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Category: The Right
Cancel Culture and the Tolerance of the Natural Aristocracy
Review: “Don’t Burn This Country” by Dave Rubin
“This book undoubtedly represents an evolution in Rubin’s thinking, and contrary to those who accuse him of changing to suit others, changing one’s mind on philosophical beliefs is not automatically a disqualification.”
The Term Woke Is Losing Its Punch
“It was a linguistic indication that revolutionary consciousness had made ‘the long march through the institutions.'”
The Pandemic and the Scientific Gnostics
“As Deneen says, Voegelin ‘argued that modern Gnosticism was an effort to ‘redivinize’ the political world—not now by bringing the gods in to the service of the city, but by making the city into a heaven on earth.'”
Neither Putin Nor Russia Are “Based”
“For a start, American conservatives are either unaware of or ignore that Russia has the highest abortion rate in the world and the third highest divorce rate.”
Children of Men: Are Birth Rates Declining Due to Anti-natalism or Economics?
“For the first time ever, more than half of women aged 30 in England and Wales are childless. This is not a normative condemnation but a descriptive statement.”
Ukraine: Reality Bites
“Now, we face a second reminder of reality. First plague, now war has come to Europe, the biggest since 1945.”
Right-Liberalism Won’t Cut It
“Given the potential for a more populist conservatism that appeals to those seeking to reweave America’s weakened bonds of social and economic mutual loyalty, the right-liberalism of Murray and others is exactly the opposite of what is needed and wanted.”
Pat McCrory: How to Get a Handle on the Crime Surge
“My wife and I used to go vacation in San Francisco. We don’t anymore…This is what’s headed toward the rest of the nation.”
Against David Brooksism
“The only thing Brooks’s ‘true conservatism’ is ‘responsible’ for, however, is progressivism’s thoroughgoing dominance of our culture. For Brooks, a ‘responsible’ conservatism must concede the moral legitimacy of every progressive ‘advance.'”
The Material Roots of Wokeness
“So, the fact that what is now called wokeness is a minority persuasion, believed by a small group of elite left-liberals and pursued through the instruments of the managerial state and corporate oligarchies, should not be surprising.”
Sean Spicer: The Steele Dossier and “Radical Nation”
“I got the call on January 10th [2017] from CNN and then BuzzFeed about them running with this hoax. I pointed out at the time that it was wrong. I could demonstrably prove it was wrong. And yet, they stuck by it…”
From Libertarianism to National Conservatism
“National Conservatism, one strand of a broader emergent post-Cold War fusionist conservative movement, has the potential for both capturing youthful energy and enthusiasm while grounding and directing it with prudence and realism.”
How the National Popular Vote Protects the Electoral College
“Importantly, this state-based reform preserves and protects the Electoral College by having state legislatures determine the manner and method by which presidential elections are run and administered.”
What Motivates Retail Cryptocurrency Investors?
“Contrary to the Bitcoin apostles I met at the conference all those years ago, contemporary owners of cryptocurrency seem to be more interested in its speculative properties than its potential as an alternate currency or stable store of value.”
