Why Saving Comedy Is So Crucial To Saving America
People aren’t dumb. They’ve looked around, and they see that telling the wrong joke — or even simply laughing at one — is a quick way to destroy your life.
Handing Government The Keys To Social Media Would Make Things Far Worse
While the bias, hypocrisy, and illiberal actions of tech companies must be condemned and decried, seeking a government ‘solution’ invites disaster.
Pilgrims, Totalitarians, And Babies: A Conversation With Hillsdale College’s Larry Arnn
In a wide-ranging conversation, Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn discusses the importance of 1620, the despotic ideology of The New York Times, and the importance of families.
President Trump Should Take Some Credit For Our New Morning In America
Ronald Reagan beat Walter Mondale with wit, optimism, and a simple question in the 1984 election: Are Americans better off now than we were? Donald Trump should do the same.
HBO’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Update Is Better Than The Book
The details of the technological revolution needed to be incorporated into Ray Bradbury’s world, but Bradbury’s prescient message is still the centerpiece.
BBC Lampoons Itself By Erecting Statue Honoring George Orwell
The BBC flatly rejected a previous attempt to erect a statue in 2011, on the grounds that Orwell was too left-wing. Irony is now officially dead.
We Are Watching A Slow-Motion Coup D’etat
This coup d’etat is not only about President Trump. It represents not the rule of one man or even many, but by the multitude of our elites.
‘The Circle’ Is Imperfectly Executed, But Still Eerily Relevant
The film doesn’t really do full justice to its source material. But it’s still highly watchable, and succeeds as a powerful conversation starter.
How Personalizing Machines Can Lead To Depersonalizing Humans
We should guard against a day when people who don’t provide practical use to society are deemed less important than our useful machines.
To Avoid A Dystopian Future, We Must Become Savage
Read ‘1984.’ Read ‘Brave New World.’ But don’t just beware the machinations of the totalitarian state—beware the disenchantment of our age.
We Should Fear ‘Brave New World’ More Than We Do ‘1984’
George Orwell’s dystopian classic, ‘1984,’ is back in vogue—but to understand what’s happening in our world, we need less Big Brother and more Aldous Huxley.
‘1984’ Was Supposed To Be A Warning, Not A DIY Manual For Progressives
George Orwell’s master work teaches us that real freedom consists in the ability to acknowledge a realm of truth independent of private opinion—such as one’s sex.
War Is Peace; Freedom Is Slavery; Men Are Women
If Americans, our organizations, and our local governments don’t have the freedom even to call a man a man, then we have no freedom at all.
Why Did The Charlotte Observer Memory-Hole A Story On Kay Hagan’s Conflict Of Interest?
Lurking beneath the surface of the Hagan-Tillis race is an ethics issue that has gone virtually unreported by North Carolina’s two largest newspapers.
1984: The Worst Love Story Ever Told
If you want a picture of the future, imagine Kristen Stewart stomping on your favorite book—for ever.
Corporate Personhood, The Musical
For today’s progressives there is no issue that galvanizes and unites quite like “corporate personhood.” Attacks on it are short-sighted and illiberal.
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