With all the other news, it’s easy to forget how the drug hydroxychloroquine was trashed after Trump had the audacity to mention it as being promising. But let’s not forget, because lives were lost as a result of the anti-Trump … Continue reading →
Leftists love to give themselves titles that are the opposite of their essence. Orwell knew this, and it was a prominent part of his masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. We see it today in the names of several organizations. For example, “Antifa” … Continue reading →
…to say buh-bye: “I am trying hard to create in this magazine a civil, respectful, intellectually honest space for political debate,” Haskell [the New York editor] said. “I believe there is a way to write from a conservative* perspective about … Continue reading →
In Detroit, a 20-year-old black man was killed by police. His name was Hakim Littleton. Black Lives Matter, the organization dedicated to publicizing and protesting all deaths of black people at the hands of police (particularly white police), sprung into … Continue reading →
That title is a quote from this article by Victor Davis Hanson. Please read the whole thing. Hanson isn’t ordinarily given to extreme statements. I’ve followed his columns and articles for years. He’s become more bitter and more angry, as … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I think it’s apropos to note that today is Bastille Day.] Journalist Bari Weiss resigned today from The New York Times. She may ultimately become more damaging to the Times as a voice on the outside than she ever … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a revised and updated version of a post I wrote over seven years ago, based on Allan Bloom’s book published in 1987.] I’ve written before about Allan Bloom’s masterful The Closing of the American Mind, published … Continue reading →
Zero tolerance for thoughtcrime in the young: #ARRESTED| We were alerted to a series of racist messages sent to a footballer today and after looking into them and conducting checks, we have arrested a boy. The 12-year-old from #Solihull has … Continue reading →
Hmmmm: It was all prophesied in 1997 in Neil Howe and William Strauss’ “The Fourth Turning,” and, depending on who you ask, it was either a breakthrough in “generational theory,” a strange work of pseudo-science, or both. In the book, … Continue reading →
If you didn’t know the history of this clip, you probably wouldn’t think it at all extraordinary. But it’s Al Jolson in “The Jazz Singer,” uttering the first line ever spoken in the movies. The audience was stunned. And I … Continue reading →
Trump dares to go there: President Donald Trump said Friday he is asking the Treasury Department to review the tax-exempt status of universities and school systems, suggesting in a tweet that too many were about “Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education.” … Continue reading →
…of Roger Stone. That’s different than a pardon. But it means that Stone, 67, won’t be going to prison. No doubt those who hate Trump will use this latest act as fuel for their fire. But everything is fuel for … Continue reading →