EconomyCommentary
California’s ‘Billionaire Tax’ Is a Trojan Horse
California’s biggest union is once again up to no good. Dissatisfied with the piles of cash they’ve already stolen from California high-earning taxpayers, who are… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Left’s Silence on Iran Isn’t Hypocrisy. It’s Consistency.
There are no flotillas on the way to save Iran. No Soros-funded “democracy” groups pressuring Western governments to intervene on behalf of civilians who are… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Fact-Checking Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Favorite Chart
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., posted an Anti-Defamation League chart that purports to prove that right-wingers perpetrate the majority… Read More
Latest Woke Triumph: Feminist Spelling for Third Graders
The team behind the Scripps National Spelling Bee whacked a hornet’s nest when it identified specific words for potential competitors to ponder. Its list of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
To Have a Serious Talk About Immigration, You’ve Got to First Debunk the Myths: The BorderLine
Conservatives know that when the American Left wants us to “have a conversation” about an issue, it means they get to talk incessantly until we… Read More
EducationCommentary
Penn Law’s Persecution of Professor Amy Wax Is Textbook Leftist Intolerance
Higher education has been a cesspool of anti-Americanism, censorious leftism, and cultural radicalism for longer than I have been alive. The moral rot is, and… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Next George Soros’ Recruiting Republican Lobbyists for Influence
A company run by a liberal billionaire dubbed by some as the “next George Soros” employs former senior Republican staffers on Capitol Hill in what a… Read More
Education Commentary
How to Survive a Leftist University as a Conservative Woman
Surviving college at a big leftist university as a conservative woman is no task for the faint of heart. Even years ago at the University… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Native Land Whiners Should Match Words With Deeds
Over the last several years, an odd ritual known as a “land acknowledgment” has become the fashionable way to begin academic, arts, and other elite… Read More
Response to Matt Yglesias: Heritage Tax Chart Isn’t Misleading
Matt Yglesias, now with Vox, finds this chart of ours misleading: He admits that the data is correct and that what it shows—that the federal… Read More
Direct Democracy: A Progressive Legacy
Elections matter, but, because of Progressive reforms, less than they should. As we enter the second century of Progressivism, it’s easy to point to the… Read More
News
The Challenge for Today’s Conservatives
It’s no coincidence that most conservatives would agree that taxes are too high and that Obamacare should be repealed. Or that most progressives would argue… Read More
Health CareNews
Repealing Obamacare Would Be Easier Than Repealing Prohibition
During the occasional periods when the President isn’t altering Obamacare—unconstitutionally through executive orders—progressives like to insist that the law is “settled” and “here to stay.”… Read More
Look to Hoover to Defeat Progressivism
With Obamacare, Dodd–Frank, and other progressive policies, it is clear that liberals have gone too far. Nearly 80 years ago, liberalism was undoubtedly more popular,… Read More
David Horowitz Explains How Progressives Lost in the 1960s, Yet Still Found a Way to Transform America
What can a former high-level progressive and founder of the New Left expose about American politics today? According to David Horowitz, a lot. In his… Read More
Horowitz at Heritage: Former Leftist to Discuss His Ideological Transition
Today, the American left is the dominate force in academia and media. There’s a progressive in the White House and others in positions to shape… Read More
Alcohol: Let’s Drink to Government Reform
In most states, alcohol is regulated but available to adults. Picking up a six pack of beer at the grocery store to share with friends… Read More
Does Your Religion Define How You Think About Economics?
The authors of a new Brookings Institution survey believe the American Dream is dead—or at least in trouble. And who’s to blame? Religious conservatives. Progressives,… Read More
Congressional Recess: The Battle of Ideas
All the political action this month will take place outside Washington, D.C. And that’s as it should be. In a healthy republic, lawmakers hear from… Read More
Was Abraham Lincoln Conservative? Rich Lowry Thinks So (VIDEO)
The liberal media and President Obama tout Abraham Lincoln as an icon for their progressive agenda, but Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, believes otherwise. Lowry… Read More
News
The Good Ol’ Progressive Contempt for the Founding
Any conservative who takes his bearings from America’s founding principles can’t help but miss the candor with which the early Progressives dismissed our founding documents… Read More
Herbert Croly: Bad Prose, Even Worse Ideas
Writers of the world, rejoice: It turns out we don’t have to write well to write powerfully. Consider Herbert Croly. Few Americans in 2013 are… Read More
Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism
Barack Obama calls himself a “progressive” or “liberal,” and we should take him at his word. He had the distinction of being the most liberal… Read More
President Obama’s New Model: Teddy Roosevelt’s New Nationalism Speech
Yesterday, Barack Obama became the second President to use a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, as an opportunity to take on the mantle of a previous… Read More
John Dewey and the Progressive Redefinition of Freedom
Today is John Dewey’s birthday, and though it’s been almost 60 years since this major Progressive figure passed away, thoughtful conservatives should acquaint themselves with… Read More
Making It Easy to Remember America’s First Principles
Knowing America’s history well is one of the first steps to becoming a well-rounded and knowledgeable conservative. It’s not always easy to remember the many… Read More
Top 10 Reads: July 6, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. What would the founders do about… Read More
Chicago-Style Politics on Twitter: How the White House Uses Social Media
President Obama takes questions later today at the first-ever Twitter town hall. This high-profile event is yet another example of the White House’s embrace of… Read More
California’s Plight Confirms the Founders’ Fears
California is teetering on the edge of economic and social collapse. According to an Economist special report, this is largely the result of decisions to… Read More
