While many members of the GOP still see themselves as conservative, the party’s tone and direction has severely drifted into the realm of populist nationalism as it has been willing to abandon core traditional tenets of conservative orthodoxy.
Anatomy of a Mass Killing | Seven Factors
Seven factors that compose the anatomy of a mass killing, including ideas to prevent and counteract the horrible plans and actions of mass killers and mass shooters.
Oh, You Want That Kind Of Peace
Nationalists want to play the “compromise” game, where everyone else does the compromising.
Avatars of Our Anxieties
Populism is often based on fear and propels demagogues who embody that fear into power.
Perfect Bedrock – Part 2 (Where Does Order Come From?)
Can the parameters of good order be deduced through reason alone? If not, to what source of authority can society turn to?
Tulsa, Trump, and Dog Whistles
Believing that the Trump campaign, in having a rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth, has crafted a convoluted dog whistle to signal their support for white supremacy is giving them way too much credit.
Big But Arguments
Far too many good points are silenced by those who can only see the abuses of their political opponents.
Bearing Arms and Natural Rights
The right to bear arms is unalienable because it is an extension of a right that existed before government was ever conceived.
Against Right-Wing Relativism
Nationalists are trying to craft relativist defenses of their philosophical inconsistencies while reserving the right to continue attacking inconsistent relativism on the left.