The Baneful Politics of the Therapeutic Sensibility
The most important casualty of our obsession with feelings.
Bruce Thornton
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, a Research Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, and a Professor of Classics and Humanities at the California State University. He is the author of nine books and numerous essays on classical culture and its influence on Western Civilization. His most recent book, Democracy's Dangers and Discontents (Hoover Institution Press), is now available for purchase.
The Biden Administration’s Assault on Charter Schools
Transforming educational institutions into political propaganda factories.
Another Mass Shooting, Another Tsunami of Progressive Propaganda
The war on our Constitution - and its stand for unalienable rights - continues.
Attacks on Supreme Court Justices are the Real Assaults on Democracy
What really lies behind the national tantrum on the Left.
High Noon in the USA
Our country is headed for a showdown.
Diversity, Free Speech, and the 'Woke' Assault on America
We are living in Orwellian times.
Elon Musk Induces Woke Panic
The Left’s estrangement from reality and common sense.
Apocalypse is in the Air
Is it too late to restore our civilizational nerve and morale?
The Magic Kingdom Supports Sexualizing Childhood
A dangerous escalation in the decades-long ideological transformation of sexual mores.
NATO Needs a Reset
The Ukraine conflict highlights the long-evident dysfunctions of the treaty.
Our Surreal “Rage of Self-Mutilation”
Biden's shameless negotiations with the Mullahs are nearing completion.
Nationalism Good and Bad
Reflecting on the willingness of people to fight for their own.
Is Europe Recovering Its Nerve?
Will the current resurrection of common sense and moral vigor last?
The Long Shadow of Versailles
It's time to abandon the “new world order” happy talk.
Russia and the West
A conflict born in failures of imagination.
Boris Johnson’s Foreign Policy Magical Thinking
Meeting aggression with bluster and sermonettes only produces more aggression.
The Mullahs Close in on the Bomb
Darkness descends on a region’s stability.
Diversity: Still Politicized After All These Years
Will the Supreme Court finally end discrimination in education admissions - or kick the can down the road?
Soros-Funded DA George Gascón Rationalizes Crime-Wave Epidemic
The blood on two men's hands.
The West Barks, But the Putin Caravan Moves On
The dangerous delusions about "diplomatic engagement."
FPM Series
The Point
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CDC Releases Numbers Showing BLM is Killing Black Kids
The Media's Obsession With School Shootings is Killing Kids
Biden Lies About Gun Control Again
SF School System Solves 38% Black Student Proficiency Problem With Wokeness
Schumer Will Continue Holding Meaningless Votes on Whatever Issue is Trending Right Now
