Liberals and Class, Part 1
The new trinity among liberal intellectuals is race, class and gender. Defining any of these terms is not easy, but it is also not difficult for liberals, because they seldom bother to define them at all. The oldest, and perhaps still the most compelling, of these...Looking Back
We may look back on some eras as heroic — that of the founding fathers or “the greatest generation” that fought World War II — but some eras we look back on in disbelief at the utter stupidity with which people ruined their economies or...Theatre of the Absurd: Koran Abuse
The story of Koran abuse at the prisoner camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is perhaps the most ridiculous example of media idiocy I have seen in some time. The critique is not that we have codes of conduct for a book some crackpots have some mystical affinity for, but that...It’s About Time
The market is full of mysteries. Here we are with the yield on 10-year Treasurys falling below 4%, and everyone’s saying that’s because the bond market is predicting a recession. Yet — Friday’s reversal notwithstanding — stocks have just...Red Star Over Hollywood: The Film Colony’s Long Romance With the Left
Ayn Rand was ridiculed and derided for years by journalists like Victor Navasky for her evaluation of Song of Russia. But she was completely correct.
