The Personnel Is Political: The Left’s Distorted Outlook on the Minimum Wage
A priceless little gem of leftist thinking appeared yesterday at Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC blog, in which Steve Benen declares a triumph for the campaign to increase the federal minimum wage—in the form of...
View ArticleIn Praise of Partisan Rancor: Politics Shouldn’t Be Fun
A few days ago, the New Yorker‘s George Packer lamented that “the thrill is gone” from American politics and it’s just no fun any more. As I recall, the “fun” of politics for the left has usually been...
View Article8 Rules For Right-Wing Rebels
As Stella Morabito wisely pointed out recently, the Right must actively resist political correctness—more accurately “propaganda compliance”—which smothers all reasonable discussion. Many feel like we...
View ArticleNo, The GOP Should Not Mimic The Canadian Right
Americans often look at Canada with longing eyes. From the Tory exiles of the Revolution to Harriet Tubman’s fugitive slaves to Vietnam draft-dodgers, the Great White North has been repeatedly cast as...
View ArticleHow Video Games Mainstream Conservatism
“A man chooses. A slave obeys,” said Andrew Ryan, the creator of the underwater city of Rapture and a political objectivist, moments before his death. On a list of phrases gamers remember most, that...
View ArticleYes, The Alt-Right Are Just a Bunch of Racists
Hey, lefties, we finally found your racists for you. For as long as I can remember, people like me—by which I mean advocates of capitalism and free markets and freedom of speech—have been accused by...
View ArticleWhy Trump And Ryan Are Ideal Political Partners
Some might view House Speaker Paul Ryan’s recent endorsement of Donald Trump as evidence that opposites attract. In terms of age, demeanor, and life experiences, their differences are certainly more...
View ArticleLiberals Shout Down The Opposition Because Otherwise They’ll Lose
Whether it’s Amy Schumer denying that there can be any legitimate opposition to her candidate or Nicolas Kristof “discovering” that left-wing academics agitate to exclude opposing voices, a dramatic...
View ArticleMillions Of Americans Don’t Side With Either Political Party, And That’s A...
Are we witnessing the collapse of the left-right spectrum? That’s a question Damon Linker asks in his latest piece for The Week: Over the past two years, the ideological spectrum throughout the Western...
View ArticleThe Bush Twins’ Letter To The Obama Girls Shows How To Cultivate Common Ground
Graciousness was once encouraged and cultivated. It was a sign of good character, and to be called gracious was a compliment of the highest order. Anyone can learn to say the right words, or do the...
View ArticleTrump’s Equivocation On Charlottesville Mirrors Obama’s On Terrorism
Observers on the left and the right have expressed concern at the increasing hostility of our political discourse. Most commentators want to find ways to deescalate it, but it seems that most don’t...
View ArticleWhat It Means That The Right Is Animated By Principle And The Left By Power
The power of the Right is principle, and the principle of the Left is power. Understand this and you will understand the basis of modern politics. It also explains why the struggle between the Right...
View ArticleFor The Left, The Enlightenment Is Just Another Excuse To Cry ‘Racism’
One of my concerns about the Trump era is that it signals a wave of anti-intellectualism on the Right, a collapse in concern for basic ideas. It has also triggered something of an anti-intellectual...
View ArticleThe Personnel Is Political: The Left’s Distorted Outlook on the Minimum Wage
Steven Benen think private employers raising their wages in response to market forces is a triumph for the minimum wage. Say what?
View ArticleIn Praise of Partisan Rancor: Politics Shouldn’t Be Fun
Is our politics bitter, contentious, unpleasant, intractable, and no fun whatsoever? Good!
View Article8 Rules For Right-Wing Rebels
The Right can’t out-Alinsky the Left. But ‘the eternal rebel at the heart of every conservative’ can still win.
View ArticleNo, The GOP Should Not Mimic The Canadian Right
The Canadian political system is distinct enough to make a recipe for victory in one country a formula for failure in the other.
View ArticleHow Video Games Mainstream Conservatism
Video games, whether many know it or not, tend to bring out the latent right-winger in all of us.
View ArticleYes, The Alt-Right Are Just a Bunch of Racists
The so-called "alt-right" are just white supremacists with delusions of being intellectual.
View ArticleWhy Trump And Ryan Are Ideal Political Partners
On the major legislative issues of the day, GOP voters are between Donald Trump and Paul Ryan. A blend of the two men's views would pretty closely reflect those of the Republican rank-and-file.
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