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Robert Oscar Lopez
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August 30, 2024
You’re Welcome, Mr. KennedyHere’s a look inside Bobby Kennedy’s campaign, and a look at the kind of people who support him.
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March 27, 2023
Some Advice for the Young Conservative Gender WarriorSo you've realized that American culture has lost its mind when it comes to gender and sex. Welcome to the club...but be careful.
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February 2, 2023
Joe Biden as the Doddering King of SpainCreepy historical parallels to Joe Biden's calamitous presidency prove that there's truly nothing new under the sun.
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November 23, 2022
What 1972 Can Teach Us about 2022The uncomfortable question conservatives stung by the midterms need to ask is this: why would anyone want to vote for Republicans?
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July 3, 2022
Roe, Dobbs, and God's JudgmentThere's much to celebrate in the downfall of Roe v. Wade, but we must be realistic about the situation we're in now.
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June 11, 2022
The Right Can't Win the Culture, but the Left Can Lose ItPut simply, the world was the left's to lose. And the left went ahead and lost it.
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April 11, 2022
Why BRICS and MINT Might Save Russia and Sink the USThere's a lot we don't know about what Russia's been doing the past decade or so to protect itself from American economic power.
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March 30, 2022
The Democrats' New 'Latino' Problem: The Ghost of James MonroeBe very afraid: the Monroe Doctrine has come back from the grave, and it now walks zombie-like through the Biden administration.
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March 21, 2022
How the USA Might Lose the Public Relations War against RussiaWar history is told in two ways, usually: a chronology of battles for the history books and the emotional record left behind by war propaganda.
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April 3, 2021
Why Kristi Noem's Transgender Turn Is Good for the Pro-Family MovementI can understand why everyone is outraged. But I am not outraged. I would like to explain why this is good.
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January 27, 2021
How the Destruction of Grammar and Logic Got Biden into the Oval OfficeThose who object to how the 2020 election turned out can blame the nation's English departments.
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January 4, 2021
We Were Laughed Out of Court because the Courts Have Become RidiculousAnybody with a brain untainted by decades of work in the Judiciary can understand what's going on here.
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November 23, 2020
2020 Stakes Are High for Everyone, but They're Higher for DemocratsEven a Biden certification means serious danger for Democrats in the long term.
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November 19, 2020
How Trump Let Us Down on Higher Ed, and How He Can Make Amends in 2021I'm rooting for Donald Trump to beat the odds and get sworn in for a second term in January 2021. I'm also praying that in a second term, he'll pick up the ball he dropped on higher education.
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October 13, 2020
Why Some People Take Q-Anon's Pedophilia Allegations SeriouslyThe world's most powerful leftists don't exactly make it difficult to believe such conspiracy theories.
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September 7, 2020
Jezebel's Eunuchs and the Prophets of the ChurchThe modern Jezebel steals what men have from under them by leveling very female accusations. There is no lack of Jezebels today.
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August 13, 2020
Et Tu, Falwell? The Left's Playbook at Liberty UJerry Falwell, Jr., one of Donald Trump's most vocal evangelical supporters, is now out at Liberty University. We've seen this pattern many times now.
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July 25, 2020
The Implosion of the Left's Language CircusRecent fiascos in Portland and Chicago indicate a dangerous turn for the left, and for the English language.
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July 10, 2020
The Curse of the Twenty-Year CrusadeWe all know that the worst racism is far behind us, and now it is safe to make race the smokescreen because other issues won't galvanize the people.
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June 19, 2020
How to Say Black Lives Matter without Burning Down CitiesAnd the sad fate of one conservative who tried it.
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May 16, 2020
In Honor of the Class of 2020, Some Scalding CoffeeThe newly minted graduates need a wake-up call.
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April 23, 2020
COVID-19 Completes Liberal Takeover of Southern Baptist ConventionThere's not much left of the famously conservative denomination for conservatives to conserve.
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April 10, 2020
The Left Took Over the Churches, and the Right Never Fought BackAmid so many historic aspects to the 2020 election, one bit of important history may be getting lost.
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March 18, 2020
Viral Soul-Searching: Left and Right Politics after a PlagueBoth the left and the right need a wakeup call in the wake of the coronavirus.
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February 4, 2019
Homo RICO: The Feds Need to Bust Big Gay"Big Gay" is not a homophobic myth. It's the sort of thing a just government would protect its people from.
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January 3, 2019
When Do Legal Immigrants Get to 'Speak Out'?Liberals use illegal aliens' stories to suck all the oxygen out of the room. They would benefit from listening to those of us who waited in line.
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December 31, 2018
The Most Memorable Leftist Hypocrisies of 2017-8Let's talk about the first two years of Trump's presidency. It should stun even the most cynical among us.
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December 22, 2018
What to Expect from a Kamala Harris PresidencyImagine a world no one would ever want to live in.
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December 17, 2018
Student Says He Loves White People; Columbia University ExplodesColumbia University is a joke, and the joke is on us.
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November 26, 2018
The Education Issue for 2020: Get Off the Path of Least ResistanceWe need a revolution. This is basically too much work, too costly, and too shocking for conservatives.
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October 1, 2018
How to Survive a Character AssassinationWhat happened to Brett Kavanaugh also happened to me. It could happen to you, too.
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September 13, 2018
Christians Who Oppose Conversion Therapy Need a Reality CheckEx-gays – yes, they do exist – have been fighting a lonely battle for conversion therapy.
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September 8, 2018
The NY Times Op-Ed: Another Page from the Left's Utopian PlaybookBefore we lose our minds over the New York Times' anonymous op-ed, we should remind ourselves about who the leftists are. And how they play their game.
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September 6, 2018
Is the Queer Reckoning upon Us?LGBT oppression against the American majority may finally have hit its peak. Hopefully, we will soon see sanity restored.
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August 21, 2018
What to Expect if Democrats Win the MidtermsConservatives will complain. Then they will roll over and do nothing.
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June 19, 2018
Sleazy Sex Games and Dirty Politics in the Southern Baptist ConventionThe Southern Baptists are in a state of severe crisis. I was on the floor to see it all unfold.
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April 24, 2018
It's Fine to Call for the Firing of Randa JarrarConservatives need to give the "academic freedom" shtick a break. It isn't helping.
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March 9, 2018
Sex and the Midnight SunFeminists and homosexual activists are living in a self-imposed prison of terror, never happy to get what they want even as they score victory after victory.
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February 19, 2018
Postcard from a Coal Mine: CPAC 2018CPAC is the coal mine, and the canary has fallen dead. What will become of the conservative movement?
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January 8, 2018
A Peloponnesian Pep Talk: Trump's Hoplites Storm WashingtonCulture wars are wars. When you go on Twitter, you have to think of yourself going downrange.
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December 22, 2017
Good Riddance, Evangelicalism IncorporatedThe backdrop for our current moment is a massive, systematic failure of religious leaders to provide for the spiritual needs of the Christians they lead.
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December 11, 2017
The Time Has Come: Higher Ed-a-geddonThe plan to fix higher education involves a sixfold apocalypse. Yes, apocalypse.
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December 6, 2017
Experts Killed EpistemologyWhen one looks at the Roy Moore witch hunt, one can understand how stupid it is to force people to get Ph.D.s before allowing them to teach the world's greatest works.
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November 27, 2017
Our National Obsession Does Not Help Abuse VictimsBe careful before you hop on the "Me Too" bandwagon.
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November 9, 2017
Troy Has Fallen. Don't Let Helen Trick You.The art of distraction makes it possible to get away with murder. Will you be taken for a fool?
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October 15, 2017
On the Cowardice of 'Brave' StancesA note for conservatives: Standing up and shouting against an enemy we defeated 70 years ago is not heroic.
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June 21, 2017
Narcissus Revises Christianity, Makes It LiberalToo many liberal Christians worship a Jesus Christ who happens to look, act, and think just as they do.
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March 30, 2017
Poor Timing in Talk of Christian SurrenderWhy are some Christians counseling surrender and retreat in the culture wars?
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March 11, 2017
Juvenal’s Ghost Asks: Who Is Watching the Watcher?Rome simply had to worry about Visigoths and Parthians – we face the far more dangerous Democrats.
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February 18, 2017
The perfect way not to talk to Trump supportersA professor of women, gender & sexuality studies calls for a "conversation with Trump supporters" and then...
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January 25, 2017
Will Men Ever Pull a Lysistrata on Feminists?Perhaps the hidden, ugly truth is that women are not the victims, but the perpetrators of erotic aggression in the twenty-first century.
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January 19, 2017
Want to Know Why Trump Won? Just Ask His SupportersFew things should have been easier to predict than Trump's victory in the Electoral College.
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January 2, 2017
Academia's Broken, so Why Defend Academic Freedom?Higher education is not a swamp to be drained. It is a diabolical machine, and it is time to pull the plug.
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December 14, 2016
Trump-Haters and Chocolate-Covered RaisinsA little fable to cast some light on liberals' massive fit-throwing in the wake of Trump's election.
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November 27, 2016
Let California GoCalifornians seem to understand that despite their huge numbers, they are an ideologically foreign parasite at war with the antibodies of their host country.
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October 19, 2016
Are Opponents of Redefining Marriage Natural Opponents of Trump?Casual observers might assume that pro-family and anti-Trump sentiments go together. In fact, the fight to save marriage is one of the things that brought us Trump in the first place.
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August 10, 2016
Not in My Name, NeverTrumpersMany of my close friends in the conservative movement are NeverTrumpers. As a result, I find myself in an awkward position.
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August 1, 2016
Trump Should Push for Abolition of TenureIt's the first step in cleaning the cesspool our university system has become.
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July 18, 2016
Why Children of Same-Sex Couples Need FADAAs of now, the gay community can target and even destroy a child raised by gay parents as punishment for opposing gay marriage. This needs to change.
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July 11, 2016
Christian America's 'High Noon' MomentEveryone who was supposed to fight alongside us – whether it's Jan Brewer or Mike Pence or Chris Christie or countless others – has conveniently vanished.
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June 15, 2016
Time for LGBT Leaders to Apologize, Resign, and Be ReplacedThere is a gay advocacy establishment. It is very powerful. And the massacre in Orlando showed how overwhelmingly it has failed its constituents.
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May 26, 2016
The True Story of a Conservative RefugeeEnough years of torture had passed. It was time for the rare conservative college professor to choose between tenure and happiness.
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May 3, 2016
Los Angeles: The Ninth Circle of Liberal RacismAcademia crashes and burns on the Left Coast.
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March 31, 2016
Four Handbaskets Headed for HadesHere's what each of the remaining presidential candidates (who's Kasich?) will get you.
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March 23, 2016
A Trump-Lover's ManifestoThere's one issue that's more important than all the others, and only Donald Trump is addressing it.
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January 25, 2016
National Review: It's Too Late to Dump on TrumpThe tightly knit conservative elite feel the need to rush in and correct the thought processes of the masses. It won't work – and they have only themselves to blame.
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January 2, 2016
Two Activist Groups Stuck in the PastThe politics of both race and gender are going to need an upgrade in 2016.
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December 27, 2015
Paging Melville's Ghost: The Top Swindle of 2015It's time to expose the "socially liberal but fiscally conservative" cadre for the liars they are.
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November 30, 2015
Does Any of This Campus Turmoil Have to Do with Race?Allow me to generalize: no. The answer is no. Something else is going on.
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November 13, 2015
Universities Have Become Totalitarian GulagsA firsthand account of the Orwellian world of Title IX. (Trigger warning.)
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September 23, 2015
The New York Times' terrific hypocrisy on children's rightsWhen Afghans rape boys, the NYT gets on its high horse. When gays do it, silence.
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September 9, 2015
Why Prayer Has Failed Us in the Culture Wars...but Not ForeverThose conservatives who criticize Kim Davis should be ashamed of themselves. This is the time for action, and Kim Davis has chosen to act.
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August 5, 2015
Turning the Tables: The Decadence of 2007 and 2015Comparing the horrors of lame-duck Bush's Iraq War with the far more sinister, darker, and more terrifying horrors of lame-duck Obama's Planned Parenthood selling baby parts.
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June 29, 2015
What Life Is Like When Children of Gay Couples Don't MatterA funny thing happened on the way to equality.
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May 21, 2015
<em>Mad Max</em> and the Dream-Work of HomosexualityThis is how our doubts about homosexuality are expressed in a world where homophobia is a cardinal sin.
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May 8, 2015
Gay dads use infant as human shield, bully churchI’ve seen some very manipulative tricks used by gay parenting advocates, but this one takes the cake.
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May 1, 2015
Imagine 'Gay Marriage Reparations'It's not outside the realm of possibility to see thousands of children raised in same-sex households suing the government for stripping them of their heritage, their identities, and half of their parents.
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April 22, 2015
Confessions of an Optimist: Sometimes I WonderThe marriage debate, now before the Supreme Court, forces me to ask myself: does America still work?
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April 8, 2015
The Gay Marriage Wake-Up CallConservatives, even if you're not religious, know this: if gay marriage passes, you will lose.
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March 20, 2015
Cogs in the Gay Marriage MachineOpenly gay Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana came forward and stated their defense of the traditional family of mother-father-child. They need to stand strong.
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February 20, 2015
Children of Same-Sex Couples: A Turning PointFor all the talk about fighting privilege, “speaking out” and “breaking silences” are actually not what the left wants children of gay couples to do.
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January 11, 2015
When I say, 'Je suis Charlie,' it's not kitschWhat does the Charlie Hebdo massacre prove? For one thing, that conservatives need more guts.
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December 23, 2014
Conservatives in the Capitol and the Ivory TowerThe conservative movement may be moving too hastily in coming down so hard on public employee unions.
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November 1, 2014
Robespierre Beheaded by His Mobs, Again: Now it's Bill MaherWhy not let people speak?
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October 27, 2014
Fighting Back against LGBT Fascism: What You Can DoWe've seen the slanderous persecution oozing from GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign. Now what are we going to do about it?
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September 29, 2014
Homo-eduphobia: The Gay Fear of Educated PeopleThe main item on the gay lobby’s agenda is patently insane. And it makes them even more insane when people say so.
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September 7, 2014
Farewell to Joan RiversThere was once a time when being a queer meant having a sense of humor.
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September 4, 2014
Book Your Tickets to Urbana-Champaign, Fast!Thanks to Hamas, some educated Jews, a war in Gaza, and a Virginian jack of all trades who got duped out of a job, this small Illinois town has become an academic hot spot.
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July 10, 2014
L'Etat, C'est Gay: Taking the New Sexual Fascism SeriouslyHomofascism feeds on silence: the less you confront it, the more it hunts you down and strikes at you. It's past time to speak out.
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July 2, 2014
Those Poor Little Gays: The World Is Saying NoIs same-sex parenting just like grandparents raising their orphaned grandchildren? The nations of the world say no. On second thought, try “Hell no.”
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June 25, 2014
Shocked, Shocked, Shocked: An Encounter with an Unlikely Progressive ComradeI had the honor of delivering a speech at a Stanford University conference on “communicating family values.” I showed up with a surprise companion – a progressive musician I would have never thought could be an ally.
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June 22, 2014
The IRS Probably Targeted Progressive Groups, TooBut that damns the IRS – and the Obama administration – even more.
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June 8, 2014
It's Personal: Confronting the Academy's LeftismIn the spirit of never surrendering, I am going to go about answering a basic question that has to haunt people who still care about the future of higher education in our homeland.
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May 12, 2014
Gays Gone Wild: Life in America after the Ball is OverMajor gay rights organizations wage endless war against perceived enemies to avoid having to deal with the truthful message: gay culture is screwed up. Gay leaders screwed up. Gay people are suffering because of gay people.
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May 11, 2014
Christian Brotherhood an Impeachable Offense; Gay Incest CelebratedA jaw-dropping status update on where our society is headed.
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April 24, 2014
On Gay Adoption, S.E. Cupp is Out to LunchS.E. Cupp is one of the latest media figures to make a pitch on gay marriage and adoption. As is often the case, she throws out so many canards in this cocktail of insipidness, one scarcely knows where to begin.
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April 14, 2014
Stop Crying over Mozilla and Start Fighting Back!The gay lobby’s fascism has reached this tipping point not because of the gay lobby per se. The real problem has been, all along, that conservatives have never been willing to fight back.
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March 24, 2014
Suppressing the Black Diaspora at StanfordRecently Stanford University joined the list of colleges embroiled in debates about free speech, hate speech, and homosexuality. Unfortunately, I am caught in the middle
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March 11, 2014
Breeders: How Gay Men Destroyed the LeftAnd how they, in addition to wealthy, infertile heterosexual women, are ushering in a new age of slavery.
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January 16, 2014
The Myth of the Middle GroundAre moderation and compromise good things? It's worth pondering.
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December 27, 2013
Life on GLAAD's BlacklistReaders will have to forgive me for sounding angry, but the recent news involving GLAAD and Duck Dynasty has enraged me.
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December 22, 2013
Why I Cannot Blame Russia and India for Taking on the GaysMaybe in an ideal world...but we don't live in an ideal world.
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December 15, 2013
What Christmas Means for Traditional Family AdvocatesI've been thinking hard lately about John 15:13.
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December 4, 2013
Sex, Lies, and ObamaCareThere's a lot to learn from the similarities between ObamaCare and the Sexual Revolution.
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October 20, 2013
A Cuban Nationalist Proves PropheticThe trenchant words of José Martí bear creepy relevance for today's LGBT movement.
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October 19, 2013
The Academy's Hypersensitive Hissy FitsAcademia: a mob of screeching lunatics escaping the asylum at midnight and running through the streets in their nightgowns, howling at ghosts at every turn.
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October 6, 2013
The Devil Comes Home to Cal State NorthridgeOn the differences between how a public university treats far-left and far-right faculty.
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September 28, 2013
Remember to Unplug the Refrigerator, ConservativesIt is important to explain to ourselves, so we have clarity, why Ted Cruz's stand in the Senate was more than a futile gesture.
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September 7, 2013
The Late Great LeftBack in the early 1990s, I came back to a college that I'd left, and found -- for a brief forgotten moment -- great solace in the political left.
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September 1, 2013
The Perversions of the Byronic LeftIn sex, war, and all other things, the left presents weakness and indifference as strength and passion.
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August 26, 2013
Scott Brown and Chris Christie Can Go Live in Exile TogetherIf either Brown or Christie ends up anywhere on the national Republican ticket in 2016, so help me...
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August 18, 2013
The International Gay War on Black PeopleThe most blatant contempt toward black Americans I've seen recently has come from none other than the organized leadership of the LGBT lobby.
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August 9, 2013
The Political Problem of EvilI had a recent meeting with a priest, who said something to me that I would have never taken seriously prior to a year ago.
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August 9, 2013
On Russia's 'Anti-Gay Laws,' Americans Are Nobody to CriticizeAre we really the ones to cast aspersions on Russia when it comes to free speech?
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July 23, 2013
Let's Debate Prop 8Contrary to what the Supreme Court may think, as a California citizen thoroughly affected by same-sex parenting, I do have standing on the Prop. 8 debate.
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July 6, 2013
After Bashing the Vatican, Will Gays Deny Abuse in Their Community?Given how much famous gays like Dan Savage bashed the Catholic church, you'd think they could avoid the same mistakes. You'd think -- but you'd be wrong.
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July 3, 2013
Gay Weddings, Synthetic Babies, and the Brave New CourtWe're on our way to some tough times.
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June 7, 2013
Understanding the Viciousness of the Gay LeftThe simultaneous totalitarianism and anomie that have shaped it since the famous Stonewall rebellion of 1969.
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May 30, 2013
Is a tenured conservative as useless as a tenured radical?I am a professor. Now, I am tenured. I am part of the field that has been instrumental in creating a left-wing police state. What do I do about it?
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May 11, 2013
The economy's picking up, but gay marriage is still worth opposingIf Republicans abandon this debate, they will continue to lose. It is that simple.
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May 1, 2013
Marco Rubio's Catch-22The problem here is that identity politics destroys too many of us, even on the right.
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April 12, 2013
The Unthinking Stasis of ThinkProgress's Stance on Same-Sex MarriageThe irony of ThinkProgress accusing anyone of "junk science."
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April 10, 2013
Give Jim Hlavac's Article on Gays Another Chance: Think "Not in Our Name"Everyone's emotions are raw over the same-sex marriage issue, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
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April 6, 2013
Suze Orman, You've Insulted the Memory of My Lesbian MomThe same people ostensibly so interested in "legalizing love" have defined the concept down to tax benefits and purchasing heirs.
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April 3, 2013
Gay Marriage: The Left's Great ShameYou wouldn't know it if you spent all your time reading the American media dominated by the neo-liberal-corporate-industrial complex, but a street revolution is occurring in France.
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March 30, 2013
Meet the Gay Police StateThe images in Paris of a police force, commanded by a gay Socialist mayor, shooting tear gas at children was worse than the Jim Crow police force using dogs and water hoses on black children during the famous protests led by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
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March 1, 2013
Four Tiers of Failure: How the LGBT Lobby DominatesIt is time for a quick postmortem of what went wrong with the traditional marriage movement, so we can do better for the next round of battles, and perhaps win the war in a few decades.
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February 25, 2013
The Conservative Gay Marriage MirageJon Huntsman's recent call in American Conservative for a right-wing endorsement of same-sex marriage is nothing new.
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February 9, 2013
Today's Gender ChutzpahWe are all, as a nation, killing our children and then begging the jury for mercy because they were taken away from us.
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January 27, 2013
The Oncoming Human Rights Crisis...Caused by the LGBT MovementIt started, as so many human rights disasters do, in the name of love. What it's become is the new Middle Passage.
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January 20, 2013
Guns, Gays, and Eighteenth-Century RightsPeople in both America and France are undergoing a renewed interest in the 18th century -- because they're reliving the 18th century's dilemmas.
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January 12, 2013
Stand with France's Family Advocates! (Updated)Gone are the days when France was the object of liberal romance and conservative calumny.
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January 11, 2013
Shed No Tears for the Rhode Island ProfessorLet me translate: this was a big f-you to conservatives. In English this means: "liberals can act like punks, while conservatives speak up at their own peril."
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January 6, 2013
Conservatives Can Learn from the Flaws in Spielberg's LincolnWhat makes Lincoln such a sacred centerpiece of American memory is also what makes him such a dreadful protagonist in film. Lincoln might have been kinder to its eponymous hero had it libeled him; instead, it made him boring.
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January 6, 2013
Gay French Mayor Explains Why He's against Gay MarriageIt seems that the French have bettered their American republican rivals in one notable category: smart gays.
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January 1, 2013
Let's Retire These Tired Straw Men in 2013Obama's first four years as president were particularly strong for the straw man industry. For 2013, let's let some of these overworked and worn-down figures rest.
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December 24, 2012
Yes, gay is a choice. Get over it.It's time for the "gay movement" to get back to reality and accept an unavoidable fact: nobody lacks the power to refrain from having gay sex.
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December 23, 2012
Young, Old, ForeverWith Christmas upon us, I want to get away from the "kids these days" cliché and defend today's young people.
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December 8, 2012
An Elegy for Two Once-Divine Female CriticsAs recently as five years ago, I counted Ann Coulter and Camille Paglia among my favorite authors. This past year has me rethinking that.
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December 4, 2012
Mean GaysRather than replace subterfuge with real civic power, gays have made subterfuge a permanent weapon. They've taught everyone -- especially Obama's left -- how to wield it.
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December 1, 2012
Should Conservative Professors Come Out as Conservative?"Why don't you just keep your mouth shut?" I receive that question every day. Here's my answer.
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November 28, 2012
The Latest Sexual Tyranny from the Southern Poverty Law CenterMaybe it's time for busybodies to stay out of other people's therapy sessions.
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November 27, 2012
Taking Back the AcademyLiberals have a lot to answer for when it comes to higher education. But conservatives do, too, for not taking a stand.
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November 26, 2012
Why We Don't Need to Be BitterEnough doomsaying, Republicans. It's going to be okay, and here's why.
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November 18, 2012
Vive la famille! The French rally against gay marriageProponents of traditional marriage in the US could learn something from the French.
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November 14, 2012
What Were All of You Thinking?Did you really think that you'd win over Latinos by avoiding talk of "social issues"? Do you still think that?
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November 11, 2012
Young Blood and Good News: A Report from the Sex Wars in Princeton, NJIf you think the next generation of American conservatives has given up the culture war, think again.
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November 1, 2012
Gay Marriage and the Curse of RumpelstiltskinAlmost all religious faiths warn against carnal impurity because they see a danger in being trapped in one's urges. Gay identity politics chose to base selfhood on submission to urges rather than mastery of urges.
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August 11, 2012
The Soul-Crushing Scorched-Earth Battle for Gay MarriageThe gay marriage movement has finally crossed the line into insanity. They must burn their own villages to save them from their phantasmal bullies.
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July 20, 2012
The Roanoke Shuffle: Obama and the Racial Gratitude RacketPresident Obama's Roanoke speech was not really an insult to businessmen. No, in fact, it was far worse: it was a threat. Worse still, it was a threat rooted in a long and ugly racial history in the United States.
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May 20, 2012
Ways to Talk about the Firing of Naomi Schaefer-RileyYes, there's room for outrage, but we shouldn't fall into any traps that render us conservative stereotypes.
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May 16, 2012
A gigantic thank you from a conservative professorMy post of a few days back, "What it's like to be a conservative professor," sparked some of the most touching emails I've ever received.
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May 14, 2012
The Problem with Gays and Voters: Whom can we trust?If gay marriage were about adults in consensual relationships receiving equal rights, I'd support it. But it's entangled in redefinitions of sexual morality, friendship, parenting, free will, human development, erotic self-control, predation, harassment, and privacy.
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May 11, 2012
What It's Like to be a Conservative ProfessorYou may ask, where are they? I can't tell you. The academic right simply doesn't exist. Conservative professors are frightened, invisible, and often embarrassed. Ideological exile is scary.
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May 9, 2012
Higher Education Theatre of the AbsurdThe incorrigible elitism of higher education is ironically the fruit of the most progressive and "counter-hegemonic" brain trust in the world.
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September 11, 2011
9/11 Narcissism is a Left-Wing DiseaseHere's a funny piece of projection. Nation columnist Gary Younge accuses the United States of being "narcissistic" in its response to 9/11.
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September 3, 2011
Ron Paul and 'the Troops'To understand Paul's appeal, the Republicans must stop and take some time to think about what it is like for enlisted troops right now.
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August 17, 2011
The Bad Faith of Michele Bachmann's Gay Rights InquisitorsMichele Bachmann's statements are perfectly defensible. You have to have a great deal of inside information about the gay and lesbian community to read what she has said correctly. I'll do my best to offer an alternative reading.
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August 14, 2011
What is a nice Latino like me doing at a Tea Party like this?Even though I have donated to Michele Bachmann's campaign, I am not of the Tea Party. I am for it, but not of it.
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August 2, 2011
Why Some of Us Tune Out DemocratsThe Democrats don't know what they want, don't know what I want, and aren't clear on how the government has worked, works now, or ought to work.
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July 29, 2011
Overexposure is Dangerous for Gays and JewsThe gay mill never stops. Even the most tolerant person on Earth must feel the urge to scream: Enough!
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July 18, 2011
Gay Men: The Democrats' Reserve Army of HistrionicsThe latest dirty politics: the rumor that Michele Bachmann's husband Marcus Bachmann is gay.