For Anti-Cruz GOP Strategists, 'Emotion Is Trumping Strategy'
Over in the National Journal, Josh Kraushaar offers an eye-opening anecdote about the thinking of unidentified “senior strategists” advising “establishment-minded” Republicans:Would they rather see Ted...
View ArticleConservative Terrorists
A psychology professor at UC-Merced claims that most terrorists in the United States are white, Christian conservatives:“Ninety percent [of U.S. terrorist attacks] are from these white Caucasian men,”...
View ArticleThe Importance of Being Fresh
One reason Ted Cruz has been so adept is that he’s been running a campaign in a conservative primary pretty much continuously since he announced for the Texas senate in January 2011. If you do this for...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Keeper of the Consensus
I noted last week how Cruz has bent in the direction of Rand Paul and Donald Trump as necessary over the last couple of years. There has obviously been political self-interest at work, but the effect...
View ArticleDeath of an Entrepreneur
Millions of words will be written about the death of David Bowie, the theatrical pop singer who died of cancer at the age of 69. He was famous for the various dramatis personae he adopted over the...
View ArticleAggressive Traditionalism
Cheryl Bernard of the Rand Institute has written an important piece for the National Interest on the mistakes which Western countries have made in how they identify and treat moderate Muslims....
View Article'She Kind of Feels Immune . . . She Lives in a Bubble.'
Here’s Bob Woodward, Watergate reporter, assessing Hillary Clinton’s “Turn into nonpaper with no identifying heading and send nonsecure” instruction to a staffer:Here is Hillary Clinton, somebody who...
View ArticleImmigration, Abortion, and Conservatism
I drew some parallels, the other day, between the way the rise of abortion as a political issue changed conservatism and the Republican party and the way I think the rise of immigration as an issue is...
View ArticleMore Candidates Should Come Out against Cronyism on the Campaign Trail
Here is a recurring frustration during election season: Candidates who seem attractive before the race begins suddenly sound squishier or change their positions once they hit the campaign trail.On the...
View ArticleThe New New Republic Is Dead, Long Live the New New New Republic!
The New New Republic is set to become the New New New Republic. Per the Wall Street Journal:The New Republic, the century-old magazine that was rocked a year ago by the mass exodus of its staff...
View ArticleSummer Internship
National Review is accepting applications for its summer internship. The intern will work in our New York office, receive a modest stipend, participate in every part of the editorial process, and have...
View ArticleStruggles
In Impromptus today, I make some points about reviews and reviewers. And I indulge in a response to a malicious (and dumb) review of my recent book, Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and...
View Article#IStandWithRebecca
If you couldn’t come to the Supreme Court today to stand with Rebecca Friedrichs, ChoiceMedia.tv has organized a Google hangout for 3:00 pm Eastern this afternoon. Go here for more details....
View ArticleNewsweek Misleads on America’s ‘Abortion Wars’
Late last month Newsweek ran a cover story on “America’s Abortion Wars.” Newsweek deserves some credit for highlighting the issue and for their great choice of a cover photo. Indeed, the graphic color...
View ArticleSix Scenarios
I go through upside and downside scenarios for Cruz, Trump, and Rubio on the home page. Here is what I think the scenarios are for Cruz:Ted Cruz Upside Scenario: A Commanding Position by February...
View ArticleMelting Pots and Critical Masses
Reihan has written an interesting print article about rethinking immigration policy, and how an updated “melting pot” approach might attract support for immigration restriction. His main point is that...
View ArticleUnderstanding Sean Penn
It’s what Bill Buckley might have called a “planted axiom” — the idea that those on the left are well-motivated. While it’s usually a good idea to give your opponents the benefit of the doubt as to...
View ArticleElves, Trolls, and the 'Indigo Child'— Sometimes, Progressives Replace...
My favorite piece of the day is by Naomi Schaefer Riley. Reviewing a new book — The Triumph of Faith, by Rodney Stark — Riley makes the point that not only is the demise of faith greatly exaggerated,...
View ArticleRoger That
Ten minutes with Roger Scruton is time well spent. Here’s my new podcast with the author of Fools, Frauds, and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left. Scruton
View ArticleIf Stupidity Were a Crime, Sean Penn Would Be the Fugitive
If there was any crime committed in the making of Sean Penn’s Rolling Stoneinterview with Mexican druglord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — and rest assured, federal authorities are inquiring — it’s the...
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