The Old World
A slow visit to Paris was a fine way to remember time.
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Using the Trump Tax Cut
It’s easy to feel helpless right now. We decided to give away our tax windfall to people and causes blunting the damage caused by this administration. It felt good, and I highly recommend it.
Bracing for the Mueller Report
As of Friday evening, we know that the Special Counsel has submitted his report to the Attorney General without any indictments of close Trump associates or family members. We do not know what findings or recommendations are in the report. There seem to be three possibilities here. First is that …
Little Marco Finds Someone His Own Size
Rubio is writing his own indictment, tweet by tweet, acknowledging the imperative to challenge a Kleptocrat while propping up his own Kleptocrat.
Remembering Conservatism
We needed another Russell Kirk for the Age of Globalization. What we got instead was a series of amateur entertainers performing cartoon antics on their YouTube Channel to “own the libs.” We got the class and character of conservative leadership that the market was prepared to reward.
Link Roundup for 3/2/2019
From Filter: Portugal’s experiment with drug decriminalization From QZ: Amazon plans to enter the affordable grocery market From Gizmodo: China’s social credit system is blocking millions of train and air tickets. From Eurekalert: Climate change is already impacting fisheries. From Wikipedia, our Historical Event of the Week: The English Civil …
How Democracies Die
Trump’s personal repulsiveness, criminality, and incompetence deliver a second chance not offered to Italians and Germans in the 30’s.
Link Roundup, 2/10/2019
A political orphan’s guide to current events.
Link Roundup, 1/24/2019
A political orphan’s guide to current events.
Steve King Broke the First Rule of Fight Club
Trading their hoods for bright red hats, Trump voters are fighting to bring racism back into the daylight. They don’t realize how much power they have already lost, or the scale of the backlash they have triggered.