F.H. Buckley
They’re about to hold an election in my native Canada, and I’m reminded of Roman Hruska, an otherwise unmemorable Republican Senator from Nebraska, and his defense of a less than qualified Supreme Court nominee in 1970. Even if Harold Carswell…
Some weeks back I wrote to express my support for Donald Trump. I haven’t changed my mind, except that now more than anything I’m anti-anti-Trump. I’m amused by the desperate efforts by people (especially those at another conservative site that…
There’s a story out there that, before dying, Beau Biden whispered to his father “Dad, you have to run for president to make sure Hillary doesn’t get it!” It’s terrible to see your son die, but for a shameless politician…
I confess that I am captivated by the rise of Donald Trump, and wonder just how much this reflects an admiration for him as opposed to a disgust at everyone else. I think the prospect of a Hillary vs. Jeb…
I have a most unpleasant appointment this afternoon with a hearing aid saleswoman who calls herself a “health care professional.” The lying jade told me, in what passed for a clinical test, that I didn’t understand half of what she…
The world ended last week, in the eyes of a lot of American conservatives. But then again, life seems always to go on. When Adam Smith was told of General Burgoyne’s defeat at Saratoga, someone told him that Britain was…
There are so many crimes and they’re so easy to commit, that every one of us is a potential felon. And that’s why a Supreme Court ruling last Monday is potentially the most important decision this year. The case involved…
Karlyn Bowman and the good people at AEI tell us that a majority of Americans now support the idea of gay marriage. Be that as it may, this has important implication for the gay marriage case now before the Supreme…
How amusing to see what the Clintons have been up to. We’ve all been there before, but what I especially like is the reaction from the Left. I recall what they said after Bill left the White House, amidst the…
I first heard Henry’s name at Harvard Law School, in Victor Brudney’s Corporate Finance class. Brudney was a demanding teacher in the (Paper Chase) Kingsfield mold, and as he incorporated ideas from the finance literature in his course he had…
