Politics

Why Name-Calling Is a Sign of a Poor Argument 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Politics
- March 16, 2026
“Racist!” “Misogynist!” “NAZI!!!” You may be a member of the Amish community if you haven’t heard someone hurl one of these insults at another individual. Given our cultural climate, you yourself have likely been on the receiving end of such demeaning labels. I count myself in that latter club. “Misogynist” is the label that I’ve
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Violent Speech on College Campuses Is Still Free Speech 0
- Culture, Education, Featured, Politics
- March 16, 2026
In 2024, the Israel-Palestine conflict incited protests, sit-ins, and marches across American college campuses. Although this debate is far from over, a new cause has taken precedence among young Americans: protesting deportations, arrests, and violence at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. Both issues bring the age-old question of free speech versus
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Notes of an American Pessimist 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Politics, Western Civilization
- March 13, 2026
The writer of Ecclesiastes had seen enough of the world. Wealth, wisdom, labor, pleasure – he’d tried them all and arrived at the same conclusion: Vanity. A breath. A chasing after wind. No one seems to talk about Ecclesiastes anymore. Not even in Christian circles. Scholars and early Jewish rabbis have argued for centuries over
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The Art of Not Having an Opinion 0
- Culture, Featured, Politics
- March 4, 2026
There’s a persistent pressure in the air – felt in every news headline, on every social media platform. A war breaks out. A celebrity says something provocative. A politician signs a bill. And almost immediately, we’re asked: What’s your opinion? We’ve conflated access to information with mandatory commentary. Because we can see everything in real
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Mainstream Media Committed Suicide – But Is Alt-Media on the Same Path?0
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Western Civilization
- February 19, 2026
Recently, The Washington Post laid off a third of its newsroom and staff. It’s a monumental act representing the twilight of legacy media, a symbol of the changing information landscape. The one-time gatekeepers of information and “correct opinions” have lost a great deal of credibility, and, with it, profit margins. Jeff Bezos reportedly lost $100
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Greenland and the Dangers of Security over Liberty 1
- Culture, Featured, International, Politics, Western Civilization
- February 16, 2026
Though talk of America taking over Greenland has died down recently, the bold foreign policy strategy has taken many of all political persuasions by surprise. It should. Western political thought has long resolved that freedom and national self-determination are political goods that far outweigh security, regardless of the potential for danger. Conservative political commentators often
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