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.”
The Dems’ Media Turn on Biden
But keep his failing bad ideas.
The Gumption for a Civil War?
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. This new year we’ve heard a lot of talk from the Left about another
The Year of Living Stupidly
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. In 2021, political, social, and cultural trends that had been
Is a Pushback Against Soft Despotism Coming in 2022?
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Over the last two years, many of us have been surprised and troubled
Our Potemkin Democracy
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Center. Lately we’ve heard a lot of anxious talk about threats to “our democracy.”
The Word Games and Fake Diversity of the Left
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Years ago at a block party in my old neighborhood, my next-door
Our Muddled Politics of Abortion
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The Supreme Court last week held oral arguments on the Dobbs
Our Ship of State Looks Like the Titanic
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The “ship of state” metaphor first appears in the works of the late
Thanksgiving Day: Another Front in the Leftist War on America
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. For going on a century, the international Left has been seeking to
Are Democrats Digging Their Own Grave?
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. President Biden’s approval numbers continue to drop. Republicans are
Culture Wars and the Degradation of Language
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. From Thucydides to George Orwell, the degradation of language during
Can the People Keep Resisting Big Government Tyranny?
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Last week voters in Virginia delivered a rebuke to the party of
The Glasgow Festival of Globalist Virtue-Signaling
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The Biden administration is attending the UN’s 26th “Conference of
The Goldberg Variant of the Trump Derangement Virus
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The Republican and conservative commentators’ turn against their
Two ‘Expert’ Failures and Their Consequences
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The most consequential change in the history of our political order
The West’s Suicidal Energy Policies
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. History and common sense tell us that for a nation to survive, it
Educated Idiots, Critical Race Theory, and Other Bad Ideas
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. “Educated idiots” is how my old man described college-educated
How’s the Anti-Trump Doing?
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Joe Biden was touted by his supporters as the anti-Trump, the