By Thomas Sowell Aug. 22, 2024 4:04 pm ET Mr. Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He’s 94. One of the main anchors in modern Conservatism. You need to know this man. I’ve followed him since college, in the…
Category: Conservatism
L’etat C’est Moi, the Second Attempt of the Rise of a Genuine Royal Class in America
First Bill Clinton, then Obama and then another Clinton. A dynasty of royals, not a regular political dynasty, mind you, but genuinely royals-of-the-mind, is now in launch mode in American politics….all premised on that singular comment by Louis XIV in…
The Hanging of Jake Spoon, a Cautionary Tale
I first wrote this in 2010, as a warning to Democrats that they were running with outlaws, and that certain natural laws apply when they do that. Well, today, ten years later, the Democrats have all but acknowledged that they…
Of All the People Who Ever Asked People to Vote for Them…..
…Donald Trump was probably the only political player who never wanted, nor needed, additional money. This is why Donald Trump is a political enigma, and the entire political class is unable to even begin to fathom his true political purposes…any…
“It is French”
First Part “Schtick”— from the Yiddish: A comic theme or gimmick, first introduced on stage by Mark Twain The story goes that Mark Twain had invested heavily into the publishing of Ulysses S Grant’s autobiography, but which had been victimized…