Senator Josh Hawley versus Simon & Schuster
I think both S&S and Senator Hawley chose the road of escalation. A small step in the grand scheme of things, but a step nonetheless.
Category: Views
Opinions, perspectives, viewpoints, etc.
The Best of 2020: Top 5 Nonfiction
A totally nonscientific, off the cuff, Top 5 nonfiction books I read (not necessarily published in) in 2020
100 books in 2020, Big Books in 2021
My big picture reading goal in 2020 was to finally crack the 100 books in a year mark which I have been approaching for a few years. I was able to accomplish t...
Wharton vs Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age Novel
Wharton’s novel was little appreciated in its time, and it hasn’t benefited from the same revival of interest that eventually rescued F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The ...
Yuval Levin on The Path Back From Conspiracy
We should criticize elites for failing to live up to professional and institutional standards, not dismiss those standards as a sham. We should demand integrity...
Jonah Goldberg on the Tyranny of Feelings
We’re creating a worldview that other peoples’ feelings are sovereign. The intentions of the offender do not matter, only the feelings of the offended.
Matt Taibbi: On “White Fragility”
At a time of catastrophe and national despair, when conservative nationalism is on the rise and violent confrontation on the streets is becoming commonplace, it...