Throughout the 2024 election cycle, Republicans pledged that, if elected, they would use their congressional majorities to reverse the disastrous policies enacted by President Biden and Democrats. Whether it was bringing down Bidenflation or curbing the border invasion, the campaign message from the GOP was clear: Elect us and…
The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World by Christine Rosen W. W. Norton & Company 272 pp., $29.99 The last major revolution exploded on Jan. 9, 2007. Like all good revolutionaries, the brain trust behind…
In January 2024, the nine years long war Saudi Arabia waged against Yemen had just calmed down after the Saudis had been mostly defeated, the Houthi movement declared to shut down Israel related traffic through the Red Sea. The move was made in solidarity with the besieged people in Gaza. To…
When President Trump promised us a Golden Age, I admit I was skeptical. I knew that there had to be a period of adjustment after the pedal-to-the-metal spending and the ornicide — bird-killing — of wind farms in the Biden years. And when Trump announced his tariffs on April…
A new statue just went up in Manhattan, and once again, it’s being pushed as a symbol of female empowerment. But take one look at it, and you have to ask, who exactly is this supposed to inspire? The statue is of a fictional, obese black woman with a…
Free trade with India isn’t a win for America—it’s déjà vu with China: cheap labor, ignored externalities, and another gut punch to U.S. industry dressed as opportunity. ndia is taking President Trump up on his offer for reciprocal free trade, proposing zero-for-zero tariffs on specific goods like…
The Judiciary’s role in a Uniparty System. President Trump’s immigration and economic policies – everything he does and attempts to do actually – are under attack from the federal judiciary. An unprecedented number of lawsuits have been filed against the administration’s actions and policies and many of the plaintiffs…
President Trump delivered the commencement address at the University of Alabama last week. “You’re the first graduating class of the golden age of America,” he told the assembled seniors. His speech, besides talking about his record in office, mostly focused on sports and business. He knew the right topics…
From 2011. It’s been 20 years since Nirvana’s Nevermind album and its breakthrough single, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” were released. The scrawny corpse of Kurt Cobain, the Man Who Refused to Be Marketed, is being repackaged and remarketed, with Nevermind now reissued in multiple commemorative editions of escalating cost and pointlessness. As with…
Macron visited the Masonic Grand Lodge of France (Scottish Rite). In his speech, he attacked the Dark Enlightenment theory of Curtis Yarvin and Nick Land, as if he were fighting Trump himself. Until yesterday, mentioning the word “mason” was seen as a clear sign of conspiracy theory. Now, Macron…
