April 1, 2020

8 suggestions for President Trump to curb the coronavirus

This week is the inflection point in this crisis and in the Trump presidency now that we have learned two devastating facts: people won't be returning to work en masse any time soon, and America is likely to lose 100,000–200,000 people to t...

March 24, 2020

Panic Time: Finally for Good Reason

It no longer matters how this virus compares to the yearly flu; we've decided to make it immeasurably worse.  It is now time to panic. We are planning to bet the entire economy on the fight against the coronavirus, apparently without...

November 6, 2018

The one question that really matters this election day

With the Nov. 6 midterm elections upon us, boilerplate issues such as taxes, spending, and immigration are important, but these are really window dressing, obscuring an existential question.  The deeper question that underlies all of our po...

November 1, 2018

The Link Between Rhetoric and Violence

It is a violation of the law to advocate violence against individuals if the proposed violence can be judged imminent and likely.  In the context of incessant violence directed at conservatives, leftists such as Eric Holder should be mindfu...

October 25, 2018

The Second Caravan Sealed the Democrats' Fate

The herald of middle-American radicalism, Samuel Francis, famously described America's two parties as the evil party and the stupid party.  Under our secular savior, Donald Trump, the political division in America is changing: there is ...

September 26, 2018

Trump's Real Job Approval Could Be as High as 60 Percent

What voters most hate about politicians is their maddening refusal to keep – or even try to keep – their campaign promises. In this regard, Trump is a truly revolutionary force in politics, a veritable saint among demons.  Given...

September 22, 2018

The Most Important Election in 222 Years

In 1796, America under George Washington enjoyed peace and prosperity unforeseen by even the most optimistic Founders.  The election of 1796 was arguably the most important in the nation's history because it represented our first true t...

September 9, 2018

The Broken Soapbox

Social media entered our world with a promising offer: you can communicate here – with virtually everyone on Earth.  For years, a wide range of views were tolerated, and every popular voice enriched the creators of the platforms by dr...

October 24, 2016

13 Headaches Republicans against Trump Haven't Considered

The Supreme Court, economic growth, taxation, the border, sovereignty –  Republicans against Trump are looking at other considerations.  Most such Republicans are familiar with the common arguments.  Here are some headaches they ...

February 15, 2011

BRAC The Deficit

The combined magnitude of our economic and fiscal problems dwarfs any of the politically sticky problems we've faced in the past, and our situation is complicated in ways past crises were not. Tough times call for a new mechanism for achieving the la...

February 7, 2011

David Cameron Lifts the Lid

Western luminaries descended on Munich this weekend for the 47th annual Munich Security Conference.  On Saturday, representatives from forty nations listened to what should be remembered as the first reasonably coherent defense of Western values...