There is increasing gloating from certain conservative pundits that the transgender menace has been defeated. These people assert that mainstream conservatism actually won this battle in what is otherwise a decades-long trend of defeat after impending defeat in the-so-called culture war. Matt Walsh has been particularly strident on this matter, confidently declaring that “the fight […]
As readers are doubtlessly well aware, ICE agents in Minneapolis were involved in a fatal shooting. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, Alex Pretti was shot and killed while tussling with several ICE agents. The incident occurred at the intersection of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis. Several video recordings have […]
A Reactionary Reading of Carlyle’s Most Outrageous Essay “Well, you shall hear what I have to say on the matter, and probably you will not in the least like it.” – Thomas Carlyle, “Occasional Discourse on The Nigger Question” ◊ Although he has fallen into relative obscurity after 1945, Thomas Carlyle remains one of the […]
Musings on Student Loan and Education Reform and the Errors and Failings of Mainstream Conservatism Author’s note: the Trump Administration announced it will begin garnishing defaulted student loans after the New Year, in January 2026. Mainstream conservatives are applauding, many of whom are doing so with a marked callousness and even Schadenfreude. This essay, originally published […]
Thoughts and Observations of the Spectacle That Is Turning Point USA As most readers are doubtlessly well aware, the first day of the Turning Point Convention on December 18, 2025 was a notable event for the way that Erika Kirk and above all Ben Shapiro made spectacles of themselves. Vivek Ramaswamy also saw fit to […]
Contending With the Holocaust as a Tool of Extortion and Manipulation So-called Holocaust revisionism is gaining some currency in certain circles among the dissident right. This is exhibited on various platforms and certain nooks and crannies of the Internet. Statements by mixed martial artist and podcaster Jake Shields evidence this trend, particularly the appearance of Germar […]
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what your country did to you. -“Dogma” by KMFDMby KMFDM Support for Donald Trump as President properly arises out of a sense of pragmatism and an understanding of how close the Democrats and the left are to consolidating power beyond the point of no return. Those of a […]
