- Archives Home →
- Author Archives

John Horvat II
-
June 27, 2025
Why the American Left Is in Big TroubleSince the last election, the Left has been rudderless, disoriented, and uninspired. It has gone from being the party of clamor to that of whining. There is no thunder on the Left, only incoherent rants.
-
June 10, 2025
How Russia’s Alexander Dugin Tries to Explain the Trump RevolutionThere is much merit in Alexander Dugin’s criticism of liberalism but no presentation of a valid alternative.
-
February 6, 2025
The Church, Illegals, and the LawA real debate about immigration should not be about how to resist the law.
-
January 18, 2025
James Carville is, was, and always will be wrongCarville’s proposed strategy represents nothing new.
-
November 21, 2024
Overcoming the tyranny of regulationOne way the liberal agenda progresses is through the tyranny of regulations.
-
November 12, 2024
Why Does the Left Want to Scrap the Constitution?Erwin Chemirinsky's No Democracy Lasts Forever should be seen for what it is: an abrupt quantitative leap to impose a liberal and woke future.
-
July 6, 2024
The Collapse of DEIDEI is dying because conservative activists and public interest groups are campaigning hard against it.
-
June 22, 2024
The rise of the anti-woke shareholderThe liberal business establishment has long supported progressive causes, even to the detriment of their bottom lines.
-
April 18, 2024
White Christian Nationalism: Threat or mirage?The WCN moniker must be rejected for what it is: a social (and socialist) construct without foundation in reality.
-
March 29, 2024
Fantasy Rules in Tribal Land DisputesThe liberal media always sides with those Native Americans who have embraced leftist causes.
-
March 7, 2024
The CDC Ignores the Causes of SyphilisThe CDC has fully adopted the sexual revolution as its guide for dealing with the crisis.
-
January 31, 2024
Time to Get Rid of the Chevron RulingThe burden of overregulation weighs heavily upon American industry. It saddles the business world with burdens that stifle initiative and diminish profits.
-
December 16, 2023
Can’t We Phase Out Climate Change Instead?It is time to phase out the climate crisis. Tone it down. Make it believable. Listen to, don’t cancel, scientists who want to present another side of the debate.
-
November 25, 2023
Poll finds it takes faith to believe in global warmingMost religious Americans, including an overwhelming majority of Catholics, do not see the climate as a crisis.
-
October 16, 2023
How Laudate Deum FailsThe tragedy of the Pope's apostolic exhortation is that it neglects to do what it is supposed to: Encourage the faithful in the practice of virtue and love of neighbor.
-
September 26, 2023
China doesn't care about the environmentThe suicidal path to sustainability is unsustainable.
-
August 22, 2023
Why Johnny can't play tagWhen little Johnny goes to school this fall, he may face another danger.
-
July 21, 2023
Is D.E.I. Going to D-I-E?Even the wokest corporations are abandoning the DEI ship in the face of growing disenchantment and backlash.
-
April 22, 2023
Mao's LegacyBeyond the glitter of the nation’s shining metropolises and industrial base lies an immense system of contradictions, illusions, corruption, shadow banking, and political intrigue.
-
January 31, 2023
California's fake water crisisThe first step to solving a crisis is the desire to solve it.
-
December 7, 2022
How Debt Policies Are Provoking an Unavoidable CrashAmerica faces a debt crisis that is running out of options.
-
November 6, 2022
ESG Boomerangs on BlackRockConservative state governments are recognizing that ESG investment funds are bad business.
-
August 30, 2022
Writing Off Student DebtThe socialist strategy is to turn all debtors, regardless of their economic conditions, into an abstract and nonexistent disenfranchised “community.”
-
June 9, 2022
What is a 'Loan'?To break an agreement is to bring dishonor upon a person. And this dishonor is much more the problem than the dollar amounts attached to the loan.
-
June 1, 2022
Challenging the Woke Financial EstablishmentThe existential threat to America today is the “woke” financial establishment.
-
March 31, 2022
Waging War on American EnergyPresident Biden is declaring war on American energy in a time of crisis.
-
February 8, 2022
What if we have a booming economy and nobody shows up?Jobs are not a problem now. The most urgent issue is those who are not showing up.
-
January 20, 2022
China's impossible COVID statisticsThroughout the COVID crisis, China has been accused of suppressing the death toll.
-
July 23, 2021
Why the Global Minimum Tax Threatens American SovereigntyThe Global Minimal Tax is a disaster that must be avoided.
-
May 20, 2021
Is Mom’s Apple Pie a Symbol of Oppression?The Left deconstructs the apple pie to find a hidden racist and oppressive narrative.
-
April 8, 2021
America Must Go Beyond Wishful Thinking About ChinaAmerica and the West’s policy of “constructive engagement” with Communist China make up the most egregious case of wishful thinking in history.
-
January 19, 2021
Why ‘Helicopter Money’ Won't Help Us Out of This MessDespite proof that chopper cash does not work, liberals are throwing caution to the wind.
-
January 5, 2021
Promoting COVID MadnessThe time has come to discard socialistic, inflexible preconceived policies.
-
January 1, 2021
The Dangers of Government DebtThose who embrace and love debt do so at their own risk.
-
May 19, 2020
Human Problems Demand Human Solutions, Not Socialist OnesGermany's low-key approach to the coronavirus outbreak stands as a model for other countries.
-
June 7, 2019
Undermining the Electoral CollegeThe effort to circumvent the Electoral College is one more step toward the decline of the American political and legal orders.
-
April 27, 2019
MMT: The Latest Liberal Economic FantasyIn the age of fake news, fake money makes sense.
-
October 25, 2018
When political correctness endangers the communityNow, according to activists, even the endangerment of the public is allowable.
-
September 27, 2018
When Misery Has Too Much CompanyThe number of those unhappy, stressed, or lonely has reached its highest point on record.
-
September 12, 2018
Global Debt Soars to $169 Trillion: Will We Ever Learn?The lessons learned during the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis have been forgotten.
-
August 12, 2018
The Advantage of Keeping the Economy HumanThe key problem with today's fast-paced economy is keeping it human.
-
July 14, 2018
Roe v. Wade: The Beginning, Not the EndThe loss of Roe v. Wade would represent a major psychological defeat for the pro-abortion forces.
-
June 7, 2018
Good Times Return, but Not BabiesThere should be a baby boom that reflects prosperity. However, the delivery room is ominously quieter.
-
January 27, 2018
Three Ways to Stop the DACA NightmareThe DACA debate bitterly divides the nation because it presents false options.
-
January 19, 2018
Three Reasons Why Bitcoin Is Not MoneyNot all that glitters is gold. Likewise, what appears to be money often is not.
-
January 3, 2018
Why the End of Malls Will Not Make Shopping Any BetterIn a proper market, production should be a distilling process, where the people experience the spiritual joy of seeing the product of their joint creativity with the materials at hand.
-
December 9, 2017
Can America's Schools Be Saved? An Insider Weighs InA new book promotes teaching as an art.
-
September 27, 2017
Dishonor Is behind the Failure to Repeal ObamacareIf conservatives want to win, they must never surrender their principles.
-
August 19, 2017
The growing tyranny of the culture-killersLegends belong to the people who create them.
-
July 10, 2017
How the West Became A Shepherdess of WolvesWolves can always be counted upon to act like wolves if given the opportunity to strike.
-
July 4, 2017
Liberals Are in Trouble – and They Know ItThe left exploits emotions and resentments and can no longer be held to the logic of ideas.
-
April 12, 2017
Why Millennials Don't Follow the Liberal NarrativeMost people automatically assume that millennials are predictably liberal. The facts suggest otherwise.
-
February 23, 2017
What’s Left for the Left to Do?Liberals now face the inconvenient truth that the traditional American order will not be defeated soon by their competing misinterpretation.
-
December 7, 2016
Work without MenUnless the new administration concentrates on invigorating the moral fiber of the country, strengthening marriage and the family, and limiting the power of the state, America will not recover from its present woes.
-
September 15, 2016
Answering a Troubling Question: Man, Woman, or Whatever?When the obvious man can no longer be considered a man and the obvious woman can no longer be considered a woman, fantasy rules.
-
July 29, 2016
How National Unity Is Forged in Unexpected PlacesThe elusive unity so needed to heal the nation was recently found in a most unexpected place: heroism.
-
July 12, 2016
Dallas: The Target Is OrderAs society unravels, the order that once united us as a people is also coming apart.
-
June 30, 2016
Where does Britain Brexit to?The significance of Brexit extends far beyond the British Isles because it challenges the mandates of the postmodern world.
-
June 18, 2016
‘Deep Work’: A Shallow Approach to a Deep ProblemCal Newport fails to address the deeper problems of internet distraction.
-
June 2, 2016
Addressing Our Fractured RepublicIf the problem in America is the loss of bottom-up mediating institutions of family, community, and faith, then the solution is the restoration of that middle layer that fosters social bonds.
-
May 25, 2016
Are the bathroom wars 'idiotic stuff?'The worst thing about the bathroom wars is that they target the most vulnerable.
-
April 3, 2016
What It Means for America to Be GreatIf our greatness is measured by money, pleasure or self-aggrandizement, then our striving for greatness, no matter how vigorous, will inevitably fall short.
-
March 20, 2016
The Crumbling of CertaintiesThe American model that promises prosperity and unlimited progress is no longer working as it used to. People simply aren’t following the rules any more.
-
March 7, 2016
Who Is Framing the Narrative in the Political Debate?A narrative has emerged both on the right and the left that is now dominating the debate.
-
February 28, 2016
One Word Missing in the Election DebatesThe crisis that the nation now faces is so huge that it will not be resolved without a spirit of sacrifice on the part of all Americans.
-
February 12, 2016
When Government Does Good Things PoorlyOur problem is that we have become accustomed to a state that provides goods and service that it should not be providing.
-
February 6, 2016
Is This Election a Last Hurrah?We need to see that it is not only the system, but we ourselves who are broken -- morally, politically and economically.
-
January 30, 2016
'They' is Destroying the English LanguageWhen language no longer expresses truth, it loses its beauty and poetry.
-
January 16, 2016
Save Us from the Tyranny of 'Settled' ScienceThe phenomenon of “settled” science is a sad reflection of the frenetic intemperance of these times.
-
November 27, 2015
The Yik-Yak RevolutionThe attitude of many of the students now disrupting college campuses resembles the popular social media app.
-
October 2, 2015
Life in the ShadowsShadow Work is an important book that makes visible the invisible servitude that so exhausts us and consumes our time.
-
August 19, 2015
Do We Want a Business Model for Our Country?It’s not enough to run the country like a machine controlled by a spreadsheet.
-
July 25, 2015
The War on the Culture WarThe June 26th Supreme Court decision is significant because it signals a change in war tactics.
-
July 23, 2015
Knowing What We Can't Not KnowThe problem with the modern world is that we have taken away so many of those institutions and means that normally help people apply natural law well.
-
May 19, 2015
Probing the Libertarian MindBoaz’s primer on libertarianism is all about the individual and stays micro-focused on choices and associations that make each person happy.
-
April 16, 2015
Our Kids: Why They Are in TroubleA new book on the unraveling of American family life sees the trees but misses the forest.
-
March 23, 2015
Flying with the HackerThe hacker was an amiable fellow, but he was all nervousness as he constantly fidgeted with his devices. He spoke incredibly fast as it seemed his mind was working much faster than his ability to speak. It was as if he were all impulse.
-
March 6, 2015
Why Johnny Can't Sled AnymoreWhen children are exposed to small dangers, they then know how to deal with real dangers when they confront them later on in life.
-
January 14, 2015
What is the Value of a $2.6 Million Watch?A society that fails to admire the beauty of watches like the Patek Philippe 5175R does so to its detriment.
-
December 14, 2014
Jewelry Shop EconomicsA strong economy is actually not built so much on cash, production, or trade, but on the "little things".
-
July 26, 2014
The Problem of 'Reinventing' the StateTwo English authors indulge in the postmodern mania of reinventing everything when all that is really needed is a return to roots.
-
May 18, 2014
Time to Stop the War on InequalityThere are institutions that distribute wealth much more efficiently and effectively than government programs.