“We Will Remember This” The worst mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust brings home to Democrats that the Party should have seen the sea change in its coalition long before 7 October. Ben Domenech, editor-at-large of The Spectator.com, explains: Painting Themselves into a Corner For as much as the 2018 elections of the Squad […]
Science Prevails over Politics
Got Milk? Amongst the bad news rippling through our Christmas cheer is some good news. Lawmakers this week are finally trying to repair the damage from a misguided attempt to improve childhood nutrition, reports James Freeman in the WSJ. Who says science doesn’t ultimately prevail over politics? It’s taking far too long, but the unintended […]
When Your Gurus Disagree
What You Gonna Do? In NRO, Jay Nordlinger admits to his admiration for two historians: Paul Johnson and Andrew Roberts, both of whom have biographed Napoleon. Johnson is against, very much against — portraying Napoleon as the forerunner to, and model for, the egomaniacal dictators who blighted and bloodied the 20th century. Roberts gives the […]
Worth Our Anger
Progress, Maybe Hamas spent a year planning the 7 October massacre. As Jim Geraghty notes in NRO, the Iranians were right there alongside them, providing “military training and logistical help as well as tens of millions of dollars for weapons.” What’s worth our anger? Harvard seems to lack the conviction to rein in antisemitism on campus […]
Bastions of Higher Learning vs Partisan Politics
By pla2na @Adobe Stock Colleges to Lose Tax Breaks/Funding over Anti-Semitism? If you haven’t heard of the Harvard Corp., you’re about to. Read on. Last week, Harvard Corp. issued a condescending statement affirming its support for Harvard President Claudine Gay. The corporation is Harvard’s governing body, which wrote that Ms. Gay “is the right leader to […]
Getting the Government We Deserve?
Happy Birthday, Adam Smith, 300 Years Old In 1776, Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations. In his seminal work, Smith challenged the policies of governments, many of which would not be changed to Smith’s liking. In NRO, Dominic Pino writes that even living in “unimaginable squalor” compared with our standards today, Smith, who turned […]
Inclusion from a Black Supremacist
Merry Christmas, Only for Electeds of Color? Imagine the embarrassment and the outrage? From the WSJ’s Notable & Quotable: An admiration official of Mayor Wu’s office mistakenly sent an invitation to all Boston city councilors in an email Tuesday, Each council member, regardless of color, was requested to attend a holiday party. But hold on, […]
Identity Politics Now the Driving Force of the Democratic Party
UPDATE 12.13.23: Recent testimony by the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and UPenn could end up being the straw that broke woke camel’s back, as Americans have almost universally recoiled in disgust at the vacillation of the college officials’ over the question of whether or not calling for the genocide of Jewish people met the threshold […]
The Collegiate Mask Slips
Violating Codes of Conduct Friction at U/Penn illustrates the growing divide between those inside and outside elite universities, such as the sharp decline in confidence in America about higher education. Makes you wonder, as James Freeman does in the WSJ, are robust and consistent protections for free speech about to make a comeback on campus? […]
Seize the Day from the State Party
Orwellian Control of Language and Thought Thomas Paine’s 47-page pamphlet, Common Sense, was a guide to the early colonists during the American Revolution. In American Greatness, Carpe Diem reviews Mark Levin’s latest book “The Democrat Party Hates America.” Levin’s book should, Carpe Diem hopes, “awaken American patriots across the land to become more involved in […]
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