Politics

Different from the communists — who want to install the “dictatorship of the proletariat” — are the “democratic socialists,” who believe in a gradual method, and who also believe that one could maintain personal freedom under socialism. 

The humanitarian lie is in important respects less horrifying than the totalitarian one, but it is rooted in the same contempt for the political nature of man and the same ignorance of the human soul.

The students from Covington Catholic were quickly denounced by many leading Catholics. They would have done well to wait.

Venezuela is facing a unique opportunity to re-establish democracy and freedom.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s first budget proposal, published last week, suggests instituting a tax on drinking water in the name of cleaning up California’s water systems.

Plato's Republic sheds profound light on the real problem.

Is Mr. Stone guilty of his alleged crimes? We don’t know.

The motif of the era we are living through has emerged as one of rebellion against the establishment and the oligarchy that perpetuates it. The larger question is whether some politically amorphous dissident army can upend the status quo.

Is it time we "affirm the knight"?

When the first demonstrations on the streets of Paris were reported nine weeks ago, nobody could have foreseen the endurance, the tenacity and the viral effect of the Yellow Vests movement.

While Ruth Bader Ginsburg may not be my favorite Supreme Court justice in terms of her jurisprudence, I deeply admire how she proved that she is just as capable as any man to sit on the highest bench in the nation.

They now want to control not just hateful language and racist language which we all agree is a bad thing, but everyday speech. ‘He’ and ‘she.’

Liberal politicians who understand economics privately harbor misgivings about minimum wage hikes, but they often publicly support minimum wage hikes anyway. Why?

A lie, when repeated often enough ...

It's splitting us down partisan lines and poisoning our social science.

Fear not, this storm will pass.

The ruling comes as at least three lawsuits were filed on the matter.

Yes, UPS is out to earn a profit, but looking out for the “people” goes hand in hand with maximizing profits.

America is governed by unelected bureaucracies that were originally created to assist the various branches in carrying out their ministerial functions.

Although the teen was silent, many observers detected a smirk indicative of Thought Crime on his face.

As electoral competition heats up this year, we will see politicians decrying opponents' negative attacks at the same time they are launching their own negative attacks.  That inconsistency will be maddening.

Although many, including President Teddy Roosevelt, saw eugenics as a social good, G. K. Chesterton was not among them.

Who are the real misogynists in today’s culture?

No wonder beards are making comeback.

Black children are, in fact, 10 times more likely to die of gun violence than white children. Furthermore, in most gun homicides of black children, the assailant was also black.

A new report notes that, by some measures, Denmark and the Nordic “socialist” countries have more economic freedom than the United States.

When Trump caught so many political commentators off guard, we looked for an explanation amid the closing factories, but we should have been looking for the closing churches.

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced a new plan to offer 6-months of paid family leave, but the program isn't as popular as you might think.