“As a result, liberal arts education has been dragged down into the world that it previously resisted, subjugating honest intellectual inquiry to cheap ideological attachments and the profanities of political activity.”
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Reflections of an Ivy League Guy Sleeping Outside for His First Trump Rally
“It is a lot harder to vilify a man for whom 10,000 people will make a pilgrimage for only the chance to see him. I can say—despite my complaints—that I am proud and honored to have been among them.”
John Horvat: Social Media, Jordan Peterson, and “Returning to Order”
“I’ve read Peterson’s Twelves Rules for Life, and it has some points that I agree with. But I don’t think he goes far enough.”
John Kenneth Galbraith’s Newest “Crisis of American Democracy”
“What should concern us now, however, is an emergent threat: the risk of a ‘tyranny of the minority,’ powered further by artificial intelligence (AI).”
When Criminal Justice Reform Goes Too Far
“While bettering the criminal justice system is always laudable, measures that benefit criminal gangs run afoul of every principle for which our government stands.”
I Didn’t Vote for Trump But Strongly Oppose His Impeachment
“However, now—after seeing how he has been treated by Democrats since he was elected—he will have my vote in 2020.”
Before the March for Life, a Word to the Wise
“If the legal pro-lifer really wants to reduce the number of abortions, he or she has no choice but to argue for why abortion is wrong, why a culture in which abortion is frowned upon is superior…”
Killing of Soleimani Presents Opportunities, Not Just Challenges
“…it can be argued that the challenges emanating from this sequence of events have the potential to be turned into golden opportunities to clip the Islamic regime’s wings in the Middle East and beyond.”
Enough Empathy: The Case for Punching Down
“…because heedless empathy for the worst among us is currently leading us on the downward-sloping path to mediocrity and beyond.”
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Why the World Should Thank Trump for Killing Soleimani
“In the event that one is not overly familiar with the past forty years of Iranian history, I will explain what I mean; Iran—over the past four decades—has perfected a playbook of deceit that is so effective that nearly anyone has the potential of falling for it.”
As a Father to Two Special Needs Children—Weighing-in on Greta
“What is particularly insidious here is that not only is the victim a child, but, on top of that, it is a special needs child.”
Reflecting on the Start of a New Decade (and the Wisdom of Augustine)
“I must admit that as for many others, the last ten years were neither a singular triumph nor an unmitigated disaster. There were joys and sadnesses, the melody of life soaring high and crashing low. No one finds heaven on earth.”
Harold Macmillan, Roger Scruton, and Putting the U.K. Election in Context
“As Matthew Goodwin has repeatedly written, it is easier for the Conservatives to move slightly left on economic issues than it is for Labour to move right on cultural issues.” Read more
The Best Argument For Jordan Peterson: My Friend, Fred
“But again, this aside, Jordan Peterson’s lessons of personal responsibility and taking charge of one’s life are actually helping people, which brings me to my friend, Fred.”
Why Everyone Is Talking about Josh Hawley
“Hawley talks again and again about the importance of community and criticizes those on both sides of the political aisle who pay fealty to an individualism that puts the self-creating individual at the summit of what constitutes the good.“