National Review- Quillette
- Nuclear Power Is Already Great November 20, 2024When “nuclear-loving greens” demand innovation, they imply something is wrong with current reactors, and slow down climate policy. This needs to stop.Marco Visscher
- The Church at a Crossroads November 20, 2024Whoever becomes the next Archbishop of Canterbury will face the arduous task of uniting the now-radicalised wings of the Church of England.John Lloyd
- Podcast #260: Making Britain Great Again November 20, 2024Iona Italia talks to Sam Bowman about how to combat the economic stagnation and excess bureaucracy that are currently preventing the UK from reaching its full potential.Quillette
- Nuclear Power Is Already Great November 20, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- People of Conscience November 20, 2024Now as in Soviet days, individual Russians are among the bravest and noblest people in the world.
- A Thousand Days November 20, 2024Notes on Russia’s attempt to conquer Ukraine, and the response of the West.
- The Mets, the Met, Etc. November 15, 2024On a podcast with Ron Blum, Associated Press writer on baseball and opera.
- People of Conscience November 20, 2024
Monthly Archives: December 2019
The Moderate Mr. Biden
A lot of Democratic Party primary voters are desperately looking for a “moderate” who can beat Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in the contest for the nomination, and then go on to beat Donald Trump in the general election. The … Continue reading
The Ever Changing Story
She is at it again. Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House who famously said we have to pass this bill to see what’s in it, has issued a conditional “never mind” in the matter of the Trump impeachment. Consider … Continue reading
Progressive Failure
The current imbroglio over the impeachment of Donald J Trump, and the various investigations associated with it combine to present a text book example of why progressivism, better described as managerial socialism, is doomed to failure. Like all forms of … Continue reading
Climate Hysteria
The latest hysterical outbursts about climate change make two assertions: (1) that we have only 12 years before climate catastrophe is irreversible and that (2) as a result we are facing mass extinction. John Stossel recently attempted to moderate a … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Politics
Tagged alarmists, climate change, debate, environment, global warming, Heartland Institute, John Stossel, public policy
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Mistakes Were Made
The systematic mishandling of the FBI’s investigation into the charge that candidate Trump colluded with Russia in order to win the 2016 presidential election suggests more than administrative sloppiness combined with routine government incompetence. One need not be a Trump … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Collusion Inquiry, Comey, FISA, horowitz, inspector general, Investigation, report, Russia, testimony, Trump
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Landslide
Boris Johnson, who will inevitably be tagged as BoJo by the tabloids, won a huge victory in Thursday’s snap elections. When the dust settled the Tories wound up with a 78 seat majority in Parliament. Also, the Scottish Nationalist Party … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Boris Johnson, Britain, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, snap election, Socialism, Tory, UK
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Chilling Effects
CNN is reporting that “current and former FBI officials tell CNN they’re concerned that the harsh rhetoric coming from Trump and Barr has only worsened the bureau’s already tenuous standing with the President, leaving them wondering whether federal agents could … Continue reading
Seriously?
Rivals for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) and “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg (D. South Bend IN), have taken to firing at each other over the issue of transparency. Each is busy pretending that other has failed … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Buttigeig, campaign, Democrats, Mayor Pete, nomination, politics, Senator Warren
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Odds and Ends…12/10/2019
The most important near term test vote for U.S. Presidential politics is not the pending pre-ordained impeachment of Mr. Trump by the Democratic House, soon to be followed by acquittal by the Republican Senate. Nor is it the fast approaching … Continue reading
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Tagged Attorney General, climate change, Exxon Mobile, Martin Act, Trump, verdict
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Art and Culture
Politics is downstream from culture in that politics is shaped by culture. Famous writers like George Orwell (1984), Arthur Koestler (Darkness at Noon) and Mario Vargas Llosa (The War of the End of the World) have ruminated on this and … Continue reading