Commentary Given the left’s recent push to redefine concepts such as “privilege” and “victimhood, let’s take a moment to examine the lives of two very different Americans. Consider Shelby Steele, whose paternal grandfather was born a slave. His father was a truck driver with a third-grade education, and his mother was a social worker. Steele…
The Affliction of Victimhood
The following is a condensed version of “Pathologies of Victimhood“ by Richard Gunderman, published at Law & Liberty. In 1973, Sacheen Littlefeather appeared in full Native American garb at the 45th Academy Awards ceremony to decline the Best Actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando. Brando, she said, had boycotted the event to protest Hollywood’s portrayals…
Feminism Is Key to the Left’s Post-COVID Reset, but They Can’t Get Their Oppression Story Straight
Commentary The following is an adapted excerpt from the contribution by Janice Fiamengo to “Against the Great Reset: Eighteen Theses Contra the New World Order,” released by Bombardier Books on Oct. 18. What would a Great Reset mean for women and girls—and the men who love them? In “COVID-19: The Great Reset,” World Economic Forum founder Klaus…
The Effect of Critical Race Theory on Black Americans; The Importance of Fatherhood and Communities
August 9, 2022
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At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, I spoke with two leaders in the black community: commissioner Jack Brewer and Daqwan Bruce. We discussed critical race theory—a Marxist and communist ideology—its effects on black Americans and communities of color, what it means to strike for real freedom in America, and how race is politicized. Click…
Winning the Opium Wars on American Will
Commentary In early August Economic Information Daily, a communist Chinese government mouthpiece, accused the multibillion-dollar online video game industry of peddling “spiritual opium” to Chinese teenagers. Comparing video game playing to opium addiction has explicit historical and national security connections. Opium addiction, spurred by Great Britain, undermined China’s social and political cohesion and physically harmed…
Crimes of Compassion: Their Toll on Children
Commentary It’s natural and normal to feel sadness and sympathy at the suffering of others and to want to alleviate it. The paradox of compassion in that sense is that it often becomes a rhetorical device for justifying action that harms those it’s supposed to help. If you had compassion, this kind of sanctimonious advocate…
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