Politics

January 29, 2018

MacDonald, Peterson, Paglia . . . The New Sources

By Mark Bauerlein, First Things - One of our editor-in-chief’s repeated contentions is that the Establishment no longer enjoys the confidence of the People. That includes the media. A significant portion of Donald Trump’s supporters believe that CNN and the New York Times lie every day. Trump's coinage “fake news” immediately caught the popular mood, and it's not going to disappear any time soon

January 29, 2018

People Are Fleeing Blue Strongholds That Cost Too Much

By Brendan Kirby, LifeZette - Increasingly, Americans are fleeing high-tax, deep blue states long governed by Democrats. And some experts believe the new tax law that takes effect this year will accelerate that trend, as upper-income taxpayers in such states will no longer be able to write off the full amount of their state and local taxes on their federal returns.

January 27, 2018

Decency and the Common Good

By Anthony Esolen, Cardinal Newman Society - When men and women cannot be trusted with one another, they either hurl themselves headlong into debauchery or they retreat into silence and loneliness... When I defend in public the principle of public decency—or of public morals that protect marriage, the family, and the innocence of children—I must hear that I am a “theocrat,” and that I wish to intrude religion where religion does not belong.

January 27, 2018

Franklin Graham: Beware of Coup Against Trump

By Michael F. Haverluck, OneNewsNow - Rev. Franklin Graham fears that a deep state coup is being devised to oust President Donald Trump and take control of the White House... "I believe we are in a coup d'etat," Graham warned on the Todd Starnes Radio Show Wednesday. "There are people in this country who are wanting to destroy the president and take over the government by force."