The Media Is Blatantly Lying About Trump’s Coronavirus Response
Conventional wisdom fueled by the media is that the White House ignored the coronavirus threat in January and February. It is absolutely false.
A Remedial Explanation Of Federalism For Jonah Goldberg
The point of federalism is that it keeps the tyrants little, so they can be removed from office by the people closest to them.
The Cruel Reality Of Life As One Of The Media’s Never-Trump Waterboys
All of their predictions are based on the conventional wisdom and assumptions of an insulted and excluded D.C. intelligentsia, and all are wrong.
Why The News Media Cannot And Should Not Be Unbiased
Americans generally agree that news media should be ‘objective’ and ‘report the facts.’ But there is no such thing as merely reporting ‘the facts.’
Davidson In Claremont Review of Books: Ben Shapiro’s ‘The Right Side of History’
The West has forgotten its own history, Shapiro argues, and is abandoning Judeo-Christian values and natural law in favor of moral subjectivism.
NeverTrump Clings To Russia Collusion Conspiracy Theory Despite Lack Of Evidence
The news that former Trump attorney Michael Cohen pled guilty to a process crime was enough to convince them of Trump’s guilt, despite the lack of evidence.
Why Darth Vader Is The Archetypal Liberal Fascist
It’s no wonder Anakin Skywalker would think to resolve political conflicts by conversion or coercion instead of tolerance and persuasion.
Making The ‘Miracle’: Jonathan Mayhew And The Enlightenment In America
If you want to know how the American ‘miracle’ came to happen, start with 18th-century preacher Jonathan Mayhew, in the book ‘Father of Liberty.’
Unfrozen Caveman Intellectual: Jonah Goldberg’s Strangely Dark Enlightenment
Jonah Goldberg’s defense of the legacy of the Enlightenment ends up being mostly a rehearsal of boilerplate 20th-century American conservatism.
The Anti-Trump Conservative Firing Circle Is Wildly Out Of Touch With The American Electorate
Donald Trump, it turned out, read the conservative electorate much more accurately than the finest minds in Republican punditry. Their response is revenge.
Why It’s Absurd To Pretend The Enlightenment Is Responsible For Racism
There is nothing new under the sun, just different justifications for similar ideas. The Enlightenment had their own for racism, just as all ages have.
Why Jonah Goldberg Is Right About ‘The Suicide Of The West’
Jonah Goldberg is certainly not naive about the role religion plays in the ‘miracle’ of western classical liberalism. ‘Suicide of the West’ is best understood as an apologetic to non-conservatives.
Dear Conservatives: The Enlightenment Is Not The Enemy
Some conservatives are dismissing the eighteenth-century Enlightenment and trying to surrender its brilliant legacy to the enemies of Enlightenment on the Left.
The West Isn’t Committing Suicide, It’s Dying Of Natural Causes
Jonah Goldberg’s ‘Suicide of the West’ fails to acknowledge that the threat to liberal democratic capitalism is far deeper than tribalism or nationalism gone awry.
The Right Is Wasting Ammo On Friendly Fire When It Should Be Building Infrastructure
While the self-labeled remnant challenges conservatives to live up to a higher standard, others counter that we should leverage unified Republican government to secure policy wins.
When The Going Gets Rough, ‘Ideas And Persuasion’ Are All We’ve Got To Take Down The Left
An internecine debate about conservative support for Trump raises important questions about the role of the pundit and the purpose of debating ideas.
How Is The Culture War Fought?
Jonah Goldberg’s response is more evidence of the reordering of the coalitional hierarchy of priorities within the American right.
Google’s Insane Campus Is What Happens When You Politicize Everything
Warring camps of employee activists at Google exemplify the dysfunction of our political climate and the rise of tribalism in American life.
Is Jonah Goldberg Right About Why We’re Committing Cultural Suicide?
Jonah Golberg’s latest book, ‘Suicide of the West,’ is a timely and incisive reminder not to take liberalism and capitalism for granted, but its diagnosis of why liberalism is failing is somewhat incomplete.