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F.H. Buckley

F.H. Buckley teaches at Scalia Law School. His most recent book is Curiosity — And Its Twelve Rules for Life (Encounter).
by | May 17, 2016

The problem of income immobility has yet to penetrate the skulls of #NeverTrump. Remember when conservatives used to talk about “Peak Trump”? He won Massachusetts but he wasn’t going any further. He won New York, but he had peaked. And…

by | May 15, 2016

The Washington Post’s fact checker, Glenn Kessler, has spun a column out of the thinnest of threads: Is Trump correct in saying there’s no reason to disclose his taxes? Well, I’ve read the column and it all comes down to…

by | Apr 29, 2016

Pascal advises the NeverTrump crowd. You say you will not vote for either Trump or Clinton? “Yes; but you must wager. It is not optional. You are embarked. Which will you choose then? Let us see. Since you must choose,…

by | Apr 27, 2016

Pascal advises the NeverTrump crowd. You say you will not vote for either Trump or Clinton? “Yes; but you must wager. It is not optional. You are embarked. Which will you choose then? Let us see. Since you must choose,…

by | Apr 12, 2016

Spectator friends in the Chicago area are invited to a presentation I’m giving Thursday evening at the Heartland Institute, 3939 North Wilkie Road, Arlington Heights IL 60004, 312/377-4000. It’s a 5:30 to 8:30 pm event and if you can make…

by | Apr 8, 2016

I had an interesting chat a few days back with a friend of mine, a very plugged-in political reporter. Like a good reporter, he aspires to neutrality, but he can’t hide his distaste for Cruz and his appreciation for Trump….

by | Mar 26, 2016

I don’t now about you, but I’ve found the Republican race a bit of a disappointment until now. Sure, there was the enjoyment of mud-wrestling “debates,” the spectacle of Trump-derangement syndrome, but where was the sex scandal? And when we…

by | Mar 16, 2016

If you think that Hillary has a better than even chance of victory in November. All the usual suspects on the conservative side are advising the Republicans to hold fast and refuse to hold hearings on Garland’s nomination to the…

by | Mar 11, 2016

The Young Messiah opens today in theatres around the country, and I encourage everyone to see it. It’s a movie about the seven year-old Christ, and it encourages Christians to wonder what He was like as a child. The Gospels…

by | Feb 26, 2016

So who was the big winner last night? I’d say John Kasich. If I were him, I’d have been listening to all the calls to pull out, and this would have troubled me. But after last night’s performance by Cruz…

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