SACRAMENTO — If you find yourself at a libertarian gathering (not usually recommended) and are a mischievous sort who wants to start a squabble that might lead to fisticuffs, don’t raise the usual hot-button issues of, say, the wisdom of…
It seems that the British state is ratcheting up its censorship of unpopular opinions. In December, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was arrested in Birmingham after the police questioned her for silently praying within the “buffer zone” of an abortion clinic. Last week,…
Unless you have obsessively followed the midterm tracking polls in an effort to divine which party will control a majority in the U.S. Senate next year, you have probably never heard of the following people: Erik Gerhardt, Jeremy Kauffman, Chase…
With Roe v. Wade apparently teetering at the legal brink, the Libertarian Party (LP) has dropped its pro-abortion stance. Backers of the measure, members of the Mises Caucus, who seized control from the LP old guard, said they intended to eliminate a…
Christopher DeMuth, the respected public policy analyst, has emerged in recent months as the presiding figure of the national conservatism movement. He says that he has chosen to move on from fusionism, which has informed American conservatism for more than…
I was lucky enough to see the beginnings of modern American conservatism in New York after a visit to my university by the new movement’s prime mover William F. Buckley Jr. — and a bit later by becoming mesmerized by…
I thought it was the last straw. As someone who typically votes Libertarian but was considering voting for President Trump, when Trump retweeted an insane conspiracy theory that Osama bin Laden is alive and that the Obama administration had Seal…
It’s increasingly difficult to distinguish the views of the new “national conservatives” from those held by “democratic socialists” when it comes to government regulation of the economy and social media platforms. Both groups are upset at the outcomes that a…
Incredibles 2 is a blast. It’s more grown-up than its predecessor. Characters struggle with their own challenges, but all of our main characters emerge more lovable and their changes are fully positive. The plot is fun, the villain interesting, and…
