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Conservatives are not a party but a set of ideas -- with prudence the leading virtue and respect a matter of course.
William F. Buckley had a ball running for mayor of New York City in 1965, when he lost the election but stole the show.
John Adams: "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
"There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them."
Mass mind described by Eric Hoffer is apparent in more ways than one, and none of them nourish a free society.
Trump's choice to head the Department of Education promises to shake up the status quo.
Albert Speer, the technocratic master of Adolf Hitler’s war machine, busied himself churning out custom-made excuses for his war crimes as that conflict ground on to its bloody end. But what if, in his rush to misjudgment about himself and his motives, he had accidentally stumbled on a truth? If only he had had a … Continue reading This election is made for a time of soul-sickness
Alexander Hamilton said energy in the executive is essential. That was back in what used to be called the critical period of American history — when the still-new Republic was threatening to come apart, as eventually it did in the next century. But this crisis is now, and needs to be dealt with now, and … Continue reading We need a leader, for the Republic is in crisis — again
It’s hard to believe, but scientists report that kudzu — the green monster that ate the South — is in retreat all across these alternately sunny then rain-drenched latitudes. Which means that one bright morning Southerners may wake up and be able to see the South again. Instead of a landscape whose outlines have been … Continue reading Is the South finally winning the war of kudzu aggression?
Long before there was a Donald Trump, there was a genius of an American demagogue who’d put him in the shade today. And long before there was a Hillary Clinton of Clinton Inc. to express horror at The Donald’s rise, there was a Standard Oil Inc. to shudder at the prospect of a Huey Long … Continue reading The Donald couldn’t hold a candle to The Kingfish
Every time a voter contemplates the prospect of another President Clinton, it may be enough to make the prospect of a President Trump palatable. And vice versa. Swirling between the Scylla and Charybdis of this weird presidential race, the poor voter may find himself caught up in a whirlpool of second, third and fourth thoughts, … Continue reading For Trump, a move toward the center with Pence
Friends don’t threaten friends. But our president makes a habit of it — whether he was dealing with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu in the Middle East not long ago or with those Britons who would like to leave the European Union now. If they prevail, he warned, Britain will be sent “to the back of the … Continue reading Obama should know better than to bully the Brits
The revolution that overthrew Egypt's last pharaoh and installed a new one in his place now has been overthrown itself -- by military decree. As fully expected. Chaos breeds a demand for order, for clear authority, and what could be more authoritarian than military rule?