The fundamentally Americanist vision of governance confronts the fundamentally insurrectionist vision of anarchic mayhem in the person of Kamala Harris.
A Postcard from Manchester
The horrors of immigrant violence and the reaction of the UK government to the outrage of its citizens ought to be a lesson for Americans.
Let’s Make America Weird Again: J.D. Vance vs. the Left
If Vance’s record and achievements at so young an age constitute something weird, then let’s figure out a way to bottle this magic potion and serve it up to every teenager in America.
Who Should Blacks Vote for in November?
If looking strictly at policies that best serve the interests of blacks, the electoral calculus may surprise. It’s not the party of the donkey or the elephant, but that of the porcupine.
Barack Obama’s Ongoing Fundamental Transformation
The former president’s fingerprints are all over our current year of living dangerously.
Kamala Harris, Hollywood, and the ‘Aaron Sorkin Democrat’
Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee means the age of the Aaron Sorkin Democrat may have reached its end.
Parents Need to Reject Kamala and Tampon Tim
Parents who care about their children’s innocence and future, should not support Harris and her anti-parent running mate in November.
Kamala Harris, Queen of Oppo Research
Harris’s ties to sketchy opposition research figures are well-established and her fingerprints linger on several significant “oppo” hits. What will this mean for November?
Josh Shapiro Has Nothing to Lose on a Harris Ticket
Though he presents himself as a competent moderate, the Pennsylvania governor won’t skip a beat in dancing to Kamala Harris’s radical tune.
Is Trump Running Against Harris—or Donald Trump?
Trump can regain the momentum he’s lost since the convention—but only if he defines Harris in voters’ minds, so he’s running directly against her, not his party, his allies and himself.
Kamala Harris: Child of the Great Replacement
The putative Democratic nominee for president is a child of the 1965 immigration wave that put on trial everything about the America that came before it.
Biden Is Not My President … Or Anybody Else’s
The ship of state is without a captain. The willingness by so many to put party and programs ahead of the best interests of the country is appalling.
Mucking Out the Beltway’s Augean Stables
As Hercules cleaned the stables of King Augeas so, too, must we divert all our ingenuity and strength to removing the accumulated filth of the D.C. swamp.
What ‘Black’ Really Means to the Left
Kamala Harris’s ancestry matters less to the left in defining her than does Harris’s consistently woke politics which, for them, is part and parcel of black identity.
Caitlin Clark Against the World
Basketball phenom Caitlin Clark is despised by the woke leftists in her league not because of her privilege but because she is normal and they are not.
The Right’s ‘Rocky’ Redux: The Tide Is Turning
The June debate between Biden and Trump was that Rocky moment when the opponent was sent bloodied and reeling back to his corner. But the fight is by no means over.
Trump Turns the Tide with Blunt Talk About Kamala’s Identity
The forbidden truth of the 2024 campaign is that Kamala Harris is an unqualified, race-hustling phony. Donald Trump is the only one with the courage to say it.
Donald Trump Is Our Era’s ‘Gray Champion’
According to the “generation theory” of history, an elder leader emerges during a once-in-a-lifetime crisis. At stake in the current crisis is whether America will continue as a constitutional republic.
Polemics & Exchanges: August 2024
Thomas Powers and Jeremy Carl agree on the problem of anti-white racism but spare over the proper response.
I’m Not Rejoicing
The secret is the Dems don’t have moderates. They march in lockstep and follow orders from the top.
The Rule of Lawfare
Lawfare is the manipulation of the legal system to get Donald Trump. But more broadly, it's the use of existing law, in a manner not intended by its framers, to neutralize or destroy enemies of those in power.
Slouching Towards the Gulag
The Trump “hush money” verdict should serve as a wake-up call to all freedom-loving Americans. If the best-known man in the world can be railroaded in a rigged kangaroo court, any of us could be.
The Empire Strikes Back
Prosecutors pick the person or target and then go searching for the crime. Trump supporters are the latest most glaring example of this inversion of justice, which if often called "lawfare."
Remembering H. L. Mencken
Critics have long considered H. L. Mencken to be impossible, meaning stubborn, difficult, exasperating. But today the appellation takes on a different meaning: His career and ideas simply would be impossible today.
What We Are Reading: August 2024
Short reviews of I Believed by Douglas Hyde, and Primal Screams by Mary Eberstadt.
A Jolt from the Slumber of the Self
Werner Herzog, in his new memoir, turns his attention to himself, and singles out essential elements of his life that have given birth to ideas, perceptions, and films.
Doubting Dawkins
Coming to Faith Through Dawkins provides a dozen accounts of former adherents of the Dawkinsian view who became apostates precisely because they looked closely at that dogma.
Elon Musk, Man of Action
Elon Musk's management is hands-on, his tweets are off-the-cuff, and his grudges are enduring. He was made for a storm and cannot stand calm.
Books in Brief: August 2024
Short reviews of New Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God by José Carlos González-Hurtado, and The Paleolibertarian Guide to Deep Tech, Deep Pharma & the Aberrant Economy by Ilana Mercer.
Trump’s Guilty Verdict: The Electoral Effect
Empirical metrics and political trends suggest Donald Trump's new felonious status will help rather than harm his electoral prospects.
Neocon Pitfalls for Trump 2.0
Former Trump advisor Robert C. O’Brien began campaigning for a spot in the next Trump admin by penning an unhinged neocon manifesto. Unfortunately, O’Brien may soon find his way into the second Trump admin.
No Heaven on Earth
As long as Christianity remained vital and strong in America, attempts at creating a socialist Utopia through government policy and authoritarian control made little headway.
Book Burners for Our Year Zero
The acceleration of “sensitivity editing” in publishing is an under studied, but crucial, aspect of our recent attempted cultural reset following the George Floyd riots.
The Angel of Dien Bien Phu
Taki recalls the heroic French aristocrat Geneviève de Galard and her selfless service following the fall of Dien Bien Phu.
A Gilded Cage for an Old-World Aristocrat
A Gentleman in Moscow follows the life Count Alexander Rostov as he returns to Russia and lives as a dissident under oppressive Soviet rule.
J.D. Vance and Childless Cat Ladies: Cue the Outrage
Every news cycle spent on castigating J.D. Vance for his “childless cat ladies” comment is one less news cycle spent on the outrageous radical beliefs of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Olympic Moments 1924-2024 and Beyond
From Chariots of Fire to the Munichian Candidate, the Olympics are an opportunity for us to remember the value of sportsmanship as well as previous and ongoing failures to capture it.
The Left Belies Its Commitment to ‘Democracy’
The progressive base claims to abhor authoritarianism; in reality, it hungers not only to govern others, but to be governed.
It’s Not Pat Buchanan’s Party
The GOP has certainly changed its vintage. Buchananism, however, it is not.
Becoming by Beholding
An important new book demonstrates the ways imagination is essential to Christianity.
Attacking Kamala Harris as the DEI Candidate for President is Fair Game
Suggestions that Republicans cease noting the obvious about Kamala Harris being the DEI candidate for president are rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the American electorate.
Kamala Harris’s ‘Mean Girls’ Election
The trouble for Harris is that her most enthusiastic supporters are the media’s mean girls, not parents or working-class stiffs, who probably seem “weird” to the kids who support her.
How to Debate Kamala Harris if You are Donald Trump
Trump is a hot media presence. He needs to become a cooler one, while instilling rational fear of Kamala Harris’s hard left views.
Do We Have Real Political Choices, or Is It All a ‘Uniparty’?
Claiming that all established political parties are essentially the same and that all apparent differences are fake makes it impossible to take advantage of opportunities to slow down the left.
A Literary Guide to Trumpian Populism
The populist and patriotic right will find much to inspire their thinking about the perils and possibilities of freedom in these works of fiction.
What We Wish Donald Trump Would Say to Prime Minister Netanyahu
A transcript of the conversation Donald Trump ought to have had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Mar-a-Lago.
The Bloodless Coup of Joe Biden Will Not Work Out Well for Democrats
Democrats would have been better off trying to limp across the finish line with their grievously wounded incumbent of a nominee, rather than changing horses mid-race.
The Feds Reach Peak Hypocrisy on Shipping Migrants
When red-state governors shipped illegal immigrants between states, it was portrayed as an outrage against human rights. Now the federal government is doing it on a far larger scale, and the activists are silent.
America, Honor, and Building a Grocery Store from Scratch
A season of manual labor on a construction crew would better prepare American journalists to make observations about our politics than whatever it is they are doing now.