Edward Welsch

Latest by Edward Welsch in ITO

• Politics

  February 13, 2020

  How Tall Is Michael Bloomberg, Really?

  2 ¼ min

  Is Michael Bloomberg really "a 5'4" mass of dead energy" or is this a tall tale of President Donald Trump's in the midst of campaign season?

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• International

  January 6, 2020

  Killing Soleimani Was Just – Now Let’s Get Out

  4 min

  The summary execution of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq on Friday appears to be completely justifiable, but it's time for America to leave the Middle East.

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• Culture

  September 4, 2019

  Why Difficult Video Games Are Best

  5 min

  For a fascination that can easily grow into an addiction, tremendous difficulty is a good thing.

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• International

  April 11, 2019

  Assange's Arrest Threatens Global Press Freedom

  4 ¼ min

  A dangerous precedent is being set.

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• Culture

  April 3, 2019

  Is Seattle Dying?

  4 min

  A local news documentary about Seattle’s rampant homelessness and drug-abuse crisis has touched a nerve with the city’s residents.

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Latest by Edward Welsch in Chronicles

• Reviews

  September 2020

  Books in Brief

  6 ½ min

  Russian Conservatism, by Paul Robinson (Northern Illinois University Press; 300 pp., $39.95). Small Men on the Wrong Side of History: The Decline, Fall and Unlikely Return of Conservatism, by Ed West (Constable/Little, Brown; 432 pp., $17.99).

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• Editorials

  August 2020

  Defending Ourselves Without Hate

  5 min

  Antifa and BLM are determined to wage war upon Christian patriots who love God and America. We need to find like-minded people, support their causes, and gather together to support one another in the defense of America and Western civilization.

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• View

  July 2020

  The Right on Economic Reform

  2 ½ min

  We’ve lined up four writers to make the case for three economic reform systems, and one coda in defense of the existing order: economic nationalism, laissez-faire capitalism, Christian distributism, and democratic capitalism.

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• Editorials

  July 2020

  Excusing Black Violence

  6 ¾ min

  The idea coming from our supposed leaders on the right, that the violent rioting and looting of Minneapolis and other cities is a justified expression of black grievance, is so delusional that we should pause and wonder.

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• Editorials

  April/May 2020

  What Has COVID-19 Done to Our Money?

  6 min

  While left and right squabble over the right approach to COVID-19, the Fed prints the U.S. dollar into oblivion.

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