civilsociety
I Wonder How Many People Have Been Killed Because of This Image?

I woke up to this headline this morning: "Suspected Islamic extremist shoots dead at ...

politics-and-policy
In wake of school shootings, Gov. Jerry Brown bans concealed guns on California campuses

I don't know why liberals and liberalism continues to amaze me, but alas they do and i...

civilsociety
Baltimore Riots: The Epic Fail of Modern Liberalism

After more than a hundred years of progressivism, it has come to this: public officials ...

journalism
Who’s Responsible for Cosby’s Crimes (If Any)

Since the sickening allegations of Bill Cosby raping numerous women first hit the news, we...

uncategorized
The Il-Liberal Power Elite

As we all know and see consistently in public discourse, the liberals/progressives of our ...

philosophy
Is There a Culture War, or What?

There is a culture war, and we need it, argues Carol Iannone on NRO's The Corner. I don...

movies
‘Cop Out’ Doesn’t Just Stink, But It’s Racist, Too?

The new movie "Cop Out" has created a lot of buzz, and not just because critics are hamm...

people
Steven Weber: A Huffington Post Clown Who Thinks He’s Smart

Steven Weber, who starred in "Wings," is a contributor to that font of mainstream Hollyw...

uncategorized
Climate Scientist to Colleagues: Don’t Dismiss Climategate

The 13th Annual Energy & Environment Conference, held in Phoenix Feb. 1-3, isn’t th...

movies
David Mamet Swings to the Right

TAC correspondent Michael D'Virgilio analyzes the cultural implications of the political j...

uncategorized
On the Ground in Iraq – The Logical Limits of Sympathy

As regular readers of this site and my other writings know, I believe that the U.S. presen...

books
A Classical Liberal View of the Great Depression

Kathryn Lopez, editor of National Review Online, is one of the very best interviewers arou...

movies
The Brilliance of “Going My Way”

TV stations tend to show the great 1944 film Going My Way, directed by Leo McCarey and sta...

uncategorized
Liberals and Statists

Here are some thoughts in our continuing discussion of political nomenclature, in which we...

uncategorized
More on Classical Liberalism

In my article yesterday in National Review Online, and in subsequent discussions here, I h...

uncategorized
U.S. Political Culture: Big Loss for Classical Liberalism

Tuesday's elections were, as widely expected, a solid thrashing for the Republican Party. ...