In 1986, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, wrote The Cycles of American History, which included a chapter on the cycle of American politics. Schlesinger viewed America’s political cycles as alterations “between public purpose” (which as a liberal, he favored) and “private…
You can draw a straight line from October 7, 2023 to November 5, 2024. That one event, the worst mass murder of Jews since the Nazi era, exposed every single cause progressive Democrats had preached about — from #MeToo to…
Sixty years ago, James Burnham’s book Suicide of the West was published to much acclaim from conservatives and much criticism by liberals. It was Burnham’s last book (other than a collection of his National Review columns titled The War We…
The World That Wasn’t: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century By Ben Steil (Simon & Schuster, 704 pages, $40) When you arrive at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum on the grounds of the Roosevelt…
SACRAMENTO — The best way to avoid a life of poverty is to develop work skills that are marketable. That seems pretty obvious. Although I’m financially dependent on the companies that pay me, my job security stems not from whatever…
Last month I had a feeling that something terrible had happened to one of my most beloved former girlfriends, Sherri Schultz. I looked for her on the internet and saw that she’d recently died. A couple of weeks before her…
Will the far-left target Hispanics next? If that sounds far-fetched, then you have not been paying attention to the far-left. Now targeting American Jews for supporting Israel’s right to self-defense and Israeli hostages’ right to freedom, how will far-left extremists…
A new poll is revealing that Catholic priests in the U.S. are trending more and more theologically conservative. Published last week by the Catholic University of America, the study examined differences between various generations of priests, the ongoing impact of…
