Politics

The Road to Autocracy

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Ernst Nolte’s Three Faces of Fascism examined the three devastating ideologies that led to the undermining of European democracy in the 1930s. Today, democratic life is also under threat – and there are also three basic forms that this authoritarian threat takes.  read more »

Michigan Dems Big Foot the Locals

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When it comes to zoning and property rights in rural America, Big Wind and Big Solar can count on Democratic legislators to carry their water.  read more »

Property: The Myth That Built the World

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Joel Kotkin reviews the recently released book, Property: The Myth That Built the World, by Rowan Moore. The review is excerpted below:  read more »

The Gloomy Future Facing Trade Unions

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Few developments have more cheered progressive activists than the perceived resurgence of labor unions. This has been sparked by largely symbolic efforts to unionize in places such as Starbucks and Amazon  read more »

You Thought Joe Biden Was Bad? Look at his Democratic Rivals

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Joe Biden’s sinking poll numbers are inciting panic among Democratic Party insiders, not to mention the progressive tech oligarchs who bankrolled his 2020 campaign.  read more »

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Multi-culti Reckoning

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The explosion of support for Hamas’s assault on human decency could well turn out to be the high-water mark of the progressive Left. The authoritarian multicultural ideology generated on campuses and transmitted dutifully by the established media has reached its apex and may now begin to descend.  read more »

Why I Do Not Support Christian Nationalism

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I personally am not that interested in the Christian nationalism debate, but the Claremont Institute’s American Mind site asked me to write up my take on it for a symposium on the topic.  read more »

As Antisemitism Surges on the Left Jews are Pushed to the Right

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In the ever-shrinking world of the Jewish diaspora, Canada, along with Australia and the United States, hosts a most vital and comparatively healthy community.  read more »

The New Green Feudalism

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With the 2024 election looming on the horizon, the Democratic Party faces a contradiction. By some important measures, the US economy is booming—third-quarter GDP growth figures were recently adjusted upward to a whopping 5.2 percent—but these numbers aren’t translating into political support for the current administration.  read more »

Joe Biden Should Listen to Republicans on the Border Crisis

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Perhaps no issue has damaged the Biden presidency more than the massive incursions of undocumented migrants across the border.  read more »