The “Genius of the People”
Our Founding Fathers in their deliberations often referred to “the genius of the people.” It was a concept long familiar in Western civilizational discussions of society and government. What did they mean?
Category: Feature
Fiona Hill Explains It All for You
I can’t remember the last time a Foreign Affairs article made a stir among the commentariat. But this week it was Fiona Hill’s “The Kremlin’s Strange Victory: How Putin Exploits American Dysfunction and Fuels American Decline.”
Resisting Evil, IV: The Duty to Defend
Christ’s equation of physical violence with internal anger raises questions that juries often have to face: What are the circumstances that might justify the use of lethal violence in self-defense? Specifically, when an argument leads to a violent altercation, does the one party bear any responsibility for the consequences if, though the other party struck the first blow, his own anger was a contributing factor?
Wednesday’s Child: A Reckless Fantasy
“Reckless fantasies of confrontation” was a favorite phrase of Soviet propaganda. Washington, went the argument, is a trigger-happy bully and all men of good will, meaning everybody on the Kremlin payroll, must unite in the face of such fantasies if holocaust is to be avoided.
All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Invade
One of the benefits of Joe Biden in the White House is he can’t give long speeches. I suggest watching all of his Sept. 21 address to the United Nations. It’s half an hour and features the usual hesitations and mispronunciations.
Jerks 0.C: Diversity
Diversity breeds moral confusion, which is aggravated by the high population density that encourages a comfortable sense of anonymity. Anyone who has lived 50 or 60 years in North America can understand what has happened
American Geniuses–Generals, Elected Officials, Cops, Judges
What kind of regime sends young women to die in its pointless and criminal wars?
The Man in the High Study, Part One (of two)
I had a flash of realization: None of this is real, none of this has actually happened. COVID lockdowns, Antifa and BLM riots, the Kardashians and the Met Gala, “woke’ academics and cities on fire, the Biden presidency are all part of a poorly written script for a cheap dystopian TV series, a knock-off of Philip K. Dick.
Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions, Part I
This is a slightly revised version of an essay on two American revolutions, emphasizing the political sanity of South Carolina and the South in general.
Bush Uses 9/11 Anniversary to Attack America
You’ve probably read and heard a lot already about the 20th anniversary of 9/11. I wasn’t going to add to that. Until I saw the remarks of America’s worst president, George W. Bush.
