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May 26, 2021
Cis-Female Takes over at WaPo, Film at ElevenMargaret Sullivan uses news of an unexceptional promotion at the Washington Post as an excuse to declare war on Christians.
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November 6, 2020
Looking beyond Trump, Democrats blew it badly on TuesdayThe big takeaway of the night: Republicans won; Democrats lost, spectacularly so. Oh, and polling as an enterprise is now dead.
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October 29, 2020
Determining Trump's long-term impact on the Republican PartyIn one week or four more years, Republicans will have to decide what Trump's lasting influence will be on the party he's captained.
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October 23, 2020
Too many Democrats are creepily suggesting Trump voters should be jailedWinning is not enough for the left. Leftists demand penalization for the opposition.
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October 15, 2020
Democrat tricks won't stop with HalloweenFrom Webster's dictionary shenanigans to Big Tech's ever-increasing censorship, leftist giants are pulling out all the stops to boot Trump from the White House.
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October 13, 2020
Blow it all, cry the liberal grasshoppersThe give-it-all-away ethos is an article of faith among the jet-setting Davos class. But Farnoosh Torabi is a convert to the notion that it "should become mainstream.'
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October 4, 2020
Is extreme Trump-hatred the storm before the calm?The media and the people can't possibly continue ginning up this degree of agitation over the antics of an American president.
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September 28, 2020
How the 2014 Midterms Wrecked the Democrats' Supreme Court HopesElections do indeed have consequences, even when our leftist friends sit them out.
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September 19, 2020
Social justice warrior 'fixes' Shakespeare for maximum wokenessThe task is thankless, because nobody remotely interested in Shakespeare requested it.
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September 13, 2020
Corporate woke struggle sessions keep cropping upThe danger of the conservative's uncritical devotion to money-chasing markets was always the potential of the left commandeering the profit principle for its own ends.
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September 5, 2020
Did Antifa-sympathetic Vice News tip off the cops to Portland shooter's location?How ironic would it be if a left-wing outlet like Vice assisted the police in nabbing an infamous Antifa member?
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September 1, 2020
Joe Biden pretending to be a revolutionary is embarrassing to watchUnwokeness is Biden's main selling point.
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August 27, 2020
Don Lemon breaks down, begs Democrats: 'The rioting has to stop'The rabidly liberal news host's voice has never quivered so much.
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August 16, 2020
Kamala, the media’s yas queenThe tongue baths are plashing like steep cataracts already. And September has yet to show its warm, vermillion glow.
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August 9, 2020
Time for Trump to start thinking about his legacyThe Republican establishment desperately wants to take the party back to its status quo ante. How will Donald Trump shore up his legacy come 2024?
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August 4, 2020
Trump flirts with banning Chinese-owned data-mining app, causes meltdown in Gen ZDid President Trump doom the fortunes of the Republican Party among young voters?
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July 31, 2020
'Washington Football Team' is a great name. The former Redskins should keep it.Hail to the friable egos of D.C. do-gooders!
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July 22, 2020
Checking newspapers' tortured explanations for capitalizing 'black'Ranging from blatant appeasement to inadvertent insults toward black people.
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July 17, 2020
Can Trump pull off a win in November?Or has the novelty of his presidency worn off even for Republicans?
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July 10, 2020
Freedom is gone in the age of cell phone surveillance by good citizensCatch a racist on camera, and you too can be an overnight celebrity! Just record and post!
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July 1, 2020
Is it too late for Trump to keep his promises?Trump has time to prove that America First was more than a braggart's gripe. Will he do it?
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June 25, 2020
Reparations and RiotersSomewhere along the way, outrage over George Floyd’s slaying turned into a larger plea for more recognition of African-Americans.
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June 11, 2020
Media and the leftist codeWhat happened to diversity in opinion and just-the-facts-ma'am coverage?
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May 29, 2020
Trump should just kill social media altogetherThe whole social media paradigm is a plague on society and should be treated as such.
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May 26, 2020
Libertarian Party's VP pick destroys any remaining illusions of party's seriousnessAnarchist podcaster Spike Cohen has a platform that defies belief.
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May 17, 2020
A $3 trillion spending bill even a progressive Democrat could despiseThe just-passed $3 trillion stimulus from the Democrats is dead on arrival indeed when even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won't touch it.
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May 8, 2020
Trump or Biden: Whom will voters punish at the polls?Six months is a long way out for an election, but the Vegas bettors are putting the odds on one candidate in particular.
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May 1, 2020
Vice President Stacey Abrams?Expect to hear that title-and-name combination bandied about more and more as tension builds over Joe Biden's V.P. pick.
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April 26, 2020
Justin Amash Should be Embarrassed.#NeverTrumpers are of two minds about Michigan's political clown-in-residence.
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April 20, 2020
Joe, Bernie, and the Hard LeftPresident Trump shouldn’t count on a schism within the Democratic Party to occasion another victory.
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April 13, 2020
Will Americans develop trust issues when it comes to medical professionals?The coronavirus and resultant economic closure may be a chink in the armamentarium.
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April 5, 2020
As Easter approaches, church-state separation revealed as mythThe government exercises supremacy over the church. There is no separation. One side domineers the other.
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March 21, 2020
Coronavirus, boredom, and the MillennialsThe naked confessions of ennui are revealing of another worrisome Millennial trend: a lack of adult responsibility.
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March 15, 2020
Liberals demand federal coronavirus crackdown from president they want to impeachLiberals call the lack of federal action proof of a "failed state," but what would they prefer?
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March 8, 2020
Liberal journalist realizes what was wrong with Elizabeth WarrenPraise be! Even the most progressive journalist can experience a brief jag of self-awareness.
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March 3, 2020
Rich Democrats can't win the White House on ads aloneMichael Bloomberg should learn from fellow billionaire Tom Steyer's recent flaming out.
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February 29, 2020
What modern liberals and conservatives have in commonBut is it enough to overcome the differences?
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February 19, 2020
Will the Bernie Bros Burn Down the Democratic Party?The Democratic establishment can only sit and watch.
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February 6, 2020
Explaining why Mitt Romney really voted to convict TrumpThe vote for conviction goes beyond mere policy disagreement.
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February 3, 2020
The Ghostly Hands of the 1930sAre the dead despots of the 20th century making a return? The New Yorker thinks so.
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January 28, 2020
Prediction: Warren will blow it in IowaShe won't even finish as runner-up in any of the first four primary contests.
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January 21, 2020
Millennials Offended by Suggestion They Work WeekendsAmerica is not immune to the epidemic of listlessness that infects young, working-age men in the West.
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January 13, 2020
Trump has triggered a great social media pullbackIf Hillary Clinton were president instead of Donald Trump, imagine what social media today would look like...
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December 30, 2019
2020 Is Trump's to LoseDemocrats are about where they started this time last year. It's still not looking good for them.
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December 18, 2019
How a liberal made Black Hebrew Israelites into white supremacistsBecause white supremacists and Black Hebrew Israelites view Jews the same, the groups are interchangeable. That's the ticket...
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December 13, 2019
The Conservative Resistance and 2020Persona non grata within the Republican Party, squeezed dry of their usefulness to the Democrats, and unlikely to sell a serious product in the marketplace, anti-Trumpists may end up as political waifs.
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December 5, 2019
The rapid decline of ol' JoeNow we know why Barack Obama hasn't endorsed his number two for president.
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November 27, 2019
Obama a sellout?Take a gander at what some of his most loyal minions are saying about him these days...
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November 22, 2019
How populism will change the electoral landscapeLoyalties are crossing border lines, almost literally.
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November 9, 2019
Will Democrat primary voters care if Elizabeth Warren's health care plan can't possibly work?Are Democratic voters who've already cottoned to Warren going to view fiscal irresponsibility as a pesky burr in their side?
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November 2, 2019
Will Mitt Romney be the man to knock out Donald Trump?Like Brutus, Romney would be killing the thing he's trying to save.
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October 25, 2019
Legalize prostitution? Even some conservatives argue for it, and they are wrongThere's a lot of harm that comes of ending supposedly outdated government fetters.
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October 22, 2019
Amazon Is Becoming the GovernmentIt's not too long now before Bezos will rule over us.
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October 13, 2019
The New Political MatrixThink that social media is bad enough already? You ain't seen nothing yet.
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October 6, 2019
The Toxic Scourge of TwitterIf you want to see how the news really works in this country, read Twitter.
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September 25, 2019
The Realities of ImpeachmentThe impeachment threat is for ripping off rubes with direct mail and occupying idle hours on CNN.
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September 15, 2019
Can mainstream conservatism survive in the 21st century?Is it authoritarianism to ban Drag Queen Story Hour in public libraries, with the explicit threat of violent prosecution?
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September 8, 2019
How mainstream reporters disgraced themselves during Hurricane DorianAttention ought to be paid to the media's unbecoming behavior during the runup to the destructive gale.
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September 2, 2019
The Upcoming Democrat Climate Change Extravaganza that No One Will WatchHow a CNN broadcast of liberal pols gassing about greenhouse gases will help cure the ozone layer is anyone's guess.
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August 21, 2019
Boris Johnson promises a Halloween Brexit. Don't hold your breathHardly anyone believes that Great Britain will be wholly sovereign starting November 1.
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August 15, 2019
Should conservatives want The Hunt to hit theaters?The hunt is over before it even began. Should conservatives be disappointed?
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August 8, 2019
Blowback and Mass ShootingsEvil beyond white supremacy or socialism inspired the shooters.
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July 28, 2019
Why Liberals Are Dying OutThe American city is losing its ability to perpetuate itself.
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July 20, 2019
Trump is no RacistReading racism into Trump’s tweets isn’t about applying the word’s meaning to the President’s language.
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July 12, 2019
Millennial journalist goes on crusade of rage against air-conditioningLow temperatures are sexist, you see.
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July 6, 2019
Free speech and Frederica's hatFor Frederica Wilson to get her way would mean the end of the online independent media.
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June 30, 2019
Democrat debates show whom the party cares about leastDemocrats know they have to wrangle back blue-collar workers if they want to defeat Trump. So far, they've offered little.
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June 23, 2019
Incredible hypocrisy as Democrats demand Trump be arrested once he leaves officeTo lock up Hillary would be bad; to lock up Trump would be great.
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June 15, 2019
Have the NeverTrumps found their candidate?After searching far and wide for a respectable challenger to the president's domination of the Republican Party, it appears some perfervid anti-Trumpers have found their man.
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June 3, 2019
Can Conservatives Afford to Be Nice Anymore?How willing is a conservative to use the government's monopoly on violence to his own greater ends?
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May 23, 2019
Biden and the MillennialsGaffe-prone Biden once again proved savoir-faire isn't his strong suit, and it may cost him a key Democratic Party demographic.
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May 19, 2019
Has Joe Biden already wrapped up the 2020 Democrat primary?The war's over before nary a bullet is shot.
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May 13, 2019
Journalism vs. human natureThe hole gets deeper, and mainstream journalists keep on digging...
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May 6, 2019
Oh, Beto, we hardly knew yeBeto’s one-man kitchen-sink drama has lost purchase among the Democrat faithful, particularly women.
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April 27, 2019
Can Joe Biden Pull Out the Democratic Nomination?The Democratic Party's savior has arrived.
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April 21, 2019
The Symbolism of Notre DameIf our Lord can rise after death, there's no limit to what edifices built in His honor can achieve.
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April 15, 2019
Should the GOP Back Off Socialism?Socialism is not the bugaboo it once was. In some cases, and in some deep-blue districts, it’s viewed more or less favorably.
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April 5, 2019
Trump and Republican OrthodoxyPolitical beliefs that don't win don't stay alive for long.
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March 23, 2019
Suicide Deserves StigmatizationThe PC Language Police now are proscribing use of the expression “commit suicide” because it suggests a crime and stigmatizes the practice. They are twice wrong.
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March 18, 2019
Is America Headed for a Wave of Political Violence?Saying there’s too much hatred in America’s air is like saying there’s too much salt in the ocean. The country was founded on partisan bickering, which occasionally turned violent.
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March 11, 2019
The Anti-Natalist FallacyThe philosophy of anti-natalism is, at its core, a deadening of everything it means to be human.
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March 5, 2019
Cultural Exile for the DukeHistory is long and full of mistakes. In liberals' quest to perfect mankind, that insight is often overlooked.
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February 25, 2019
Futile Dreams of Primarying Trump out of OfficeNever Trumps seem to believe in magic, as one of them just demonstrated in print.
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February 14, 2019
Millennials: Workaholics and SlackersA New York Times writer decries the "hustle culture" of ambitious millenials
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January 27, 2019
How 'Cool Guy' Ruins the Drama of LifeThe classic thickly bespectacled 20-something male feminist is making life hard for the rest of us.
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January 22, 2019
The Democrats' Nomination Contest Promises Great Fun for ConservativesThis may be the election cycle where we watch identity politics destroy itself live on stage. It'll be the greatest show on Earth.
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January 17, 2019
Tucker Carlson and the Working ClassWhat Carlson wants is what philosophers have wanted since Aristotle: a nobility that takes its duty to the greater public seriously.
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January 6, 2019
What Is the Trump coalition?Trump voters are described in various amorphous terms, not all of which are friendly.
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December 18, 2018
Broadway Sacrifices a Classic to Mock TrumpA new theatrical adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird" just debuted on Broadway, stripping Atticus Finch of his nobility, portraying him as a good-intentioned but hapless defender of colorblind justice.
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December 9, 2018
Wife of a Liberal Senator Gets ‘Mugged by Reality’Tells regulators to stop trying to help her
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November 18, 2018
Voters Electing Democrats Who despise ThemCountries don’t survive when their leaders condemn the very citizens who constitute them
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November 12, 2018
Sessions, the left, and hypocrisyThe crocodile tears over Sessions’s firing are just another example of liberals stomping on sincerity to score political points.
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November 6, 2018
Lowering the Voting Age to SixteenOpening the electoral floodgates to those younger than eighteen years of age will only corrupt an already damaged system.
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October 28, 2018
Jim VandeHei tries (and fails) to tell journalists how to regain public trustThe twice-successful founder of net-based journals Politico and Axios strikes out
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October 12, 2018
Taylor Swift, having wrecked country music, now wrecks politicsCelebrities would be wise to keep silent about what they don't understand.
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September 29, 2018
Is Free Will a Myth?One thinker believes he's come up with a novel argument against the existence of free will.
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September 23, 2018
Are Short Skirts and Thug-Wear Conducive to Learning?Does making the classroom resemble a casual Saturday at Walmart really imbue students with a sense of purpose?
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September 18, 2018
Trump and the Media DialecticThe media, particularly in the Trump era, care more about dialectics than fact-finding.
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September 13, 2018
The one entity that can destroy Mark ZuckerbergMighty as Zuckerberg may be, he still has to bow and scrape to someone.
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August 21, 2018
SJW feeding frenzy: Lesbian actress not lesbian enough to play BatwomanHoly intersectional infighting, Batman!
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August 14, 2018
Where the real divide in American politics liesThe special election in Ohio revealed an interesting split between urban and rural voters.
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August 8, 2018
QAnon, weird conspiracy theories, and the media liberals who love themIt's strange that MSM reporters are aghast at the active imaginations of Trump-supporters while entertaining plenty of their own conspiracies.
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July 31, 2018
I want to feel sorry for the laid off staff of the New York Daily News. I really, truly do.There but for the grace of God go I and all that. Yet the current state of journalism holds me back.
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July 24, 2018
Trump shines a spotlight on the media's left-right double standardA free press is a wonderfully American thing. But the power to shape perception comes with a duty to be truthful.
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July 19, 2018
A Hopeful Trend among MillennialsThe generation now getting ready to run the world may be rediscovering some important values.
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July 10, 2018
Scott Pruitt's exit probably was necessaryScott Pruitt's demanded resignation from the EPA may have been justified, but it's a shame he resigned anyway. His antics provided a great lesson in how government power can be abused.
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June 30, 2018
Good riddance to Justice Anthony KennedyFor once, the leftist freakout could be justified.
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June 26, 2018
Policy experts propose creepy population control solution for too many African babiesThe writers of the paper include Peter Singer, the notorious pro-infanticide ethicist.
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June 22, 2018
Media Lining Up to Defend Black Teen Shot in Carjacking, Attempted MurderA Hispanic Chicago firefighter committed the grave sin of defending himself and his property from an aggressor. Good luck to him.
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June 15, 2018
America's Root Disease: An Aversion to ResponsibilityThe general lack of responsibility reflects a greater pessimism in America.
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June 2, 2018
The Hazards of Full-Bore Snowflake-MeltingHow much of today's right-wing advocacy focuses on triggering leftists over making substantive philosophical points?
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April 26, 2018
An American Millennial Explains American MillennialsThe worst generation? Or only just as bad as all the others?
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April 19, 2018
Digital Publishing and Why the YouTube Shooter Opened FireNasim Aghdam's shooting spree at YouTube headquarters was predicted by Arthur Miller.
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April 15, 2018
Trump's Syria Attack: Praiseworthy or Bad Precedent?Sometimes a swift response to a bad actor is needed. But going by the book has its benefits.
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April 4, 2018
Enough already: Parkland kids' fifteen minutes of fame is overIt's time for a time-out.
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March 28, 2018
The Luddites Were Right!Or at least, between killer self-driving cars and the implosion of Facebook, it's starting to look that way.
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March 14, 2018
Who Will Be Trump's Next Economic Adviser?It's Wall Street versus the American people.
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March 8, 2018
Too Kind to the MediaEnough with hopeful niceties. We need reprisal and ridicule in large amounts.
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February 14, 2018
Libertarianism Is Still a MessThe Libertarian Party is as ineffectual as it's ever been and has even managed to regress some.
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February 7, 2018
Identity Politics Hits a Brick WallThe Democrats will be kicking themselves soon enough for not tossing out identity politics.
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January 24, 2018
Bradley Manning to the Rescue...of Republicans?"Chelsea" Manning could end up as the unlikeliest hero in history for Republicans.
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January 10, 2018
What Liberals Think America Is Doing RightWhich is the one American value liberals seem happy with in the Age of Trump?
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January 2, 2018
Law vs. the Human HeartIn their insatiable hunt for perfection, leftists will often call for legal solutions to right societal wrongs.
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December 28, 2017
The Age of Reflexive AntagonismAnger is an easy drug. It feels good being sanctimonious.
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December 14, 2017
Media Hubris and the Fall of the CenterIt's not enough for journalists to admit they're wrong anymore.
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December 5, 2017
Garrison Keillor and the runaway sex harassment trainI was thoroughly enjoying the post-Weinstein world of rich liberal men laid low by sex abuse allegations. But then things changed.
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November 17, 2017
The Fight for True LiberalismWithout liberalism – that is, classical liberalism, on which our country was founded – what's next?
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November 8, 2017
Coming Soon: Incest, State-Sponsored and Court-ApprovedSay what you will about Rick Santorum, but he's starting to look like a prophet.
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October 11, 2017
At Last, the Moment I've Long Anticipated!The liberal obsession with identity politics and "intersectionality" has begun to turn on itself.
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October 2, 2017
The Curious Case of the Democrats vs ZuckerbergThe Democrats just can't help themselves.
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September 17, 2017
The Radical Center ReturnsEvery once in a while, radical centrism makes a trendy return to American political discourse. Here's how it's happening today.
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September 12, 2017
Your Beliefs Are No Longer AllowedAmerican progressives have fnally gone all the way to a totalitarian vision, demanding control over not just your behavior, but your thoughts and beliefs. This as the price of simply living without being attacked.
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August 31, 2017
After Charlottesville, an Uncertain Outlook for Free SpeechWith Antifa around, free speech is in for some hard sledding.
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August 23, 2017
The Insatiable LeftThis isn't self-government through civil debate. These are not the workings of a healthy society. This is will-to-power politics.
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August 17, 2017
Life in the Time of ThoughtcrimeJust when I thought I was inured enough to America's slow degradation, a series of recent events crystallized Alasdair MacIntyre's observation that barbarians are no longer beyond our borders but "have already been governing us for quite some time."
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August 10, 2017
Can Libertarians Lighten Up Enough to Win?The libertarian "movement" has existed since the '70s, yet the number of Americans who self-identify as libertarians has rarely ever cracked 10%. Libertarianism focused on pot, sexual expression, and the universal rights of man is a road to nowhere.
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August 5, 2017
Mooch MuggedA pitiable character – a patsy used for his unbalanced personality, brought in to dispose of Priebus, then cast out like a dog.
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March 5, 2017
The Shift: From Liberal-Conservative to Globalist-NationalistWe in the West are undergoing a political reorganization.
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February 7, 2017
Trump and conservatismThe American Conservative's bowtie becomes unraveled over Trump's choice of pragmatism over ideology.
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February 2, 2017
Trump Overseeing the Destruction of the Democrat CoalitionSooner or later, the left's poorly cobbled together victim groups will be at each others' throats.
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January 22, 2017
No, Most People Don’t Need to Go to CollegeWe treat schooling like a universal good but still want students to have the ability to gracefully climb the ladder of social mobility without stumbling.
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December 19, 2016
Sometimes there’s such a thing as too much schadenfreudePeople shouldn’t be fired for bad tweets. That goes for even the most biased journalist.
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December 7, 2016
The Left’s Retreat into FantasyInstead of going through the five stages of grief, they’ve taken to creating an alternative universe where their ideology is still unquestioned orthodoxy.
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September 27, 2016
Corporate, Cultural and Political Elite Combine to Steamroller the North Carolina Bathroom ControversyUnlike other Republican pols in his position, Governor Pat McCroy has refused to fall in line in the face of ridicule and economic blackmail.
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September 22, 2016
Donald Trump and the Politics of Righteous AngerWith victory in his grasp, the question is: can Trump go too far? Can he whip up the rage, but not so much that it backfires?
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September 19, 2016
The Triumph of the Sexual LeftAny conservative not lying to himself knows what’s actually at play behind the progressive push for pure sexual autonomy: the wiping out of religious norms in public life.
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August 24, 2016
The Conservative Mistake in the Culture WarWhile conservatives have lost the culture for now, liberalism is not sustainable.
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December 7, 2015
Everything Bad, It Seems, Is My FaultI’ve been feeling down lately. You see, I’m a white heterosexual American Christian. That means I’m the worst thing to ever draw breath on the planet.
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March 30, 2015
Barney Frank, Gay-Rights WarriorGiven all his hijinks as a political figure, perhaps the dishonorable Frank should lay off the outing game.
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October 5, 2014
Scientism and MoralityWhen human life is limited to the corporeal, there isn’t much room for moral philosophy.
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August 9, 2014
The Contradiction in the Left's View of GenderWith transgenderism, the incoherent war of the sexes is finally reaching an apogee.
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July 20, 2014
New 'Conservative' Idea: Monthly 'Don't Kill Your Baby' PaymentsAt The American Conservative, Elizabeth Stoker Bruening believes she has an answer for conservatives looking to stop the flow in America of purposeful infant death.
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July 6, 2014
Progressives At War with RealityWithout a recognition and acceptance of natural order, things become disorienting to the point of meaningless.
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June 22, 2014
Summer in D.C. Brings out the 'Skinterns'We’re constantly told by leftist egalitarians that the Sexual Revolution has moved us forward to a better, more just society. The reality is very different.
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June 7, 2014
Dissolving the Institution of MarriageSlowly, progressives are coming out and acknowledging their true agenda.