In case you missed it — and I do hope you didn’t, because it was one of those magnificent moments where one of our mainstream media organs reveals just how clueless they are about serious subjects — CNN revealed it knew far less than it should about 1) America’s military or 2) prayer. I rather […]

Alasdair MacIntyre was a philosopher of his time and, on the occasion of his death last week at the age of 96, a thinker for our times. His writings came to prominence in an era in which the tenets of the Enlightenment, and their realisation in modernity, were coming under fierce attack. His belief that […]

“We’re in second amendment territory.” Sounds like something a gun-toting conservative would say, doesn’t it? The same person later explained: “The second amendment refers to the right of the people to rise up and defend democracy.” Well, if you think these quotes came from MAGA country, you’re dead wrong. It was famous climate scientist Michael […]

The lessons of Chinese ‘kill switches’ and Spain’s blackout. Recent revelations that Chinese-manufactured electricity inverters in US solar fields contain radio-controlled “kill switches” that could be used to sabotage the nation’s electrical power grid have raised eyebrows about energy security. The aging US grid system has not been upgraded to keep pace with the increased […]

REVIEW: ‘13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven’t Read)’ by Christopher J. Scalia “When conservatives discuss novels,” Christopher Scalia complains in his entertaining and useful 13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven’t Read), “we tend to mention the same handful of works. We cherish a reliable and sturdy stock that hasn’t been replenished […]