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December 2, 2024
On pardons, justice, and privilegeThe pardon by President Biden of his son Hunter is likely to be met with cynicism and even contempt. The pardon extends not only to the gun and tax offenses to which the younger Biden had pled guilty but also to any crimes that he “committ...
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November 13, 2024
Weltanschauung and American GreatnessThere are many ways of analyzing a nation’s character and political sentiments. One such way is with reference to the concept of Weltanschauung. The concept does not have an equivalent word in English, although the literal translation is ...
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October 20, 2024
Happiness, Rights, and CultureMany of the most significant and acrimonious disputes in modern society arise from conflicting cultural visions. These conflicts appear to be much more stark, if not vicious, in the past half century, and the reason may lie in a subtle but signifi...
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October 19, 2024
Israel’s Old War TheoryIsrael’s determination in its current conflicts with Hamas and Hezb’allah is vexing to Western political classes. Whereas Israel asserts that it is attending to its immediate security and long-term survival, Western diplomats a...
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October 3, 2024
What Is an Expert For?One of the unavoidable issues regarding matters of “misinformation” and “disinformation” is who is going to determine what speech qualifies to go in either category. Proponents of speech surveillance and selective c...
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June 5, 2022
The Unspoken Wisdom of the Second AmendmentThe Second Amendment is again being scrutinized as the recurrent gun control/gun rights debate heats up. Gun control advocates emphasize the words "well-regulated militia," and gun rights–supporters highlight "shall no...
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April 26, 2022
The Role of Parents in EducationThe education of children is one of the more consequential issues in American politics. This is so, not merely because of concerns regarding the poor quality of education in many locations throughout the country, but also because the issue is u...
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April 18, 2022
Censorship, Misinformation, and DemocracyAmerican society is in the midst of a vigorous meta-debate concerning censorship, free speech, and democracy. This debate is, at times, difficult to follow because of the apparent contradictions and double-speak that it produces. It may be...
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February 17, 2022
The Decline of American MedicineThe COVID pandemic has highlighted concerning trends in the way medicine is practiced in the United States. These trends have been present for long time, predating the appearance of COVID, but their pernicious nature has become more appare...
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February 13, 2022
If You Can't Trust Bitcoin, What Can You Trust?Those familiar with Bitcoin are aware that it consumes an enormous amount of energy. Estimates are that Bitcoin-mining consumes as much power as the entire country of Finland — roughly one-half of one percent of all of the electrical...
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January 25, 2022
The Infrastructure of ProgressAt the end of World War II, stories circulated of returning Soviet soldiers, many from undeveloped towns and farms, who were impressed by the modern amenities that they observed in defeated Nazi Germany. They were especially impressed with elec...
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January 19, 2022
The Dangerous Rhetoric of 'Our Democracy'Current progressive policy initiatives make an almost reflexive appeal to the poorly defined notion of "our democracy." Constitutional and legislative renovations such as expanding the Supreme Court, eliminating the filibuster or...
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December 21, 2021
The Jacobson Decision: A Weak Precedent for COVID Vaccine MandatesDefenders of government-imposed COVID vaccine mandates frequently cite the 1905 Supreme Court case of Jacobson v. Massachusetts to argue that such mandates are valid. The arguments are typically presented as though the Court decided t...
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December 16, 2021
Why Socialism Does Not WorkThe resurgence of socialist ideology is curious given the unpleasant history of that doctrine. The historical evidence is that socialism does not work as claimed. Moreover, when socialism has been tried, it has all too...
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December 12, 2021
The pandemic has taken us far from the ConstitutionThe United States Constitution contains three significant provisions that are notable for the principle that they represent. This principle is that burdens to be borne by the people should only be imposed by the legislative branch of gover...
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November 27, 2021
Distinctions Are Necessary to a Useful Transgender DiscussionOne of the issues most resistant to civil discourse is transgenderism. There are many reasons for this, including the demand that certain assumptions cannot be questioned. One such assumption is that sex and gender are matters of individu...
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November 23, 2021
Why do leftists believe such obvious falsehoods in the case of Kyle Rittenhouse?One of the more remarkable phenomena associated with the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict is the presentation of claims that are unsupported, or even objectively false, as though they were fact. Examples of such include the description of Mr. Ritten...
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October 28, 2021
Freedom Has Priority Over SafetyThere is a natural tension in human affairs between freedom and safety. This tension has been highlighted by the COVID pandemic and was brought into sharp focus by President Biden’s fallacious and dismissive remark about freedom during hi...
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October 27, 2021
Is Biden going after Bitcoin?Recent proposals to implement a tax on "unrealized capital gains" bring up several issues. There is a practical difficulty in assessing such a tax because of the volatility associated with certain assets. For example, inves...
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October 21, 2021
When you resist coercion, you're in good companyErich Hartmann is the highest-scoring fighter ace of all time, recording a total of 352 aerial victories in World War II. After the war, he was imprisoned by the Soviet Union. During his captivity, the Soviets tried to get him t...
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October 18, 2021
Ivermectin: The Elephant in the RoomThere are a great many unknowns and controversies associated with the COVID pandemic. Among the most urgent are those associated with appropriate therapeutic and prophylactic interventions. Some of the most intense disputes invo...
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August 28, 2021
The loss of authorityThere were two events over the past week that highlight a growing issue in American society. Following the deaths of 13 servicemen in Afghanistan, a Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, Stuart Scheller, made an online video in which he critici...
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August 19, 2021
Making sense of COVID data and recommendationsAnyone trying to keep up with the current state of medical knowledge and recommendations regarding the COVID pandemic is bound to be confused. The data are conflicting, garbled, and inconclusive. The recommendations are constantly...