe from Transgender Politics
Protecting children should include keeping them away from adults who seek to affirm their doubts about identity.
Blaming the Blamable
Con Inc. talking heads like to frame inner-city voters as victims of Democratic administrations. In reality, urban populations, especially college-educated white women, are the U.S.'s most radical voters.
Polemics & Exchanges: September 2025
A reader recalls his friendship with Col. James Warner Bellah, and another critiques the Trump administration's deportation of unpopular (anti-Israel) opinions.
Even After Political Wins, Right-Wing Pastors Are Still Afraid of Susan
The issue at the heart of both abortion and pornography is the bad behavior of women, and no church council hierarch, bishop, or pastor wants to talk about that—lest they incur the wrath of the Susan's.
The Gipper’s Stool
The legs of Reagan's stool were held together by weak political glue that inevitably gave way under strong philosophical tensions.
The Broken Promises of Free Trade
The economic, free-trade leg of Reagan's stool cut the others out and toppled the coalition. It's time we return to authentic economic conservatism.
A Tale of Two Stools
Reagan and Trump both crafted unique political alliances of disparate groups built more on rhetoric than deeds. Many promises made, few fulfilled.
Trump’s Re-Creation of the Old ‘New Right’
The three-legged stool of conservatism was created to stop a nationalistic Trump-like figure from filling the void left by Reagan’s exit.
Remembering Julius Evola
Julius Evola, the enigmatic self-styled traditionalist, criticized modern materialism more incisively than any other rightist thinker of the 20th century.
What We Are Reading: September 2025
Short reviews of 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë, and 'Voyage Around My Room' by Xavier de Maistre.
Woke Ideology Has Always Benefited Elites, Not Victims
Musa al-Gharbi argues, in 'We Have Never Been Woke,' that super-wealthy leftists display their wokeism to signal status while quietly detesting the consequences of their own policies.
The Feminization of American Law
Ilya Shapiro's 'Lawless' is a splendid reflection on his failure to tweet with the so-called woman's voice—an unacceptable offense in today's feminized legal academy.
The West Turned Upside-Down
In 'How the World Made the West' Josephine Quinn, a progressive Cambridge don, argues that civilizations do not exist—and Western civilization is worst of all.
Books in Brief: September 2025
Short reviews of "Cross Purposes' by Jonathan Rauch, and 'The United States in Crisis' by Edward J. Erler.
The Revived Naked Gun Shoots and Scores
The new 'Naked Gun' calls upon the best aspects of '80s comedy—parody, farce, wordplay, sight gags, and fun non-sequiturs.
Bullet Train Boondoggle
California's high-speed rail is emblematic of the Golden State's decline: A great idea, sure to attract new residents and businesses, that somehow turned into another wasteful boondoggle.
The Hopeless Malaise of British Politics
Britain's industries are owned by foreigners and her politicians are crazy, feckless, or both. We need another Oliver Cromwell!
If Lisa Cook Committed Mortgage Fraud, Then It’s a Crime Still in Progress
The president is fully within his rights to fire a high-ranking public official credibly accused of financial crimes.
Tiny Nation, Huge Success
Singapore exemplifies effective governance and shows how third-world nations can attain first-world status.
Escaping the Shallows
AI is not only breeding intellectual laziness, it's breeding intellectual blandness. McWorld turned out to be more cognitive than corporate!
Cultivating Serious Conservative Journalism
The executive director of ISI’s Collegiate Network, Marlo Slayback, has a plan for cultivating on the right what’s long been missing in most of conservative media: serious journalism.
Farewell to Not-So-Merry Old England
Britain has lost its culture, its high quality of life, and its sanity. The UK has become just another backward socialist state.
The Political Divide Is More Dangerous Than the Right Thinks
The wokeified rhetoric of the left still wins over a substantial number of voters in Western countries who will not be won over by the good results of conservative governments.
When Joey Met Leni
Remembering Joe Biden’s hate speech and a warning for the American people moving forward: The left hates you.
Yes, President Trump Has the Authority to Fire Lisa Cook
Trump must be able to fire members of the Fed's Board of the Governors—or else the Fed is structured in an unconstitutional manner.
Lack of Will
Today’s comedy is lacking in the kind of mastery of mediums and an understanding of mankind that made Will Rogers an all-time great.
Trump’s Claim to Be Country’s ‘Chief Law Enforcement Officer’ Has Precedent
The media is slamming the president’s claim but did not object when other presidents and scholars used the same terminology.
Mamdani Could Lose Even in Crowded Field
Mamdani has become a vulnerable candidate because crime has become a driving issue.
Corporate Neutrality and the Cracker Barrel Crack-Up
The Cracker Barrel rebrand is not woke—it’s the natural response to the right’s call for corporate neutrality, and it demonstrates exactly why that never ought to have been the goal.
President Trump Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
For brokering peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Cambodia and Thailand, Congo and Rwanda, and his ongoing efforts between Russia and Ukraine, the U.S. president has a claim beyond all others.
Is It Time To End Mandated ‘Majority-Minority’ Congressional Districts?
It is time to end court-ordered majority-minority districts, exclude illegal aliens from congressional apportionment, and get an accurate census.
The Myth of the ‘Good’ Immigrant
At a time when America is struggling to meet the needs of the native population, importing millions of outsiders makes little sense and leads to explosive political outcomes.
The Sage on the Stage vs. the Student-Directed Classroom
The pedagogy of the last several decades, eschewing lectures and expert lecturers, is shortchanging students and giving them a false sense of confidence.
Trump’s Industrial Policy Is Realism, Not Socialism
America has a long history of government getting involved in owning companies and it is the national interest to build a sovereign wealth fund.
A Fed Governor’s Shady Home Purchase May Lead to More Money Printing
President Trump’s hopes to lower interest rates and grow the economy may get a boost from the pending exit of one of Biden’s shady appointees to the Fed.
Show Intel
The game Washington plays is a one of phony intelligence theater advancing partisan purposes. It’s time to break up the corrupt CIA.
Vice-Signaling Bad Boys of the Right Do Us No Favors
In breaking down the left’s taboos, too many of us on the right have indulged in embracing being called the bad guy. It’s not helpful.
Woke Math Doesn’t Add Up
In the wake of DEI rollbacks, billionaire leftists are backing woke mathematic curricula for minority communities.
The Art of the Deal, Russia-Ukraine Style
Trump, the sober and emotionally detached realist, stands a better chance of making peace than his ideologically inclined White House predecessor.
The Right Wing’s Institutional Problem
Given the left’s long march through our institutions, we cannot trust that those beholden to such institutions—even if they are on the right—can prevail in politics without a new understanding of the game.
The Decline of ‘Suits’ and the End of the Non-Woke Bingeable Television
The trajectory of the once delightful USA Network series makes it a perfect test case for examining what woke did to entertainment.
The Cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome? Success!
Trump’s approval now surpasses that of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama at this stage of their second terms and only shows signs of growing stronger.
Trump’s Takeover of D.C. Is Working
The Democrat-led disaster city is finding out what happens when the laws are enforced.