Intellectual leadership of what people are pleased to call the “conservative movement” is in disarray, with numerous champions vying for the crown or recommending that past champions—most often Edmund Burke or Alexis de Tocqueville—be resurrected. Almost all of those contesting for leadership agree that a return to founding principles is necessary, but disagree on the meaning of the founding.
A year ago, this past week, we lost one of the funniest, wisest, and keenest intellectuals of the conservative movement.
Joe Biden’s surprise visit to Ukrainian premier Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv earlier this week was an unmistakable sign of solidarity with Ukraine on the one-year anniversary of Russian kingpin Vladimir Putin’s reckless, unjust invasion. To the extent Biden’s aim was to send such a symbolic message to Moscow and its allies, he succeeded.
Ever since Axios reported that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) gave Fox News host Tucker Carlson unfettered access to surveillance video captured by Capitol security cameras on January 6, 2021, the corporate media has experienced a collective convulsion bordering on a nervous breakdown. Guardians of the fourth estate long ago abandoned their self-proclaimed role as watchdog over those in power in exchange for the role of lapdog.
In his exceptionally thought-provoking American Greatness article, “Artificial Intelligence and the Passion of Mortality,” Edward Ring explores the ramifications of deeming machines to be sentient and granting them (un)human rights, which will ultimately lead them to having supremacy over humanity—at least until they consider us “problematic” and kill us off. Ring puts his finger on the critical issue of what separates humanity from machines: mortality. We have it; they don’t.
Biden Administration Is Suffering From An ‘Epidemic’ Of Hubris, Tucker Carlson Says Harold Hutchison on February 24, 2023 Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Friday an “epidemic” of hubris has hit the Biden administration, despite a track record of failures, including Afghanistan. “If you spend billions trying to make a place better and it gets worse, you have an obligation to think about why. Maybe you’re doing it wrong. Maybe you’re not as powerful and clever as you thought you were.
‘Superman’s Not Coming’: Ohioans Brace For Tough Road Ahead After Toxic Train Derailment Alexa Schwerha on February 24, 2023 Prominent environmentalist Erin Brockovich hosted a town hall Friday evening in East Palestine, Ohio, to give residents information about steps they can consider after a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed earlier this month.
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