[Hat tip: commenter “huxley”.] It strikes me that this is a good metaphor for what’s been happening to the idea of justice at the hands of the campaign for “equity” [emphasis mine]: For decades leading symphony orchestras have used “blind … Continue reading →
Walter Williams has died at the age of 83. He was an economist of the classical liberal and libertarian persuasion. Like Thomas Sowell – with whose work I am far more familiar – Williams was a black man possessing the … Continue reading →
Leftists would like to deprogram the right and get us out of our bubble of misinformation and into the light and the fresh air of leftist truth: No seriously…how *do* you deprogram 75 million people? Where do you start? Fox? … Continue reading →
I have a natural tendency to be pessimistic about elections. This has been accentuated in recent years by the closeness of so many recent ones, and a growing distrust of polling. But that doesn’t mean I don’t take polls into … Continue reading →
Of all the WalkAway videos I’ve ever seen – and I’ve seen many – I believe that this is the best. Actually, it’s the best video I’ve seen on the process of political change in general. It’s long, and I … Continue reading →
[Part I can be found here. A Part III is also planned.] Yoram Hazony, author of this Quillette essay on “The Challenge of Marxism,” has a great deal to say about liberalism. He writes [emphasis mine]: Enlightenment liberalism is a … Continue reading →
I wish everyone in America would read it, but alas, that will not happen. Highly recommended. As you read the interview, now and then you may notice the influence of Thomas Sowell, if you’re familiar with his work on what … 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 →
The following is a great video – until the end, when he says he plans to vote for Biden (34:35): How can Hughes say he will vote for Biden after spending about a half hour arguing against the premises of … Continue reading →
When the Red Guards come to your home to inspect your bookshelf, be prepared: A woke NPR writer tells us to comb through our bookshelves and make sure we have enough books authored by people of color. So my question … Continue reading →
After I had the idea for the title of this post, I wondered if it had been said before. It has – by Jonah Goldberg back in late 2007 in his book Liberal Fascism. Whatever you think of Goldberg’s stances … Continue reading →
I guess protestors and rioters are immune to COVID. Or at least, they pose no danger to Grandma. Or even if they do and grandma dies as a result, they’re not really granny-killers since their cause is just. People who … Continue reading →