The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

The Permanent Problem of Liberalism

Every time I use the word liberalism — as it has been commonly used in the United States for decades, describing the belief system associated with the Democratic Party — some pedant will invariably show up in the comments to scold me with a lecture about “classical liberalism” as if I’m an ignorant schoolboy in […]

IQ Voodoo and Other Errors

One of the problems with American politics is how the two-party system tends to foster a Manichean duality on every issue. The Democrat “borg” (which includes media and academia) pushes whatever its policy agenda may be at any moment, and demonizes anyone who dissents. Meanwhile, those of us in the conservative opposition (Republicans, by default) […]

Friedrich Nietzsche vs. Robert E. Lee

One of the benefits of being a bad student is that, by the time I began to take the world of ideas seriously, I was already an adult, with a job, a wife, three kids and a mortgage. It was in the early 1990s, when I was on the staff of the Rome (Ga.) News-Tribune, […]

‘Crash Out Kylie’: How a Queer Feminist Became Famous (Not in a Good Way)

Because I don’t pay much attention to podcasts, I overlooked some delicious drama last year, when an Ivy League-educated “queer feminist” named Kylie Brewer went on the popular “Whatever” show, hosted by Brian Atlas. The show flew her out from Chicago to California for her spotlight appearance, where she was confronted by a well-known Christian […]

‘There Is No Truth … Only Power’

Before he died of AIDS, Michel Foucault was a French philosopher and also sodomized boys in Tunisia. These facts are not unrelated. Any argument must stand or fall on its own merits. As every educated person knows, attempting to refute an argument by attacking the personality of its proponent is a logical fallacy known as […]

An Unjustified Arrogance

The word “diplomat” is often a synonym for spy. The functions of diplomacy and espionage are so closely intertwined that if someone’s resumé includes a stint at the State Department, you are not wrong to suspect them of also being a CIA operative. Over the past decade, Americans have learned that our “intelligence community” does […]

Who Is Paying the ‘Racist Trolls’ Who Disagree With Alonso Gurmendi?

“Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg is a Fellow in Human Rights at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Sociology. His work focuses on the history of the international regulation of war and political violence, from a postcolonial perspective. Prior to joining LSE, Alonso worked at King’s College London, Oxford University, the University of […]

The Fake Priesthood of ‘Misinformation’

We shall explore the buffoonery of Jeff Hancock, of whom Professor Glenn Reynolds has said, “Honestly, that he calls himself a ‘misinformation expert’ proves that he is a charlatan already.” Before we get into the details of Hackock’s blunder, however, I first wish to point out that our beloved hero and role model, Ace of […]

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