“Ultimately, in order to thwart the managerial system, the American conservative movement needs to co-opt the managerial system.”
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James Burnham: Foreseeing Our Managerial Domination (Part II)
James Burnham: Foreseeing Our Managerial Domination
“This depoliticization of the public realm extends to the selection of the managerial class itself. Elections matter not at all. The managers perpetuate themselves…”
Elena Thérèse-Rose: Making Catholicism Shareable (Especially on the Web)
“Secondly, I’d say good advice is to gain familiarity with the saints and to perhaps gain some friends among the saints because often they are the best examples.”
Is the National Debt Finally Going to Be a Problem?
“As President Joe Biden unveils his own ambitious spending plans, it is worth asking if the national debt is finally going to have its moment.”
The Politicization of “Zack Snyder’s Justice League”
“Fixated and obsessed with Superman’s ‘whiteness,’ Phillips cannot appreciate a movie for what it is, content instead to completely misinterpret it in order to make her misguided social beliefs more palatable.”
Is Jordan Peterson Doomed by Liberalism Itself?
“The publication of Peterson’s latest book, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life is an opportunity to reflect on the impact this man has had on the cultural debate…”
Robby Soave and What a Libertarian Is to Do
“Soave’s new book, Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Facebook and the Future, will be published on September 28th…”
It’s Time for the Draft, with a Twist
“‘They say the great equalizer is death, but bootcamp is a close second.'”
Germany’s Been Down the Road to Serfdom; Now, China Is Doing the Same
“Like 20th century Germany, the PRC’s embrace of socialism, nationalism, and the worst elements of collectivism have resulted in unspeakable horrors.”
Conservatives Are Getting Lost in “Ideas”
“Shapiro’s most recent book How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps presents the United States’ problems, which he sees as near-fatal if left unaddressed, as rooted in the world of ideas and political philosophy.”
The Capitol and Democracy Both Qualify as “Sacred”
“The immediate danger of the Capitol attack has ended. However, the work of repairing the tear in the fabric of our nation has only just begun, a task we neglect at our peril.”
David French Talks “Divided We Fall”
“Well, the first paragraph basically says it all. It begins with ‘The continued unity of the United States of America cannot be guaranteed.'”
The Necessity of Acceptance
“What place does acceptance have in this wasteland of a year? My view, informed and influenced by living with a severe inherited disability, a fragile skin condition is that it has a central, vital place.”
Lefties Have More Fun
“Left movements exude the zest of adolescence, which is why they can generate so much thrill and camaraderie and—when they occasionally succeed—such deflated confusion and hollowness.”
The Inhumanity of Disease
“Worst of all, it isolates us.”
