Eliot Pattison

Eliot Pattison


  • We Can Cure Democracy, But Can We Cure Stupid?

    March 26, 2025

    We Can Cure Democracy, But Can We Cure Stupid?

    It’s a sad commentary on our culture that we have to talk about an epidemic of ignorance, but we can no longer dismiss this syndrome as a mere irritant. 

  • This Election is a Referendum on Us

    October 31, 2024

    This Election is a Referendum on Us

    Many around the world think America is great because of its Constitution. But America is great because of its people.

  • Imagine What It Means to be American

    September 8, 2024

    Imagine What It Means to be American

    The imagination of our nation’s potent silent majority is intact but it is a pale shadow of that which inspired our Founders.

  • The Price of Surrendering Speech

    April 18, 2024

    The Price of Surrendering Speech

    Our mainstream press has abandoned its sentinel post, leaving America vulnerable as we move toward the most important election in generations.  

  • November 19, 2023

    The New Elite Learning Curve: Descent into Ignorance

    A generation of students have been taught that they don’t need to actually study facts or consider ethics so long as they learn how to shriek at the appropriate trigger points. 

  • May 24, 2023

    Our Human Rights Wasteland

    Protecting fundamental rights was a cornerstone of American foreign policy for decades. Today any strategy seems lost in the mists of Foggy Bottom.