Why Must ‘Extreme’ Heat Waves Be Turned Into National Disasters?

Why Must ‘Extreme’ Heat Waves Be Turned Into National Disasters?

As summer progresses, the national conversation is turned toward the weather. There seems to be no end to the extreme heat waves hitting the nation. Dramatic stories of heat alerts affecting tens of millions dominate the headlines. While the media inevitably link the “extreme” heat to climate change, others sensationalize and weaponize the weather to … Read more

Activists Send DEI to the Liberal Graveyard of Lost Causes

Activists Send DEI to the Liberal Graveyard of Lost Causes

One deadly myth harmful to the conservative cause is that once the full weight of the establishment pushes a liberal initiative forward, it is futile to resist it. Such fatalism is false. Plenty of well-advanced leftist initiatives have suffered crushing defeats. It is enough to recall the doomed Equal Rights Amendment, Roe v. Wade or … Read more

The Rise of the Anti-Woke Shareholder Is Rattling Corporate Boards

The Rise of the Anti-Woke Shareholder Is Rattling Corporate Boards

The liberal business establishment has long supported progressive causes, even to the detriment of their bottom lines. Conservative consumers and investors often feel helpless to stop such support in the face of the massive financial power of these firms to resist pressure from protests or boycotts. However, a new activist has appeared on the scene, … Read more

Age of Revolutions: An Exercise in Reading History Backward

Age of Revolutions: An Exercise in Reading History Backward

Some books can give the impression that everything is backward. The author holds as true all the theses that you affirm as false. The course of events that the author finds positive, you read negative. Fareed Zakaria’s Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash From 1600 to the Present is one such book. To anyone linked … Read more

What Comes After Liberalism? Nothing

What Comes After Liberalism? Nothing

The crisis inside liberalism has prompted many to admit its numerous problems. However, most people accept liberalism as a default because they find nothing better to replace it. Few know how to answer the stinging question: What comes after liberalism? Most replies either devise some plan within the liberal box (usually meaning more liberalism) or … Read more