“A very dangerous pre-civilizational pathology is tribalism…I hire my first cousin—and not the other person who’s better qualified—because he’s part of the tribe,” says classicist and historian Victor Davis Hanson. Now, “we’ve gone back in a retrograde fashion to a pre-civilizational mentality,” Hanson says. In this episode, we discuss his latest book, “The Dying Citizen:…
Victor Davis Hanson: The ‘Era of Intimidation,’ Tribalism, and Elite Contempt for the Middle Class
October 19, 2021
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COVID-19 Relief Measures Make US Tax System ‘More Progressive’
The U.S. income tax system is “very progressive,” and it’s increasingly taking on the role of providing social benefits to households, according to the Tax Foundation. Lower household income and tax relief measures introduced during the pandemic allowed more Americans to pay no taxes in 2020. And President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan aims…
COVID-19 Relief Measures Make US Tax System ‘More Progressive’: Tax Foundation
The U.S. income tax system is “very progressive,” and it’s increasingly taking on the role of providing social benefits to households, according to the Tax Foundation. Lower household income and tax relief measures introduced during the pandemic allowed more Americans to pay no taxes in 2020. And President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan aims…
In Service of Progressive Values, US Military Has Become Detached From Reality
Commentary To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, U.S. President Biden honoured women in the U.S. military. “We’re making good progress designing body armour that fits women properly; tailoring combat uniforms for women; creating maternity flight suits; updating—updating requirements for their hairstyles,” he boasted. Maternity flight suits? The idea provoked Fox News host Tucker…
White House Says Relief Bill Remains ‘Incredibly Progressive’ Despite Senate Compromises
White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said Friday that the $1.9 trillion relief package—panned by Republicans as a liberal wish list packed with non-pandemic-related spending priorities—is an “incredibly progressive bill,” and expressed the expectation that congressional progressives will give it their stamp of approval when the bill circles back to the House. Psaki made the remarks…
It’s Not Politics, It’s Groupthink
March 4, 2021
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Commentary I was a liberal for most of my adult life, a liberal in the very liberal habitat of academia. When it came to Republicans and Democrats, progressive attitudes and conservative attitudes, I believed what everyone else believed, and that was one of the best parts of academic life. If I had a choice, I…
Progressive Policies Need to Be Fought Off by States: Rep. Steube
March 1, 2021
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Conservative lawmakers do not have sufficient power to counter legislative initiatives pushing for progressive policies because of the Democratic majority in Congress, Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) told The Epoch Times. Steube criticized recently passed bills such as the COVID-19 relief bill for including progressive measures unrelated to the pandemic and the progressive Equality Act for…
From Mao to Now: A ‘Progress’ Report on the New Millennium
Commentary Whenever one hears the dreaded pleasantries “diversity,” “tolerance,” or “inclusion,” one knows that another of one’s fundamental democratic liberties is about to be rescinded by the revolutionary guard of progressive orthodoxy. Having witnessed the progressive—in both senses of the word—erosion of the freedoms of speech, religion, and association in Canada, which have fallen faster…
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