This is a chapter in my unfinished book, The Devil’s History of the United States I’ve often lamented the demise of public religious institutions, for that is an important part of the Foundation of the House. Moses Sands blamed much of…
Putting the #NeverTrump Syndrome on the Couch
On closer inspection, it appears that NeverTrumpism is more than just a vanity built on elitism and status protection. It’s not unlike that choice between comfort and gut-check with My Generation, when our best and brightest came to its crossroads (Vietnam) and the best went…
The Comprachicos (updated); The Gomarrah Syndrome
This will not be one of my typical long explanations as to why the Left does what it does. On April 19th, 1995 (Hitler’s birthday) 27 year-old Timothy McVeigh blew up the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. 168 died.…
The Missing “Buckley-Factor” in Publius Decius Mus’ Historic Essay
If you haven’t heard, a fellow (I assume) named Publius Decius Mus penned an anonymous, 10-page essay at the Claremont College website, entitled the “Flight 93 Election“ It’s a near-masterpiece, even historic. While I have argued virtually every point raised…
It Seems Black Voters are Hiding From Fox News Pollsters In the Same Places White Voters Are
In plain sight As Donald Trump gave a rousing speech to black churchgoers in Detroit, where blacks are known to sit on their hands if they don’t like a candidate, a timed Fox News Poll reported only 1% of polled…