Commentary In response to Western criticism that its counter-offensive is moving too slowly, the Ukrainian government is claiming that the last ten days of combat in eastern Ukraine have been “particularly fruitful.” Facing fierce Russian resistance, the frontline has been moving eastward in lurches, two kilometers here, three kilometers there. On July 3 Oleksiy Danilov,…
California Bill Would Remove Local Control of Education
July 6, 2023
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Commentary Our founding fathers believed in essential principles that have advanced our republican form of government for the last approximately two and a half centuries. Those values are enshrined in our U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights. Our founding fathers also recognized that education was central to a thriving nation….
Environmentalist Could Burn California’s Pension Funds
July 6, 2023
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Commentary Sometimes you read an article and you just know it’s going to be highly influential. One just published is, “California’s pension funds are wrecking the planet and losing billions. It’s quite a trick,” by Bill McKibben, a well-known environmentalist, in the Los Angeles Times. He’s pushing California’s Senate Bill 252, by state Sen. Lena…
How Will Bidenomics Impact America?
Commentary In a recent White House briefing, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre touted the virtues of Pres. Joe Biden’s economic policies during his tenure. It was as if the heavens opened, and the angels were singing. She utilized the same term “Bidenomics” that Biden has applied to his economic policies, which encapsulate his approach to the…
Why FDR Banned the Sale of Sliced Bread During World War II
Commentary According to an old joke from the socialist and frequently underfed Soviet Union, Stalin goes to a local wheat farm to see how things are going. “We have so many bags of wheat that, if piled on top of each other, they could reach God himself!” the farmer told Comrade Stalin. “But God does…
The Fed Is Doing the Worst Job Ever by Abusing Discretion
Commentary Although inflation has been falling in most of the advanced economies, the rates haven’t reached the targeted values. All central bankers claim success but don’t know when their rate hikes will successfully control inflation. This uncertainty refers not just to the long-term but to the lack of any forecasting in the lead-up to the…
The Intellectual Roots of Techno-Primitivism
Commentary The assault on enterprise of the last few years—meaning not the biggest politically connected businesses but smaller ones reflecting vibrant commercial life—has taken very strange forms. Ever since the New York Times said the way forward was to “go Medieval,” the elites have been attempting just that. But this medievalism has not come at the expense of…
Yearning for Collapse
The following review is part of RealClear Books and Culture’s symposium on Patrick Deneen’s “Regime Change.” Patrick Deneen, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame and the author of 2018’s “Why Liberalism Failed,” takes a radical step forward in his latest book, “Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future.” Here, Deneen turns his critique of liberalism into…
SCOTUS Brings a New Birth of Freedom
Commentary The series of decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in its latest session are so consequential that I would call it “a new birth of freedom.” These are, of course, the words of Abraham Lincoln at the bloody battlefield at Gettysburg. There is a deep and meaningful connection between Lincoln’s words then,…
The Defenders of Censorship Now Admit Everything
Commentary They no longer deny censoring. They have shifted tactics. Now they defend censorship as a policy in the national interest. They are merely stamping out disinformation, misinformation, and malinformation—strange words applied to any thought or idea disliked by government. And they are furious that a federal judge in Louisiana has called them out, issuing…
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