By Thomas Sowell Aug. 22, 2024 4:04 pm ET Mr. Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He’s 94. One of the main anchors in modern Conservatism. You need to know this man. I’ve followed him since college, in the…
Category: American Exceptionalism
L’etat C’est Moi, the Second Attempt of the Rise of a Genuine Royal Class in America
First Bill Clinton, then Obama and then another Clinton. A dynasty of royals, not a regular political dynasty, mind you, but genuinely royals-of-the-mind, is now in launch mode in American politics….all premised on that singular comment by Louis XIV in…
The Return of Classical Liberalism with Robert Kennedy, Jr
Robert Kennedy, Jr was born Jan 17, 1954. He’s 70. Donald Trump was born June 14, 1946. He’s 78. I was born Dec 5, 1945, and I’m 78. (Note: I got this information online from Wikipedia, and it is the…
“Papismus Lucifugus”; the Advent of Tribalism is Not Just in Our Politics, but in American Conservatism
A hat-tip to J D Vance’s heritage. I actually had this book, Papismus Lucifugus, one of only a few surviving. Dated 1668, it’s a record of a disputation between John Menzies of the (Church of Scotland) Divinity School at Marischal…
The Hanging of Jake Spoon, a Cautionary Tale
I first wrote this in 2010, as a warning to Democrats that they were running with outlaws, and that certain natural laws apply when they do that. Well, today, ten years later, the Democrats have all but acknowledged that they…