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For the evangelical left, equality and fairness are universally shared goals. Rothbard’s response was a book titled Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature. The idea that freedom and democracy are not only compatible but downright synonymous is taken for granted in contemporary American culture, but here Rothbard disagrees as well.

Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics

Yarvin argued that the institutions of civil society, such as Harvard, would need to be shut down. “The idea that you’re going to be a Caesar . . . with someone else’s Department of Reality in operation is just manifestly absurd,” he said.

Ava Kofman • Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America

Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America

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My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability. https://t.co/UcYakMx4lI

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Despite the public assault by Univision and many other pro-illegal-immigrant interests, Trump doesn’t back off his get-tough talk. As he refuses to follow the normal Republican script of retreat and mea culpa, many voters view his approach as refreshing; one of strength and conviction.

Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote

The cold divisive logic of the RCO impoverishes us, all of us, and brings us closer to that primitive state that the political philosopher Thomas Hobbes called “the war of every man against every man.”

Alan Jacobs • How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

a few public figures and journalists—most notably Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan—continued to raise questions about the vaccines. What they had in common was not conservatism but a populist wariness of government bureaucracies, public health experts, and Big Pharma.

Alex Berenson • Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives

I was surprised. One of the hallmarks of the difference between American capitalism and capitalism in many emerging markets has been American capitalism is defined by the rule of law, by the absence of randomly exercised discretion and by predictability. And none of this seems consistent with those values. It was also very unclear what the... See more

Jessica Lessin • Larry Summers on Trump’s ‘Tragic Precedent,’ TikTok and Regulation

For the evangelical left, majority rule is not as valid when the majority is white. For months and years leading up to 2016, leftists were ecstatic that we were “finally” going to be a minority-majority country just as our Founding Fathers didn’t intend but surely meant to. When that didn’t happen on schedule, they had a meltdown.