Books
Deep are the Hebraic roots
Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal published Rick Richman’s review of Jewish Roots of American Liberty: The Impact of Hebraic Ideas on the American Story, edited by Wilfred McClay and Stuart Halpern and published by…
From the desk of Norman Podhoretz
Norman Podhoretz was one of my intellectual heroes. One of his most famous essays is “My Negro Problem — and Ours,” published in Commentary in 1963. In 2013 he looked back on it “‘My Negro Problem — and Ours’ at 50,” another…
Government of the dummies… | Power Line
Last week Racket News published Matt Taibbi’s column “Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Blunt Call for Government By ‘Independent’ Experts” (“Independent from what? Dumb voters, of course. On this week’s potentially…
Norman Podhoretz, RIP | Power Line
Legendary Commentary editor and author Norman Podhoretz died last night at the age of 95. John Podhoretz pays first tribute to his father here. Mr. Podhoretz served as an inspiration to me for-roughly-ever. His turn to…
A life-changing Christmas gift: The tale of 21 saints who lived ‘Against the Grain’
Thu Dec 11, 2025 - 4:51 pm ESTFri Dec 12, 2025 - 6:36 am EST (LifeSiteNews) — “Wake up! You don’t belong. Stop pretending that you do. You are different. You are a Catholic. Say ‘no’ to the crowd. To say ‘yes’ to Christ is to…
Recovering Forefathers’ Day | Power Line
Seven years ago we celebrated a week of Charles — Charles Kesler, Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government at Clarmeont McKenna College, editor of the Claremont Review of Books, long-time friend and tutor — for…
The Omar angle | Power Line
Benjamin Weingarten is the author of the aptly titled American Ingrate: Ilhan Omar and the Progressive-Islamist Takeover of the Democratic Party (foreword by Andrew McCarthy). At his Substack site, Ben has posted his research…
Trepverter for Jason DeRusha | Power Line
Jason DeRusha hosts the drive-time show on WCCO-AM (830 radio). He invited me to discuss “Operation Walz” at the top of his second hour yesterday. He wanted to challenge my attribution of blame to the publisher of the Star…
Lost in woke translation | Power Line
I’ve subscribed and canceled my subscription to the New York Review of Books in an endless cycle of violence. I am currently in the truce or cancelation phase of the cycle, so I missed Susan Neiman’s NYRB review of David…
You must remember this
Andrew E. Busch is associate director and professor at the Institute of American Civics in the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is also a frequent contributor to…
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