The President’s foreign policy, or lack thereof, amounts to little more than instinctual appeasement and retreatism. By refusing to keep faith with our allies, he is quite literally surrendering America’s place in the world order.
The Value of Dissent
In the times that try men’s souls, sometimes the best thing we can do is stand athwart the zeitgeist and offer a principled dissent.
Shall We Play a Game?
Explaining the zero-sum game that American politics has devolved into using a little bit of ‘80s pop culture.
The Progress of Leviathan
Trumpism is simply the inevitable result of a century-long expansion of federal authority and the centralizing of power in the US Presidency.
Is Trump Running As Both Bush And Dukakis?
President Trump seems to think he can tout himself as a Law-and-Order President while disparaging Joe Biden’s Tough-On-Crime history.
The Crazy Uncle Election
These guys shouldn’t be put in charge of Thanksgiving Dinner, let alone the US government.
Case Studies in Reanimation
Burn-it-down populists think they’re creating a new story, but they’re only setting the stage for a repeat of lessons already learned over the course of history.
Link: Does the Constitution Hang by a Thread?
The US Constitution hangs by far fewer threads than it did even a few years ago. But of those threads, I will say this: there may be few, but they have the capacity to be strong.
Masks and Social-Distancing: What Would the Founders Say?
Yes, there’s the question of liberty. But, there is also the question of civic duty.
Both Sides Erase History
Neither predominant political faction is interested in an objective consideration of history.