A guest post, by Suzannah Rowntree (Warning: This review contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi). Since its release last month, the most recent Star Wars film has proven to be somewhat divisive. Personally, I loved The Last Jedi for the very same reason some conservatives hated it: the themes of progress and repentance. […]
Hey now, let’s go easy on Kuntzman’s AR-15 trauma
This story has made its rounds for amusement, but it should also be highlighted as an example of the fine acumen of liberal reporting. Seriously. Reporter Gersh Kuntzman of the New York Daily News went the extra mile for anti-gun propaganda (some liberal peers still doggedly call it “reporting”) this week by getting hands-on: he […]
American fascism: the dangers of a strong populist president
The figure usually considered most representative of the Progressive Era is Woodrow Wilson. His is considered the great watershed presidency which entrenched Leftism, Statism, and elitism in the federal government. While there is some truth to this, most people are unaware that Wilson did not originate this alone. He was actually first influenced into progressive […]
Why I don’t pledge allegiance to the American flag either
My article on the Confederate battle flag stimulated much discussion. Among the limited but strident opposition, with few exceptions, was exhibited much of the sentimentalism and illogical non-sequitur already refuted in the article. For the few exceptions, perhaps, if time and chance allow, I will offer my responses at some later date. I wish only […]
America’s first gay marriage, the welfare State, and the Republicans who made it all happen
I made the point in Restoring America, in both the chapters on Education and Welfare, that the welfare state in America grew out of secularized (apostatized) New England Puritanism. I had no idea exactly how deep that rabbit-hole goes. What I had not realized fully at the time is just how far this movement spread […]