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Category Archives: Politics
The Thru-Line From National Review To Revilo Oliver To William Pierce
Robert S. Griffin writes in his biography of William Pierce: Revilo Oliver was one of the founding members of the John Birch Society and wrote a number of pieces for William Buckley’s magazine National Review in its early years. Oliver … Continue reading
Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences
On Oct. 23, 2013, Dennis Prager said to his guest, John Alford, associate professor of political science at Rice University, is one of three authors of this new book, Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences: “Isn’t that … Continue reading
James Kalb: Against Inclusiveness: How the Diversity Regime is Flattening America and the West and What to Do About It
Jim Kalb has a website at JimKalb.com. He writes regularly for Crisis magazine. His previous book came out in 2008: The Tyranny of Liberalism: Understanding and Overcoming Administered Freedom, Inquisitorial Tolerance, and Equality by Command. Here’s a transcript of parts … Continue reading
Why Are Jews Liberal?
Here are some highlights from a 2005 column by Dennis Prager: * …Jews (outside of Israel) are indeed overwhelmingly liberal and disproportionately left of liberal as well. * Most Jews are frightened by anything that connotes right-wing—such as the words … Continue reading
She Can’t Date A Liberal
Chaim Amalek writes: “Carrie Sheffield can get away with this exclusionary stance with minimal collateral damage to her social life (for now) because she is 1.young; 2. pretty; 3. white; and 4. female. Deviate from any of these four traits, … Continue reading
White Resentment Drives The Republican Party
I believe it was John Derbyshire who said that tens of millions of Americans don’t like black people much and that these people overwhelmingly vote Republican. The big social trend in an increasingly diverse America is to find people with … Continue reading
91 Persecutions Over Political Correctness
From Handle’s Haus: It is a list of prominent (mostly) leftist/progressive intimidation incidents, or profiles in preemptive cowardice in anticipation thereof, or firings because of ludicrous and exaggerated PC claims of ‘offensiveness’ (usually concerning mere jokes) that I wish had … Continue reading
Mary Cheney – A Spoiled Brat
In light of the Facebook war Mary Cheney has launched on her sister, I wanted to post this from the New York Post: DICK Cheney‘s daughter, Mary, acted like a diva with the Secret Service, a new book claims. According … Continue reading
The Crisis In Washington
A friend in Australia asked me about the financial and political crisis in Washington. I replied: I’m not sure it is a crisis in Washington. I think that’s media hype. We’ve had 17 government shutdowns (actually, 82% of federal employees … Continue reading
Political Ideas Come From The North-East Corridor
On his show Mar. 8, 2013, Dennis Prager said: “The Republican leadership lives in as much as a hermetically sealed bubble as the Democratic leadership. This is a catastrophe for the country. We have two parties — the damaging and … Continue reading