Reflections on Missing the Circus
I have decided not to vote in November, the first time I have missed a presidential election since my vote for Goldwater in 1964. I am too old to stand in line for useless gestures.
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The Three Faces of Democracy, Part III
The misguided progressives and populists correctly diagnosed the problem, but it was not until Roosevelt’s first term that they realized that the tyranny of big government was not the answer to the tyranny of big business.
Debate Preview: I Interviewed Kamala in 2016 and She Was Just as Bad as on CNN
In 2016, California Attorney General Kamala Harris was running for the U.S. Senate. It took some wrangling, but our Editorial Board at the Orange County Register scored an interview with her
Three Faces of Democracy, Part II
I have already touched upon my central theme: the distinctiveness of American democracy from its Greek predecessors and its French successor. I am going to limit myself to three main topics: the persistence of tradition, the treatment of religion and property, and the adherence to federalism.
Wednesday’s Child: An Unsavory Metaphor
My subject today is mildly unpleasant, but since it had fascinated me for quite some time I now decided to take the plunge.
Mr. Autodidact Is Asked : Where to Begin?
An academic friend about go on a sabbatical in England, writes to ask how he should remedy his deficiency in Greek and Roman history and wonders if it is not the sort of question I frequently receive.
Three Faces of Democracy: Cleisthenes, Jefferson, and Lincoln, Part I
This is the first part of a talk (here revised) given to a group of Telos editors and contributors at Cooper Union in New York. With the exception of Clyde Wilson and Sam Francis, the other speakers were Frankfurt School Marxists. This unlikely mix was stirred up by my good friend the late Paul Piccone.
Don’t Worry, Trump Still Is Pro-Life
Some pro-lifers are in a pother about President Trump supposedly abandoning the pro-life cause. I’ve been a pro-lifer my whole life. Fought the battles in the trenches since 1972, when in Michigan we defeated a pro-abortion Measure on the ballot when I was 17.
Poems Submitted to Poetry Contest
These are the poems submitted to the poetry contest. I am soliciting the votes of all readers not related to the contestants. The only contestants eligible for the prizes are those who were in attendance, but I also welcome comments on the contributions of Travis Berg and Asa Plinch
Wednesday’s Child: How Not to Live
In the wake of recent events in the Middle East, George Gilder, some of whose thoughts all those years ago I thought original enough to publish in the magazine I was editing, has just updated his book The Israel Test. I had not read the book when it was first published, in 2009, and now I thought I’d catch up with the intellectual evolution of the acclaimed author of Wealth and Poverty.
