American politics’ great irony is that Democrats hold populism in contempt. Definitionally, historically, and rhetorically, Democrats drape themselves in “the people.” Yet somehow, populism is now a pejorative for their party. The answer lies in the separation that populism implies and…
Amazing. With a clear display of exactly what’s wrong with the Washington Establishment “swamp”, over 200 people — in thoroughly and tellingly bipartisan fashion — have affixed their names to what they call “An Open Letter Opposing White House Retaliatory…
Over at that other Spectator, the one published in the U.K., one of their regular writers, Matthew Parris, recently published an article provocatively titled, “America is a moral idea or it is nothing.” Reflecting on a recent train trip across…
The United States is in the midst of a sociopolitical revolution that has propelled Donald Trump and his populist MAGA movement to power during the last decade, but their hold on power is tenuous as the globalist/administrative state “ruling class”…
Despite heavy government (that is, taxpayer) subsidies, sales of automobiles driven by batteries rather than gasoline haven’t taken off nearly so quickly as their advocates had hoped. Ostensibly, the benefit of driving electric cars is that they don’t emit CO2,…
The machinations of the global elites attending the World Economic Forum’s annual conference in Davos this week epitomize what economist Friedrich Hayek called The Fatal Conceit. The conceit arises from overconfidence in one’s ability to plan the economy and other people’s…
They didn’t like the way Donald Trump talked. They objected to his “character.” Trump’s tweets annoyed them. He lacked intellectual sophistication. Trump didn’t play by their Washington rules. He wasn’t “presidential” enough. Trump had the temerity to criticize their promotion…
Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States, died at the age of 100 last week. Today was his funeral. At this blessed D.C. event conducted at the National Cathedral, former presidents and vice presidents and their spouses congregated. As…
Most boys growing into men today — playing their phones instead of reading books — will have a harder time than we Culture War veterans in understanding the real world. Even their interminable superhero movies are basically video games. Consequently,…
