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The Left’s Calvin and Hobbes Syndrome

There’s a great Calvin and Hobbes where Calvin asks his mother what’s for dinner, hears “tortellini,” and immediately spirals into a full-blown meltdown, treating...

Arts and Entertainment

The Devil Wears Boring

There are few cinematic experiences more deflating than watching a sequel to a beloved film and realizing, somewhere between the first and second act,...

Ken Burns Is Everything That Is Right, and a Little Bit of What Is Wrong with America

I tuned in recently to Conan O'Brien’s podcast -- because, like any serious person, I get my news from only the most reputable sources...

culture

Spirit Airlines Was the Jerry Springer of the Skies

With the news that Spirit Airlines is going out of business, a strange and unrepeatable Golden Age of aviation comes quietly to a close....

The Vanishing Man and the Cult(ure) that Burned Him

A response to the New York Times article: "Men, Where Have You Gone? Please Come Back" Few actors possess the peculiar gift of turning the...

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religion

Obadiah’s Lesson for America

Unless you've read the Bible cover to cover, you probably haven't bothered to read the Book of Obadiah. Why would you? One of the...

Satan Plays Both Sides

How Moral Certainty Corrupts Politics and Corrodes the Soul We are often tempted to think that the great danger in public life is the presence...

What Atheists Can Learn From Lawyers

Part I: The Anatomy of a Verdict Everyone enjoys a good murder mystery, so see if you can solve this one. My first job as an...

foreign policy

Victor Davis Hanson Is Right on NATO, Until He Isn’t

There are conservative thinkers one debates, and then there are conservative thinkers one approaches with a kind of intellectual deference, not out of blind...

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economics

The Warmth of Collectivism, and Other Socialist Absurdities

Socialism promises warmth, equality, and fairness. In practice, it centralizes power, rations scarcity, and delivers a system best described as trickle-down socialism.

immigration

Notes from London: A Polite People in a Fraying Democracy

My wife and I have just returned from the United Kingdom, and I have plenty of good things to say about the country. If...

News Media

Keith Olbermann and the Loneliness of Being Ignored

Do you remember Keith Olbermann? He sure hopes that you do. You know, the former Sportscenter anchor with the catchphrases who became a wild-eyed...

abortion

The Hollow Empathy of the “Pro-Choice” Christian

It is a peculiar affliction of modern discourse that the more self-evident a moral truth becomes, the more elaborate and disingenuous the attempts to...

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Law and justice

Louisiana v. Callais Exposes the Contradictions of Democrats and the Supreme Court

One of the more revealing reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais is just how completely Democrats seem to have misunderstood...

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