Who gets the GOP when Trump is gone?
When I first entered the public arena, the focus of my work was almost entirely on why the right needed to take power seriously.
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Conservatives Are Scared to Address the Radicalization of Young Women
Massachusetts Democrat Gov. Maura Healey, a lesbian who claims to be Catholic, signed legislation this week liberalizing abortion while surrounded by progressive women celebrating the right to murder their healthy babies up till birth. To conservatives who rightly regard late-term abortion as the killing of a viable child, the scene was grotesque. It also illustrated a political asymmetry…
It’s the economy, stupid — again
he conservative political class is committing one of the most disastrous acts of political malpractice in recent memory.
Stop ‘owning the libs’ and start owning institutions
iberals increasingly treat politics as religion. They may have abandoned traditional faith, but they have not abandoned devotion. They possess saints, heretics, rituals, taboos, pilgrimages, and a vision of salvation. That political faith has given progressives the commitment required to capture institutions, build machines, and shape the future.
America’s newest jail has no walls
Americans are looking for safety in an increasingly chaotic country.
The Death of Lindsey Graham is Complicated
The internet has done an admirable job hobbling the corporate left-wing media’s ability to control the population through a single narrative.
Conservatives are blowing the easiest political win in America
After Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the 2024 election, Democrats had to stop and ask what went wrong.
America is squatting in its own ruins
Modern people tend to see knowledge as something humanity achieves collectively and then keeps forever.
Neocons love Trump only when he bombs
The day-to-day status of negotiations may be uncertain, but the Trump administration appears to be doing everything it can to reach a deal and end the conflict with Iran.
MLB’s Pride police strike out against Christian players
For years, June looked like the American Ramadan: an entire month dedicated to the state religion of LGBTQ politics, complete with mandatory observances across every major institution.
A real nation knows who is in and who is out
After decades of brutal race and gender politics from the left, conservatives began treating identity itself as toxic.
Two-tier Britain finally has its George Floyd moment
Bodycam footage from the United Kingdom has turned Henry Nowak’s death from a local outrage into a national indictment.
College towns bred the next plague on rural America: The fail-lib
Traditionally, one advantage of living in rural America was the ability to escape insufferable leftists.
Why Libertarians Fall for the AI Trap
The artificial intelligence boom has become one of the biggest engines of the American economy.
Conservatives are afraid to talk about the real marriage problem
The fact that marriage in America is on the decline is concerning, but few people understand how deep the problem goes.
Your enemies aren't mentally ill. They apparently just want to kill you.
In our modern world, it is very common to conflate motives we do not understand with some form of mental illness.
Trump’s enemies keep reaching for the gun
Donald Trump has survived another assassination attempt from a deranged progressive.
Universal basic income is a dangerous delusion
As artificial intelligence drives fresh excitement in the tech world, major figures such as Elon Musk are reviving an old political fantasy: universal basic income.
The liberal guide to committing national suicide
The prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, has announced that the country will legalize 500,000 migrants, creating a massive political and demographic shake-up inside the country.
The Two Competing Progressive Teleologies Of The United States
From its earliest days, the United States saw itself as a nation with intense purpose.
Japan’s beautiful love affair with America
For a brief moment, X stopped reading like a machine built to aggravate, divide, and degrade the people using it.