The Climate Cowards

Feature Article by , May 22, 2017

In the New York Times, David Leonhardt praises China and India for cutting carbon dioxide emissions, despite the fact that “Hundreds of millions of people in both China and India live in poverty, unable to afford basics—decent food, shelter, medical care, and education—that Westerners take for granted.” Pause here for a moment to reflect on […]

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The Constitution Is Foolproof, But It Isn’t Damned Fool Proof

Feature Article by , May 17, 2017

Let’s start at the beginning: our president is a fool. President Trump has been in office long enough to demonstrate a chronic lack of elementary prudence or any shred of self-discipline. He has a knack for constantly creating crises by his own recklessness. He does things like set off totally unnecessary tensions with South Korea […]

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Weimar America

Feature Article by , May 16, 2017

A bunch of “alt-right” neo-Nazis decided to stage a torchlit mini-Nuremberg rally in my town. Or maybe it was supposed to evoke a Ku Klux Klan rally instead of Nuremberg. It’s kind of hard to tell the difference. Ostensibly, they were protesting the proposed removal of statues of Civil War heroes Stonewall Jackson and Robert […]

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Harry Potter Politics

Feature Article by , May 11, 2017

Friends, I urge you to unite with me in opposing one of the greatest threats to the future of our republic: the massive overuse of Harry Potter references in political discussion. Stuff like this. We don’t need a special prosecutor. We need an Auror. @jk_rowling — Joss Whedon (@joss) May 9, 2017 In J.K. Rowling’s […]

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The Socialism In Your Head

Feature Article by , May 9, 2017

I was recently musing about the fact that so many bad political ideas, so many novel and ingenious expansions of government power, seem to originate with people who are on the political right and are supposed to be in favor of small government. Take the example of Charles Murray, who I used to hear cited […]

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The Problem with Perpetual Rage Mode

Feature Article by , May 8, 2017

The American left is finishing its sixth straight month of losing it. They have been pegged at “total freakout” for so long now that it is impossible to tell when anything they say is valid or wildly exaggerated. Take the headline you undoubtedly saw, or had forwarded to you on social media if you interact […]

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This Is Your Brain on Politics

Feature Article by , May 3, 2017

What happens to you when politics comes to define every aspect of your life? What happens when ticking off the right positions on political controversies of the day, supporting your side’s favored politicians, and vilifying politicians on the other side—when all of that becomes a substitute for wisdom and virtue? We saw two really great […]

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The Top Five Forms of Socialism Denial

Feature Article by , April 30, 2017

Last week, I argued that denial of the disastrous consequences of socialism is the left’s equivalent of Holocaust denial. In response, I have been treated to many excellent examples of exactly the kind of denial I was talking about. Heck, the New York Times even obliged by publishing an op-ed an Saturday that hails the […]

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Holocaust Denial for the Left

Feature Article by , April 21, 2017

British athlete James Cracknell was recently caught citing North Korea and Cuba as examples of how to “get a handle on obesity”—which both regimes have done by starving their people. .@jamescracknell says North Korea is one of only two countries in the world that has “a handle on obesity” pic.twitter.com/A71191QRCJ — Sky News (@SkyNews) April […]

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How Carl Sagan Ruined Science

Feature Article by , April 19, 2017

I am a Carl Sagan fan from way back. His 1980 TV miniseries “Cosmos” hit me at just the right age and inflamed a lifelong love of science. But we’ve had nearly forty years to assess the long-term impact and see how Sagan unwittingly contributed to a trend that has served to muddle public understanding […]

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