Liberty
Argentina’s President Reminds Davos Crowd About Capitalism
Editors at National Review Online praise a recent speech at the annual gathering of elites in Davos. If there was something that we did not have on our bingo card…
Manichaeism
Persian religion founded in the 3rd century CE
Liberty
Dobbs Decision and the Democrats’ Electoral Prospects
David Catron of the American Spectator doubts the U.S. Supreme Court’s abortion decision will help Democrats at the polls. The Democrats reacted with predictable hysteria last Friday when the Supreme…
Liberty
Democrats Signal Unwillingness to Accept Midterm Losses
David Catron writes for the American Spectator that Democrats might be unwilling to accept this year’s election results. In just over 7 months, the Democrats will face their constituents in…
Liberty
Spelling Out the Dangers of ‘Catastrophism’
Dalibor Rohac writes for the American Purpose about a destructive element of today’s political discourse. Traditionally, moral panics referred to hysterias spreading uncontrollably throughout the hoi polloi after being blown…
Elections & Public Integrity
Trump as tragic hero
Victor Davis Hanson asks at National Review Online whether President Trump is likely to ride off into the sunset after leaving the White House. I once wrote that whenever Donald…
Law & Public Safety
Examining calls for police reform
Andrew McCarthy of National Review Online probes the high-profile push for police reform. He finds significant reasons for concern. [T]he racism narrative is driving the nation to ruin. The defamation…
Liberty
A political sickness
Jay Cost of National Review Online laments what he describes as “our sick body politic.” I do not think I am going out on a limb by declaring that our…
Elections & Public Integrity
A word of warning as the political season heats up
Richard Fernandez of PJMedia.com urges caution for those paying attention to political rhetoric in the weeks and months ahead. The signal to noise ratio in the presidential political coverage, never…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
N&O: Republicans ruined charter schools with their evil, racist ways
As I wrote in my newsletter yesterday, 2014 will be the year of three “-isms” – sentimentalism, fanaticism, and Manichaeism. News & Observer editors flash all three in their latest…
Education
NC education in 2014: The year of the exclamation point
View in your browser. Welcome This week, I look at the year ahead. Sorry, wrong punctuation mark. This week, I look at the year ahead! Bulletin Board Learn. The John…
Elections & Public Integrity
Krauthammer documents Obama’s scapegoat strategy
Since President Obama can’t tout his own record as his tries to build support for his jobs bill and his re-election campaign, he has to adopt another strategy. Charles Krauthammer…
Liberty
Re: Update
No, Manichaeanism is definitely not dead. Reading Jane Jacobs’ Systems of Survival has convinced me that it is alive and thriving. Terry’s manichaeanist remark is made a bit offhand, but…