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Amy Coney Barrett and Our Topsy-Turvy Culture 0
- Culture
- October 2, 2020
In 2017, the media reported that Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus was closing after a run of 146 years. I beg to disagree. The circus moved its three rings, lion tamers, and clowns to Capitol Hill, and the latest act is about to begin. In his essay “Democrats Take Aim At Amy Coney Barrett,”
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Joe Biden’s Rejection of the Green New Deal Is a Small Win for Humility 0
- Economics
- October 2, 2020
The first presidential debate of 2020 is done and dusted. Thank God. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden squared off Tuesday night in a raucous affair most Americans would probably just as soon forget. The debate, though at times entertaining, was thin on policy but heavy on invective, cliches, and interruptions. An
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How Three Prior Pandemics Triggered Massive Societal Shifts 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2020
Before March of this year, few probably thought disease could be a significant driver of human history. Not so anymore. People are beginning to understand that the little changes COVID-19 has already ushered in or accelerated – telemedicine, remote work, social distancing, the death of the handshake, online shopping, the virtual disappearance of cash and
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Doctor WHO and Big Brother 0
- International
- October 1, 2020
Six months ago, on St. Patrick’s Day to be precise, The Imaginative Conservative published my essay, “Globalism Goes Viral.” In the concluding paragraph of that essay I predicted that the advocates of globalism would demand even more global control over our lives as a direct consequence of the global problems caused by globalism itself: As
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Four Questions James Comey Actually Answered in Senate Hearing 0
- Politics
- October 1, 2020
Former FBI Director James Comey took questions from a Senate committee for almost four hours Wednesday, but had the same answers for many of them. Comey, who President Donald Trump fired in May 2017, fielded questions remotely by video link primarily about the FBI’s Russia-Trump investigation, code-named “Crossfire Hurricane,” before the Justice Department named a
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People and… Other People, Please Fasten Your Seatbelts 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2020
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard Japan Airlines Flight 062 bound for Los Angeles…” Those first three words will no longer be uttered, for Japan Airlines just announced it would retire this gendered language when communicating in English. “We aspire to be a company where we can create a positive atmosphere and treat everyone, including our
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