These conservative reformers are total frauds. They don’t really want to change policy. That’s why they would never support cutting taxes on working-class families partly by eliminating deductions for high-earners. It is also why none of them have come up . . . . Continue Reading »
Given the recent history of American conservatism, it comes as something of a shock to realize that conservatives expressed dismay at 20th century developments in military technology. In an essay on “To Whom is the Poet Responsible?” (in The Man of Letters in the Modern World: Selected . . . . Continue Reading »
This morning a young friend made a Facebook offering referring to people he knows caught up in the heroin epidemic. The article is actually about the benefits of the drug, naloxone , in preventing death from overdose. “They said it worked right away,” says Trish. “They said . . . . Continue Reading »
National Review has it about right on the Gang of Eight’s immigration proposal. The “amnesty “absurdly includes people who aren’t even residents of the US. The internal enforcement mechanisms are too slow and their implementation should precede amnesty in any case. The Gang . . . . Continue Reading »
The Republican opponents and the Republican supporters of the Gang of Eight immigration deal each have a flawed approach to citizenship and social cohesion. More tomorrow. . . . . Continue Reading »
Let’s get one thing out of the way. While I wish that more people in politics talked like Yuval Levin and Austin Frakt I have a high tolerance for harsh political rhetoric. I know that in politics, some people are going to say vicious, ugly things and sometimes even believe them. I also think . . . . Continue Reading »
In his Redeeming the Enlightenment: Christianity and the Liberal Virtues (Radical Traditions) , Bruce Ward examines the paradoxes of the peculiarly modern virtue of tolerance (113-7). If tolerance is understood as forbearance toward what is morally repugnant, it is not morally indifferent or . . . . Continue Reading »
If you haven’t been following the Stephen Hayes reporting at the Weekly Standard , then you might have missed something about the Benghazi story. I do not think he can have missed much. His coverage really really has been wonderful. Today you can access his “What About . . . . Continue Reading »
I share Carl’s frustration and outrage of course. It is at least as much the insult of the defenses offered by the IRS as the offenses themselves. So the new guidelines were needed to deal with a flood of applicants even though they were instituted before any spike in applications. So if they . . . . Continue Reading »
that Obama partisans at the IRS avoided fights with prominent and well-funded conservative groups but waged an extended campaign of harassment against conservative community organizers? . . . . Continue Reading »
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