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Bruce Thornton, Our culture’s inability to talk meaningfully about the most consequential phenomenon in history. The reactions to the Florida school shooting have been so predictable that most commentary starts with some variation of “here we go again.” The usual “solutions” to the problem are trotted out, each with its varying degrees of weakness, and
Bill Murchison, According to a New Year’s Day New York Times story, business has become energized and optimistic: to the point of backing its hopes and ambitions with investment capital. Is all this about tax cuts? Not quite all, say Times writers Binyamin Appelbaum and Jim Tankersley. “In the administration and across the business community,
Ryan Bomberger, Christmas was a rescue mission. I know what it feels like to be rescued. The world says that, because of the circumstances of my conception, I should’ve been aborted. My birthmom’s courage enabled me to live, to be adopted, to flourish. Nine of my twelve siblings were also rescued, adopted and loved. I know
Jack Kerwick, Although the despisers of Western civilization and America insist upon calling it “Indigenous Peoples Day,” or something silly to this effect, most Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day is a golden opportunity for celebrants to accomplish a couple of things. First, we should bear in mind that in the absence of a lively
Ben Shapiro, This week, a discharged Air Force officer with a criminal record of domestic abuse, including cracking the skull of his infant stepson, stepped into a church in rural Texas and murdered 26 people, at least a dozen of them children. Americans broke out into their usual arguments over gun control and whether “thoughts
Michelle Malkin, “Shout ‘Allahu Akbar,’ because this strikes fear in the hearts of the non-believers.” Who knew hijacker Mohammed Atta’s parting words, discovered in his journal after the 9/11 attacks, would become a national punchline? The louder and more frequently jihadists around the globe shriek their signature battle cry, the more fervently multicultural apologists deny
Ken Blackwell, I’m shocked by the UN’s decision to censure Saudi Arabia for its actions in Yemen. It is indeed deplorable to see children die in combat anywhere, but it is particularly hard to witness the daily murder of innocent children who, through no fault of their own, are in the wrong place at the
Rebecca Hagelin, If ever there was an officer and a gentleman, it is retired Marine Gen. John Kelly. Last week, the White House chief of staff directly addressed the offensive politicization of President Trump’s personal phone call to the grieving widow of a courageous Green Beret who gave his life in a distant land. While
Jesús Huerta de Soto | Mises.org Anarcho-capitalism the next step for human advancement? In this first decade of the 21st century, liberal thought, in both its theoretical and political aspects, has reached a historic crossroads. Although the fall of the Berlin Wall and of real socialism beginning in 1989 appeared to herald “the end of
Bruce Thornton, The New York Times’ continuing romance with an evil ideology cries out for an answer. To mark the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution The New York Times has been running a series called “Red Century.” In the spirit of its Pulitzer-Prize winning Moscow correspondent and uber fellow-traveler in the thirties, Walter Duranty, the
Michelle Malkin, The real criminals are the politicians protecting the Mexican human trafficking industry. Florida truck driver James Matthew Bradley isn’t the mastermind of the human smuggling ring that led to the grisly deaths of 10 illegal immigrants in his rig, which authorities found at a San Antonio Walmart over the weekend. He’s just a
Laura Hollis, Two well-known columnists — Ben Shapiro and Walter Williams — criticize the left’s love affair with Islam this week. In his column, Shapiro says that the left aligns with Islam because both want to destroy western civilization. Williams defends the west’s values against those on the left who claim all cultures are equally