“That a government’s primary responsibility is to its citizens should not be a controversial proposition.” —Coddled Affluent Professional on X The zeitgeist is a rough beast, hard to ride as it slouches into the unknown. Our country is trying to hang on while a party of goblins vexes and…
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The Epstein Files Have a Pizza Problem
“Yeah, That’s the Pizza” and Other Sentences That Should Put People in Prison. Someone sent Epstein an image titled “The pizza monster.” He replies: “She looks pregnant.” The sender clarifies: “You mean radiating a soft glow with the look of bliss and excitement. Yeah, that’s the pizza.” If you’ve…
Maybe Real Regime Change Hasn’t Been Tried Yet
The ongoing buildup in the Middle East is unlikely to be symbolic or a bargaining ploy for the Art of the Deal. Israel’s (and thus Trump’s) conflict with Iran is not about Iran’s nuclear program which is perpetually 1-2 weeks away from making a bomb. It’s about…
Our Boy Bill
Buckley: The Life and the Revolution that Changed America by Sam Tanenhaus ,Random House; 1040 pp., $40.00 If ever there was something that could coherently be called an American conservative movement, William F. Buckley, Jr. was its most important tribune. Hero to a generation of would-be commentators who mimicked his…
Iran Crisis: How Can Trump Exit the Situation He Created?
A series of failed policy decisions by Trump has led to a stalemate with Iran. What’s even more worrying now than a miscalculation is a decision being made for him. There’s nothing Donald Trump enjoys more than creating a dramatic situation where all attention is focused on himself as…
Residents of Dutch Town With Large Asylum Center Warn Others About Following Suit
Residents living near the large-scale asylum seekers’ center (AZC) in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, have described what they say is a sharp deterioration in safety and quality of life. Tom de Nooijer, party leader and municipal council member of the Christian Association Oldebroek (CVO), canvassed opinion ahead of a potential…
Reagan Introduced No-Fault Divorce in 1969 — 57 Years Later, How’s It Going?
For most of American history, marriage was treated like a lifelong commitment with some very serious legal, cultural, and moral weight behind it. Sure, divorce was possible, but it was made to be intentionally difficult. You had to prove real fault. We’re talking adultery, abuse, and desertion; it had…
The Art of the Steal and the Privatization of the Presidency
In his State of the Union address, President Trump declared that America is entering a “Golden Age.” Golden for whom? For a president who lives lavishly in a taxpayer-funded mansion, jets around to weekend golf getaways at taxpayer expense, and dismisses concerns about “affordability” as fake news, life might…
Europe is on the Remigration March
Across Europe from the Baltic to the Mediterranean Seas, many fed-up Euro-nationalists are joining demonstrations. They want to express their frustration at their pro-migrant regimes. Typically, thousands marched in Lyon in tribute to a cruelly murdered anti-migrant activist. (YouTube Quentin Deranque-Lyon) Quentin Deranque died last week when he was…
No Bro This War Will Be Completely Different, Bro
No bro this US war in the middle east will be completely different, bro. See, this time the regime we’re trying to get rid of is REALLY BAD! No no, this is nothing like all those other times. This time military interventionism to topple an oil-rich government in west…