There is a fundamental misconception about what is happening politically in this country, and it may be helpful to reconsider a particular assumption that is creating cognitive dissonance throughout American culture. That assumption is that Democrats are a political party. Consequently, every measure of their behavior seems unexplainable. The…
If you’ve ever wondered why American ideas travel farther and faster than American armies, the answer isn’t just Hollywood or Harvard. You can thank Melvin Lasky for that. From Berlin’s lecture halls to London’s literary circles, he perfected the art of wrapping geopolitics in glossy prose, making soft…
I have labeled Putin’s conduct of war in Ukraine a strategic blunder that has ever-widened the war and is on the verge of spiraling out of control if Trump delivers nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. The way Putin has conducted the war, now approaching four years in duration, has maximized…
It took about 90 seconds to prove that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Senator Tammy Duckworth were lying through their teeth. Both of them rushed to call reports of anti-ICE radicals ramming and boxing in DHS vehicles “propaganda,” but within a day, Chicago’s own police superintendent confirmed that it’s…
Let’s recap what unfolded during Wednesday afternoon’s Antifa roundtable at the White House, hosted by President Trump. Several journalists shared firsthand accounts of being attacked by Antifa activists, but the real fireworks came from Seamus Bruner, Director of Research at the Government Accountability Institute, who briefed the president…
Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war David Frum, a senior editor at the liberal flagship magazine The Atlantic, had previously enjoyed a career…
As James Comey is arraigned, new documents show the FBI under his watch criminally investigated first, and looked for reasons later. While social media and legacy press raged over Bari Weiss, and Republicans thundered over new documentation showing Special Prosecutor Jack Smith monitored the phone records of eight GOP…
Neither Europe nor the U.S. seemingly possesses the mettle for real war. And certainly, neither do their publics. Creeping, thunderous changes are underway in the West. A new political doctrine has taken root: Western Conservative (and younger) populist thinking is being rebuilt as something rougher, meaner, and far less…
I’m starting to believe there’s no way to explain what’s happening in the world without pointing to a real live devil (is the devil alive?). I used to scoff at the idea of the devil—not as a being, nor even as some autonomous presence possessing people like in The Exorcist.
Only a culturally homogenous country can support the kind of government desired by George Will. George Will was once one of the most influential thinkers in conservatism. In the Trump era, he’s thankfully been cast out and right-thinking people recognize him as a preeminent midwit. Will embodied much of…
