One of the great insights of Edmund Burke’s monumental treatise Reflections on the Revolution in France is his defense of the principle of inheritance in government. Burke argued against certain radical theorists who claimed that Britain’s limited monarchy meant that…
The Golden State once was known as a land of prosperity and opportunity. Its politics was mainstream. A majority of Californians voted for Ronald Reagan four times, twice for governor and twice for president. Alas, that California disappeared years ago….
America has grappled mightily with its attempt to understand how our self-styled elites see themselves. Trying to manage an official spending indiscretion, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham inadvertently has revealed it: they think they’re rock stars. During the pandemic,…
One big positive to put alongside the many negatives about COVID-19 is that millions of us should never have to commute again. It just isn’t necessary, and still won’t be when we’re free of the wretched virus. We can work…
Liberals used to be fond of Voltaire’s quote, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” But you don’t hear them quoting that line anymore. Free speech is only of…
Liberals cheered the news this week that a statue of Abraham Lincoln had been taken down in Boston. The statue depicted Lincoln holding his hand benevolently over a liberated slave. Though paternalistic themselves, liberals had no patience for the statue,…
Well, friends and relatives, another year is approaching its end, and so once again it’s time to bring you all up to date on what’s been going on with our little family here in Oakland. First, although I’m calling this…
Washington Before he was found dead in a New York jail cell in what a coroner described as a suicide, Jeffrey Epstein was a super-rich serial sex abuser with impeccable political connections and a ruthless streak. A year after his…
Here we go again. Recall the NAACP? That would be the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People? Once upon a time it was the premier civil rights organization of the day. And when the first black Supreme Court…
