Principles are fundamental truths, rules, or beliefs that guide behavior, systems, or understanding. Once upon a time, America stood for limited government, the rule of law, a strong but restrained defense, and alliances built on trust rather than invoices. This was...
Donald Trump and George Orwell When Donald Trump took office, sales of 1984 rose by 9,500 percent. This was widely interpreted as a resurgence of interest in literature, which was touching and quaint but incorrect. What actually occurred was mass panic by people...
Baby Trump Did Not Get His Trophy It is a truth universally acknowledged—at least by one man with a permanent marker and a clear grievance—that peace is best preserved when awarded with medals, and that any peace not accompanied by applause is, by definition,...
The Confusion Of The Oil Barrons It is a truth universally acknowledged, though rarely admitted aloud, that men who purchase presidents expect a certain courtesy in return. Not affection, perhaps, but at least the dignity of being consulted before their investment is...
The ICE Machine Will Not Stop Without A Reduction of Rewards Those perplexed by the tireless forward motion of ICE—despite outrage, funerals, and the sort of historical comparisons that usually prompt solemn museum exhibits—have misdiagnosed the problem. The obstacle...
Although The Administration Would Very Much Like Us To There comes a moment in every republic when memory itself becomes a civic duty. We have reached that moment. The American public, generous to a fault, has a remarkable talent for amnesia—especially when exhaustion... 
