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  • Populists Are Right to Be Paranoid

    Populists Are Right to Be Paranoid0

    We are living in a political culture in which anyone identified with the now-vaguely-defined “right” can lose his fortune, reputation, and possibly his freedom. Meanwhile, the racist, vandalizing left can do what it wants with total impunity. A professor lecturing at the Yale School of Medicine dreamt aloud about “shooting white people,” and has not suffered

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  • Populist Rebellion: Then & Now

    Populist Rebellion: Then & Now1

    The motif of the era we are living through has emerged as one of rebellion against the establishment and the oligarchy that perpetuates it, Davos globalists and the deep state. It is evident everywhere — from Brexit to Trump to Italy to Brazil to the Yellow Vests. The larger question is whether some politically amorphous

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  • Populism Has Finally Beat Progressivism

    Populism Has Finally Beat Progressivism0

    With a Trump presidency at hand an inescapable historical irony deserves to be noted. If there was a time in our history—and there was—when progressivism bested populism, this is a moment when populism has returned the favor. To be sure, the populism of today is not exactly the same version of populism that the progressives

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  • Pope Francis Has Forgotten the Church’s Own Grand Libertarian Legacy

    Pope Francis Has Forgotten the Church’s Own Grand Libertarian Legacy0

    Well, it’s a pretty big deal when the Pope attacks libertarianism by name. It’s even more interesting when my Spanish-language publisher believes that the Pope, in an academic paper, was attacking language used by me in particular, by implication but without citation. In a choice passage, the Pope says that libertarianism “deceptively proposes a ‘beautiful

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  • Pope Affirms Freedom of Press While Myanmar Journalists Remain Jailed

    Pope Affirms Freedom of Press While Myanmar Journalists Remain Jailed0

    Freedom of the press is a crucial component to a virtuous, flourishing society, as Pope Francis affirmed on June 20 when he called for greater liberty for the press. The pope’s comments come six months into the detention of two Reuters reporters by the Myanmar government. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were investigating a

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  • Ponyboy Was NOT Gay (Not that there is Anything Wrong with that!)

    Ponyboy Was NOT Gay (Not that there is Anything Wrong with that!)0

    S.E. Hinton, author of several popular teen novels, made waves recently when she responded to a question on Twitter. A reader of The Outsiders asked Hinton if a romantic link existed between two characters, Johnny and Dallas.  @MrCadeWinston No. Where is the text backing this? — S. E. Hinton (@se4realhinton) October 17, 2016 “J-just asking,” the reader responded.

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