Commentary A new edition of “Political Ponerology,” by Andrew M. Łobaczewski, edited by Harrison Koehli, is now available on Amazon.[1] This strange and provocative book argues that totalitarianism is the result of the extension of psychopathology from a group of psychopaths to the entire body politic, including its political and economic systems. “Political Ponerology” is essential…

Commentary Our universities have been uniformly corrupted by neo-Marxist political ideology. They no longer teach the great wealth of knowledge of Western Civilization, or engage in research to advance that knowledge. Instead, they indoctrinate their students in “postmodern” nihilism, postcolonial anti-West vilification, and identity politics of sexism and racism. Postmodernism teaches that there is no…

Commentary Universities as a community of autonomous scholars delving into knowledge and seeking to expand it is a model long out of date. With the explosive growth of university, scientific, and granting agency bureaucracies, coercive oversight and imposition has grown by magnitudes. One example is mandatory research ethics tests for professors and students. These became…

Commentary “Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” That question brought dread and fear to countless Americans during the dark days of the “Hollywood Blacklist,” “McCarthyism” and the “Second Red Scare” of the early 1950s. The consequences of wrong thinking about politics seventy years ago could be dire….