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  • Vaccine Patriotism vs. Vaccine Globalism

    Vaccine Patriotism vs. Vaccine Globalism0

    When the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines first proved their efficacy, preventing nearly 95 percent of coronavirus infections in those who got the shots in test trials, a vexing issue immediately arose. Who should get priority in receiving these life-saving shots? Generally speaking, the answer, while differing slightly from state to state, was that those most

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  • Silencing the Dead

    Silencing the Dead0

    Tears sprang to my eyes in the fall of 2014 when I read of the short life and impending death of Lauren Hill. You may remember the story, too, though much in our culture works against the retention of stories like Lauren’s for more than a few news cycles. This ill-fated young woman was set

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  • How Racism Became the Worst Possible Sin

    How Racism Became the Worst Possible Sin0

    Given cancel culture’s daily attacks on anyone and everyone who exhibits the slightest deviation from anti-racist norms, one suspects it was calumny that gave up the ghost and handed over the title of Worst Sin Ever. The new title holder is the fuzzily conceived concept that the slightest hint of discrimination, mockery, or even simple

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  • The Continuing French Revolution

    The Continuing French Revolution0

    The values of the French Revolution are those of every radical revolutionary movement that succeeded it, including the one currently dismantling the basic institutions of American society and culture. But there are few historians of the Revolution who can be trusted to avoid propagandizing for it as they write about it. Pierre Gaxotte’s splendidly literate account,

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  • Our Government is Oblivious to Invasion

    Our Government is Oblivious to Invasion0

    Recently while driving from town to my house, I was running through some radio stations when I landed on the Glenn Beck show. His guest was Lara Logan, a journalist and commentator unfamiliar to me, and I was sickened and horrified by what I heard. I wish I were exaggerating, but what that woman had

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  • NATO Unhinged

    NATO Unhinged0

    Lord Hastings Ismay, Winston Churchill’s trusted military advisor and NATO’s first secretary-general (1952-1957), famously quipped in the early days of his tenure that the purpose of the Alliance was to “keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.” In the early 1950s Ismay’s adage made sense. Stalin’s armored divisions, encamped in

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  • Looking Beyond Headlines to Outsmart the Propagandists

    Looking Beyond Headlines to Outsmart the Propagandists0

    The trial of officer Derek Chauvin came up in a conversation I had with a friend this weekend. “Yeah, I really haven’t been able to follow it much, but I did see a few headlines,” was the essence of my friend’s comments on the issue. He then noted that the little he had seen made

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  • COVID Numbers in Restriction-Free Texas Continue to Fall

    COVID Numbers in Restriction-Free Texas Continue to Fall0

    On March 2, former US Senator Al Franken mocked Texas for lifting all its remaining COVID-19 restrictions. “Gee, we here in Texas haven’t screwed up royally in a whole two weeks!” Franken tweeted. “I know! Let’s lift the mask mandate!” Gee, we here in Texas haven’t screwed up royally in a whole two weeks! I

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  • Keeping Liberty Alive in an Age of ‘Coronavistas’

    Keeping Liberty Alive in an Age of ‘Coronavistas’0

    A look around at our coronavirus-obsessed world leaves those of us still possessing common sense with one question: What on earth have we become? This question arises when viewing videos such as this one, where a pregnant, Catholic mother refusing to wear a mask is cited for trespassing during a Mass in Dallas, Texas. This young

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