Category: Current Affairs
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No Idealists Here
Rod Dreher
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Plato on Trump
Channeled through Andrew Sullivan.
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Conrad Black on Donald Trump
Conrad Black has written well and with insight about Donald Trump. Here is his latest. Excerpt: . . . his major foreign-policy statement on April 27 is a cogent outline of a clear definition of the U.S. national interest. It is neither impetuous as George W. Bush nor as defeatist and contra-historical as Obama. Trump…
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Tyrant at Home, Pussy Abroad
Roger Kimball, Why I Support Ted Cruz: One of the curiosities of the reign of Barack Obama is that while he has vastly increased the power of the state domestically, when it comes to the world outside, to national security, he has gravely weakened the United States, both physically, in terms of its military strength,…
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Dick Van Dyke and ‘Killer Mike’ Support Sanders the Superannuated Socialist
Here and here. How can Bernie lose? Did you know that 'Killer Mike' is “Southern rap's top political theorist”?
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Trump’s Traction and Conservative Inaction
Donald Trump's 'traction' is largely due to conservative inaction. I leave aside for the moment that other source of Trumpian traction: the abominations of the Obama administration. Conservatives are long on talk but short on action. Donald Trump, an alpha male with the billions to be beholden to no one, whose style of self-presentation is…
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Backlash and ‘Frontlash’
Some lefty scribblers, effete and epicene, have their knickers in a knot worrying about the nativist and xenophobic 'backlash' post-Paris and post-San Bernardino. Even worse, however, is Attorney General Loretta Lynch's disgracing of herself along these lines: Lynch addressed the Muslim Advocate’s tenth-anniversary dinner and declared that she is concerned about an “incredibly disturbing rise…
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From the Gatestone Institute
Alan Dershowitz, Selective Outrage on Campus Ingrid Carlqvist, Sweden Descends into Anarchy Judith Bergman, How Can Anyone Be Shocked?
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Charles Koch
Perhaps you have heard of those nefarious behind-the-scenes operators, the shadowy Koch Brothers. To get an initial taste of just how evil they are, see here.
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An Observation on Last Night’s Democrat Debate: Bernie’s Generosity
I could stomach only about an hour's worth of it. What struck me was Bernie Sanders' generous political self-immolation vis-à-vis Mrs. Clinton. He handed her the nomination by agreeing with her about the e-mail server (non)-issue. And the crowd loved it. (Is there a lesson here for Republicans?) Here is my take on Sanders. He…
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Flag Burning, Muhammad Mockery, and a Double Standard
If a coalition of what some leftists call knuckle-draggers (including rednecks, bigoted white working stiffs, those who "cling to their guns and Bibles," in the derisive words of Obama) were to slaughter flag burners, the leftists would howl in protest, pointing out (rightly) that flag burning counts as protected speech in these United States. They…
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Charity Navigator on The Clinton Foundation
Here. According to Peter Schweizer, only about 10% of what the Clinton Foundation takes in in donations goes to the people in need. But since Bill and Hillary are known by all to be ethically above reproach, Schweizer must be lying. See also: How the Clintons Get Away With It Related articles Video: Eleven strange…
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Free Speech: Is It Always Right to Say What One has a Right to Say?
It is not always right to say what one has a right to say. Thus one of my aphorisms. It is worth unpacking, however, especially in the light of the incident at Garland, Texas. First of all, the following is not a logical contradiction: You have a right to say X but you ought not…
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The Foolish Suggestion of Starbuck’s Chief Executive Officer
Starbuck's CEO, Howard Schultz, wants his baristas to write "Race Together" on coffee cups to facilitate a conversation about race between baristas and customers and presumably also among customers. Now this is profoundly stupid — assuming it is not just a cynical try at boosting sales. I'll be charitable and assume the former. Anyone who…