For years when people have asked me which woman I honor, I am likely to say Margaret Thatcher. You can imagine the varied responses I get, depending of the politics of the person who asks the question. There are not many people one does not know whose deaths inspire grief; for . . . . Continue Reading »
So the very important posts below by Carl, Pete, and Kate are all about the harm unconstitutional or a-constitutional judicial activism does to our political life. On abortion: The BIAS of the MSM is finally justified by the Court’s decision that anti-abortion SPEECH is unconstitutional. The . . . . Continue Reading »
They’ve nominated us for a big prize. I appreciate both the nomination and telling the world about it (AND making it easy for others to do the same—a shameless hint to all our readers). You really do need to check out the brothers’ site, which includes not only a blog but . . . . Continue Reading »
Gay marriage, pro or con? That’s one of the basic political debates these days. And yet, the debate as it occurs 99% percent of the time is not about the actual issue before us. Over at NRO, a call by two former RNC operatives Liz Mair and Marco Nunez, for the Republican Party to abandon its . . . . Continue Reading »
Don’t miss this. It is the best essay I have read on the liberal dominance of higher education in a long time . Nothing fancy, just the situation. Yarbrough, a professor of political science at Bowdoin, and the author of excellent books on TR and TJ , responded to her school newspaper’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Reihan Salam just nails it in this post on immigration policy. Every Republican talking about immigration should read it. . . . . Continue Reading »
Yuval complains, quite rightly, that a modest slowing in the rate of increase of spending on Social Security could only produce a small bargain with the Republicans. It’s not a justification for significantly higher taxes. But “progressive” Democrats are outraged that there could . . . . Continue Reading »
At 5pm in the PATRICK LECTURE HALL, speaking on Tocqueville, Education, and Stuff. . . . . Continue Reading »
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