I believe that most Americans (even now) are not evil; but I believe most of them are weak, in the sense of this quote. The reasonable people in the middle just hope it can’t be as bad as it seems. … Continue reading →

What’s wrong with President Trump? He has endorsed Lindsey Graham’s sister to replace him in the U.S. Senate. The woman stands for “affordability and health care.” She could just as easily be a Democrat. We have no clue what she’d … Continue reading →

Based on this poll, Democrat voters are getting the socialist candidates they want and deserve. The reason that civilization is in trouble? The rest of us are, increasingly, getting the socialist candidates Democrats want and deserve. Under our Constitution, socialism … Continue reading →

Thanks to President Trump, “the truth is coming out,” says Eric Trump. I love the sentiment and I will forever appreciate the bravery of the Trump family. But I have known too many leftists and I have come to understand … Continue reading →

Marco Rubio understands what Ayn Rand did–that Leftism is based on hatred of the good for being the good: [Leftist violence] is a revolt of the worst against the best, a revolt of the weak and the cowardly against the … Continue reading →

Here’s what “democratic socialism” for America means, in practice. “We get a majority to vote for ending the presidency, ending the courts, ending the U.S. Senate. Everything will be voted on in Congress by a House of Representatives. Of course, … Continue reading →

Socialism in America will be a much bigger letdown than anywhere else socialism was tried. The expectations in America are so much higher. People now clamoring for a government-run economy think we can have all the wealth to redistribute by … Continue reading →

We’re told that socialism is morally justified — so long as it’s “democratic.” This means that anything a socialist government does is justified — so long as a majority voted for it. Presumably, a majority would never vote for anything … Continue reading →

“Communism has no benign form. It is neither a sophomoric fetish nor merely illiterate therapeutic spittle from countercultural freaks. Shock-of-the-new, political-science, rage-of-consciousness communist manifestos show willful ignorance of its history or, more likely, a deliberate embrace of its horrors. Modeling … Continue reading →

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., claims to have been detained by Israeli settlers armed with U.S.-made firearms while visiting the West Bank. Khanna and his team were surrounded by a group of West Bank settlers near the Palestinian village of Khirbet … Continue reading →

I adore the Little House on the Prairie books. The TV series from the 1970s didn’t have much to do with the books, despite some of its charms. I was heartened, at first, when the new Netflix series was announced. … Continue reading →

I can’t stand to watch coverage of the Charlie Kirk killer’s trial. He looks smug and complacent, not just because he’s a sociopath, but because he knows he has the academics, the corporate elites, the political-media class, the entertainment Establishment, … Continue reading →