The Myth of American Conservatism
Rather few people have any idea about what conservatism is or was and how it evolved. I don’t blame anyone for not caring, because it is not worth the effort.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
David Brooks Explains Conservatism
One of the things the Left likes to do is put up fake conservatives to tell real conservatives what to think and. This also serves the purpose of telling the Left what supposedly really is going on among conservatives.
Self Defense–Some Conclusions
For several hundred years, ordinary people have been taught to regard such practical necessities as surviving and defending themselves as rights that derive from nature. Theories of natural rights are, alas, a poisoned chalice, since every assertion of right can be met with a counter-assertion
Wednesday’s Child: A Blind Spot
A diverting article in the New York Post, of all places, made me look back on nearly half a century of Western handwringing and eyerolling at the mention of the homeland I had lost long before I was born.
Jerks 01.C: Immoderation in All Things
The ancient pagan ideal was not Christian humility, which pagans found puzzling if not degrading, but the proper self-respect that encourages to do the right thing and not make fools of ourselves.
The Silents–The Final Installment
Everybody interested in movies has heard of Leni Riefenstahl. She made the famous, though now quite dull, film of the spectacular 1934 Nuremberg Nazi Party rally, Triumph des Willens (1935), and Olympia (1938), a far more durable record of the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Biden’s Democracy Shindig
The picture of President Biden presiding over his Summit for Democracy showed him sitting in front of a giant screen featuring 66 small pictures of the invitee heads of state.
Wednesday’s Child: A House of Sand
There’s a lot of dust in the house, visitors from abroad have on occasion admonished us, don’t we ever vacuum? Now, with the newborn child on hand, I fear the criticisms will sound yet more insistent and the excuses ever more feeble. Cleanliness is next to godliness, and by the way when are you planning to get the baby vaccinated?
