Elon Musk, the head of the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has publicly called for the United States to officially withdraw from both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations (UN). As reported by the Washington Examiner, Musk made the statement on his social…
Despite the stubborn optimism and indeed naïveté of mainstream conservatives and their dogged fetishism for the Constitution not merely as a governing legal document but as a moral and normative authority, our system of government and indeed the Constitution itself are irredeemable. Such utter lack of fitness of purpose…
Everyone has a favorite adventure novel or movie in which a daring thief swaps something of immense value with something terribly fake. A forged painting hangs in lieu of the original on a museum wall. A bag of sand takes the place of a bag of jewels inside a pressure-sensitive safe. Lead bars…
A digital storm has erupted over a deceptively simple question: what does it mean to be English? On one side stands Fraser Nelson, formerly of this parish, insisting that being born in England automatically grants one the title of “English”. On the other, Konstantin Kisin, the podcaster, arguing that…
Ronald Reagan was famous for saying that “the closest thing to immortality is a government program.” He was not the first person to say it. There are examples of American politicians saying a version of this going back to the 1930’s. There are probably versions of this concept going…
Tucker Carlson has issued a withering response to the disastrous Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. The conservative commentator, who is known for his skepticism towards America’s support for Ukraine in their war in Russia, pointed to the fact that the notorious war hawk Lindsey Graham…
Joe Sobran was one of my greatest friends, and I often thought about him over this past week, because February 23 was the anniversary of his death. He was a man of courage and of the utmost integrity. He began writing about politics for National Review, but he broke with…
We tend to think of housing becoming unaffordable as a matter of land prices, zoning and the cost of 2X4s, but it’s fundamentally a matter of values. Subscriber John summarized this in an insightful comment on Substack: “For me, this issue is a reflection of the values of our culture.1.
Why is it that American liberal Democrats and Europeans are so disturbed that Trump is moving the United States toward normal relations with Russia instead of maintaining a hostile approach to Russia based on proxy wars, sanctions, and endless propaganda? We know why the think tanks and university faculties supported…
Is the rest of the world entitled to US money and US security? This is the question that’s never asked when the establishment media rages about Donald Trump’s opposition to continue the status quo in Ukraine. Consider for a moment the situation from the perspective of friends (allies). Imagine…
