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Anthony Matoria
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July 30, 2025
Judicial Activism and the Separation of PowersThe present habit of some of Federal District Court judges to enjoin executive action severely degrades what James Madison referred to as “the constitutional equilibrium of the government.”
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March 12, 2025
A theory of why the left lostThe left's politics of destabilization has long been observed by Eric Hoffer and other thinkers. Democrats are well onboard that particular train.
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January 9, 2025
Culture and the Perils of IdeologyOne of the remarkable lessons about the British grooming gangs scandal is how dismissive ideologues are of first principles and the concept of natural consequences.
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December 2, 2024
On pardons, justice, and privilegeThe pardon of Hunter Biden is now part of Joe Biden’s legacy.
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November 13, 2024
Weltanschauung and American GreatnessThe progressive endeavor to change American society will require changing the established American worldview; we can’t let them.
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October 20, 2024
Happiness, Rights, and CultureDifferent cultural views, particularly about the nature of happiness, amount to fault lines between left and right.
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October 19, 2024
Israel’s Old War TheoryWestern elites find Israel’s approach to securing its existence passé.
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October 3, 2024
What Is an Expert For?Not for determining what qualifies as ‘disinformation.’ We should at least be able to agree on that.
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June 5, 2022
The Unspoken Wisdom of the Second AmendmentWe can't make a god out of safety. That will get everyone killed.
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April 26, 2022
The Role of Parents in EducationThe idea that parental concern is a form of unhelpful meddling in education has not gained much traction, and for good reason.
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April 18, 2022
Censorship, Misinformation, and DemocracyYou can't really have a debate about democracy without knowing what democracy is.
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February 17, 2022
The Decline of American MedicineWhen health care becomes first and foremost a business, the most important part of medicine gets thrown by the wayside.
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February 13, 2022
If You Can't Trust Bitcoin, What Can You Trust?Bitcoin was designed with the intention to make transactions more trustworthy. But Bitcoin won't work all by itself.
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January 25, 2022
The Infrastructure of ProgressThe progressive "march through the institutions" makes some assumptions that are unsupported by common experience.
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January 19, 2022
The Dangerous Rhetoric of 'Our Democracy'When progressives speak of "our democracy," they do not mean the constitutional order that was established at the nation's founding.
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December 21, 2021
The Jacobson Decision: A Weak Precedent for COVID Vaccine MandatesThe reliance of vaccine advocates on Jacobson as authority for vaccine mandates is misplaced.
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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.
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December 12, 2021
The pandemic has taken us far from the ConstitutionA reminder that Anthony Fauci is not elected.
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November 27, 2021
Distinctions Are Necessary to a Useful Transgender DiscussionThe current discussion of transgender issues is dysfunctional and destructive. Emotion-laden language is substituted for reasoned debate.
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November 23, 2021
Why do leftists believe such obvious falsehoods in the case of Kyle Rittenhouse?It's all about the need for "myth." It's what Eric Hoffer called "make believe."
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October 28, 2021
Freedom Has Priority Over SafetyThere is a human cost to the loss of basic freedoms that is every bit as tragic and lamentable as that associated with a global pandemic, but far more long-lasting.
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October 27, 2021
Is Biden going after Bitcoin?The value of Bitcoin is determined by enthusiasm. With an unrealized capital gains tax, the government could kill it.
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October 21, 2021
When you resist coercion, you're in good companyWouldn't you rather be killed on your feet than enslaved on your knees?
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October 18, 2021
Ivermectin: The Elephant in the RoomNo matter how much health and government authorities try to wave this COVID treatment away, an essential question remains unanswered.
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August 28, 2021
The loss of authorityThe authority of our institutions has been degraded through abuse of those institutions by those having charge of them.
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August 19, 2021
Making sense of COVID data and recommendationsMaking sense of COVID information requires more than simply studying data or following recommendations. It is useful to consider what the recommendations say about the data.