The Risk of Historical Determinism

Kimball quotes the German thinker Hans Blumenberg: “If there were an imminent final goal of history, then those who believe they know it and claim to promote its attainment would be legitimized in using all the others who do not know it . . . as a mere means.” Once...

The One Place Republicans Cannot be Harassed

The illiberalism, intolerance and political correctness that invaded our college campuses has clearly spread to the Potomac. Students were allowed to shout down and disinvite speakers they disagreed with. To their credit Barak Obama and Michael Bloomberg and others on...

Political Thoughts 2016 02 09

Worth noting: Cruz stood against the ethanol special interest and still won Iowa. Rubio was smoked by Christy for sounding simplistic and scripted. But I remember a 45 minute unscripted interview from the Miami Herald in 2010 when he was unheard of and given no chance...

Wishful Thinking

  From The Man Who Wouldn’t Be King by Kevin Williamson in The National Review, We could save ourselves some time and argument by noting that the American electorate gives relatively little indication that it is on the verge of a “libertarian moment,” or...