Despite my optimism about the Trump administration, two big worries: the fanatical Zionism of several of his appointments and the prospective H-1B fiasco being advocated by Elon Musk, David O. Sacks, and Vivek Ramaswamy — all major players in the incoming administration. As Laura Loomer notes, the H1-B policy advocated by these people is not […]
Até o momento em que escrevo, neste dia 11 de novembro de 2022, os Estados Unidos, tidos como a maior nação da Terra, ainda não foram capazes de dar por encerrado o escrutínio. Não conhecemos exatamente, pois, o resultado final das eleições de meio mandato deste ano. Mas… Mas já podemos depreender, com clareza, duas […]
Originally posted on Counter-Currents, reposted on November 11, 2022; reposted with permission. It is Friday, November 11th, 2022, and if America is the greatest nation in the world, why do we still not know the final results of Tuesday’s midterm elections? Two things, however, are clear. First, we knew going in to this election that […]
Part 1. 2. The “Lockean Founding” of the United States Gottfried is apparently attracted to the anti-rationalist Burkean tradition of conservatism, which in effect claims that history is smarter than reason, therefore, we should take our guidance from historically evolved institutions and conventions rather than rational constructs. This form of conservatism is, of course, dismissed […]
Paul Edward Gottfried Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America: A Critical Appraisal New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012 Paul Gottfried’s admirable book on Leo Strauss is an unusual and welcome critique from the Right. Leo Strauss (1899–1973) was a German-born Jewish political theorist who moved to the United States in 1937. Strauss taught […]
Christian Lander: Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast, from Seattle’s Sweaters to Maine’s Microbrews; New York: Random House, 2010 I saw Christian Lander in San Francisco on Tuesday, December 2nd, speaking to a tiny sweater-clad audience at a small independent bookstore in the Marina District. Lander told the story of […]
