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In every era, we can find conservatives complaining that their movement, along with the Republican leadership, is too timid and unwilling to fight for constituents. They claim that Republican voters want a brawler, someone unconcerned about decorum or staying in the good graces of a liberal media that will never engage
As someone who began researching Blessed Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen back in 2010, it has been remarkable to see his resurgence in popularity, and even more so to witness his beatification. Sheen had a timeless charisma that emerged in his writing, in his radio and television programs, and in his unrivaled preaching ski
Even the federal fiscal year gets a farewell party in Washington. Some DC-area bars host “End of Fiscal Year” events as staffers and government contractors mark the occasion (or find another excuse to go to happy hour) at bars near Capitol Hill. Much like the passing of the calendar year, the occasion offers an opportu
A well-known scene in Monty Python’s Life of Brian can tell us something about how populism works. During a meeting of the fictional People’s Front of Judea—a resistance organization fighting the Roman occupation of Judea—the group leader, Reg, played by John Cleese, announces his hatred for the Romans. “They’ve taken
The dialectical battle between traditionalists and lovers of liberty has given us brilliant debates over the past few centuries, but also countless missed opportunities. The battle for freedom must be fought continuously, because whenever it is not being fought, freedom retreats; it is always under threat. We see this
A liberal state does not distribute privileges or impose burdens according to popularity. Yet in recent years, data centers have been alternately privileged and burdened. When they were popular because of their promise of jobs and growth, states showered them with tax breaks. Now that they have become unpopular because
Since the early days of the American Republic, political parties have been vehicles through which people of modest means can participate effectively in politics. Like churches, families, associations, and corporations, parties are mediating organizations between the individual and government. And like other mediating o
It’s been a rough end to summer for a whole bunch of mainstream progressive narratives. “The science” has taken blows to the person of Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose myriad self-serving lies about coronavirus have now been publicly revealed in congressional hearings. The trendy bluff of gender identity has been called by two
Americans are frustrated by politics. According to Gallup’s latest survey, just one in four are satisfied with the way things are going in the nation. Their dissatisfaction has stayed around 80 percent for most of this year, making the current mood among the most pessimistic Gallup has ever recorded. They are especiall
More than a year ago, I observed that “many Americans subscribe to the belief that certain actions are unimpeachable as long as they have an expressive element to them.” The phenomenon appears to grow by the day. The latest installment in this pattern—what I called “free speech supramaximalism”—comes in the form of a N
The First Amendment is 45 words long, and for most of American history nobody was entirely sure what they meant. The Supreme Court did not squarely apply the Free Speech Clause against the states until 1925. The modern architecture of American speech protection—the doctrines governing incitement, defamation, prior rest
Everyone with a plan to fix Congress wants to help it legislate again by making it easier for lawmakers to compromise. Some call for electing more moderates to serve in the House and Senate. And others want to empower party leaders to impose deadlines, block amendments, and limit debate. But they all share the same […]
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