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July 2025

July 08, 2025

The Legacy and Repudiation of Natural Rights

The Declaration of Independence, which we celebrated on the 4th of July, did more than...

January 2025

January 10, 2025

Is Liberalism Coming to Its Senses?

I am astonished at the relatively mild reactions among progressives to Donald Trump's re-election and...

August 2023

August 29, 2023

Oliver Anthony’s Critics from the Left, the Right, and the Religious

"Rich Men North of Richmond" by Oliver Anthony is a cry of the heart from...

March 2023

March 21, 2023

Truth in Labeling

A writer observes that since "liberal" denotes freedom, tolerance, and individualism--values not typically honored today...

January 2023

January 25, 2023

The Difference Between Liberals and Progressives

There is a big difference between old-style liberals and today's woke progressives. A survey of...

November 2022

November 09, 2022

Muslims vs. Their Woke Allies

The Left considers Muslims to be an oppressed group and so supports them in the...

November 08, 2022

Thoughts on Today’s Election

The stakes are especially high for both sides in today's election. Thoughts on democracy, the...

August 2022

August 31, 2022

Eliminating the Constitution

Progressives are attacking Trump supporters for trying to overthrow the government. But some progressives really...

August 26, 2022

DISCUSS: Is Democracy in the USA Being Threatened?

This weekend's discussion topic: Is democracy in the USA really being threatened today? If so,...

August 23, 2022

Prayer as a Scary Weapon

The Atlantic Magazine has published an article expressing alarm at the rosary, the beads Catholics...

August 03, 2022

Insiders vs. Outsiders

Conservatives used to be the insiders, the staid guardians of our institutions and the moral...

June 2022

June 30, 2022

All or Nothing? Or Some?

Progressives are reportedly battling each other over tactics, with some activists insisting that the only...

June 24, 2022

Discuss: Have We Become Infantilized?

Wanting a government that treats us like a child, keeping dangerous things out of our...

June 13, 2022

Temptation of the “High IQ Stupid”: Preferring Theory to Reality

Peggy Noonan coins the term "high IQ stupid" for the syndrome of highly-educated people who...

May 2022

May 05, 2022

The Fear Index

Americans are not just unhappy or angry or polarized. Americans are afraid. More than we...

February 2022

February 21, 2022

Workers of the World Are Uniting

The "Freedom Convoy" of Canadian truck drivers is a classic job action, a protest of...

December 2021

December 06, 2021

Do “Rights” Limit or Empower the Government?

Do "rights" protect liberty, or do they create entitlements? Do they limit what the government...

November 2021

November 17, 2021

Overcoming Polarization

Polarization and conflict in a society are not necessarily bad, but they can be. Unity...

November 08, 2021

Progressives Are Not as Popular as They Think

Last Tuesday's election was a "red wave" that swept over much of the nation, with...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

“The Free Exercise of Religion”

The Constitution forbids the government from prohibiting the "free exercise of religion." That refers to...

July 2021

July 29, 2021

“Liberal Authoritarianism”

Conservatives have long been accused of having "authoritarian" tendencies, while liberals promoted freedom. But today...

March 2021

March 18, 2021

The Differences between Progressives and Conservatives

Progressives look at problems in terms of systems and equality, whereas Conservatives stress personal responsibility...

March 11, 2021

Where the Left and the Right Agree

In our time of political and cultural polarization, we should reflect on some current and...

December 2020

December 08, 2020

Purity Tests

Many secularists are reverting to an insistence on purity, for themselves and others. Not moral...

November 2020

November 09, 2020

Biden Wins Presidency; Republicans Win Everything Else?

Pending recounts, run-offs, late ballots, law suits, and Supreme Court reviews, it looks pretty certain...

July 2020

July 17, 2020

Progressives Canceling Each Other

Now liberals and progressives are also being canceled--censored, derided, fired--by their fellow liberals and progressives....

July 02, 2020

China’s Cultural Revolution and Our Own

A survivor of Chinese Communism notes similarities between the cultural revolution promoted by America's progressives...

July 01, 2020

Overturning Taboos & Replacing Them with New Ones

Traditional taboos are being cast down, but they are being replaced by new ones. A...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

A Second American Revolution?

The Canadian social scientist Eric Kaufman discusses the prospect of a "Second American Revolution," as...

June 29, 2020

Should We Change America’s Name? What Else Should Go?

When members of a culture turn against that culture--repudiating its symbols, values, and heritage--the culture...