Category Archives: Conservatives

Individualism Is Not A Right-Wing Value

I came to California from Australia in 1977 and I heard for years from the biggest names in conservatism such as William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagan and Dennis Prager that individualism was the right-wing value. It’s not. In the … Continue reading

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William F. Buckley Was The Kim Kardashian Of The Conservative Movement

WF Buckley wrote for Playboy. You can’t tell me he was serious about his religion when he wrote for a wank magazine. Playboy’s core use was for wanking. Everything else was commentary. Buckley was as serious about his Catholicism as … Continue reading

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Bill Buckley’s Limitations As A Writer Reflected Bill Buckley’s Limitations As A Thinker

Your writing is a mirror to your mind. A limited ability to write is usually an accurate reflection of a limited ability to think. Buckley’s limitations as a writer reflect his limitations as a man. Sam Tanenhaus argues that William … Continue reading

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Jonah Goldberg Yearns For Quality Criticism

I tell Grok: I find Jonah Goldberg hilarious in this interview. The author of Liberal Fascism yearns for high quality criticism and intellectual honesty when his own work is shallow. Grab the tastiest parts and build on my idea. See … Continue reading

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NYT: In Multilevel Marketing, Sleight of Hand Is Simply the Rule of Doing Business

The New York Times reports on this new book, Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America: Bridget Read’s “Little Bosses Everywhere” exposes the deceptions of direct-selling companies that make their profit not off customers but off their own … Continue reading

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