The Turn: Liel Leibovitz, Tablet, Dec. 8, 2021 — For many years—most of my politically cognizant life, in fact—I felt secure in my politics. Truth and justice, I believed, leaned leftward. If you were some version of a decent human being, you cared about those less fortunate than you, which meant that you supported a whole host of measures designed to even the playing field a little. Sometimes, these measures had unintended consequences (see under: Stalin, Josef), but that wasn’t reason enough to despair of the long march to equality. Besides, there was hardly an alternative: On the other end of the political transom lurked despicable creeps, right-wing orcs who either cared for nothing but their own petty financial interests or, worse, pined for benighted isms that preached prejudice and hate. We were on the right side of history. We were the people. We were the ones giving peace a chance. And, no matter the present, we were always the future.
Jussie Smollett and the Coveting of Victimhood: Brandan O’Neill, Spiked, Dec. 9, 2021
Norman Podhoretz on the Spiritual War for America: Barton Swain, WSJ, Dec. 10, 2021
Hannah Arendt on Anti-Racism as a Totalitarian Ideology: Connor Grubaugh, Tablet, Nov. 17, 2021
Finding Dignity and Excellence in the Great Books: Roosevelt Montás, WSJ, Nov. 4, 2021
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Cracked Icons: Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness, Dec. 12, 2021 — Whysteria. Our media-deified, progressive icons are finally being exposed as the deceivers they always were.
The Courage of Our Convictions: Christopher F. Rufo, City Journal, Apr. 22, 2021 — Critical race theory is fast becoming America’s new institutional orthodoxy. Yet most Americans have never heard of it—and of those who have, many don’t understand it. This must change. We need to know what it is so we can know how to fight it.
Removing the Bedrock of Liberalism: Andrew Sullivan, Substack, May 28, 2021 — As the origins of our current moral panic about “white supremacy” become more widely debated, we have an obvious problem: how to define the term “Critical Race Theory.”
Whitlock: The Pursuit of ‘Racial Justice’ Camouflages the Revolution of American Corporate Media Support: Jason Whitlock, Blaze Media, Nov. 22, 2021 — Corporate media outlets are not fanning the flames of racial division for ratings or relevance. The goal is revolution, the rewriting of our Constitution and the dismantling of Western civilization.
