Entries by Richard Parker

Corporate Rights and the Most Absurd Legal Fiction: A Reactionary History and Analysis of Corporate Personhood

I. The Failures of The Constitution and American Democracy: A Brief Synopsis Although venerated on an almost universal basis by most political factions, the Constitution has failed to protect society from a number of evils. A hard, unflinching look at American life and what this document has deemed permissible proves this seemingly shocking assertion to […]

In the Clutches of Cultural Bankruptcy: American Philistinism and the Leftist Hive Mind

I. The Left Are Not So Erudite or Cultured, After All Those espousing leftist ideas and politics often entertain certain pretensions of urbanity, erudition, and cultivation. The vast majority of leftists earnestly believe they are better educated and more cultured than their political adversaries, just as they rarely fail to make such beliefs known to […]

The Transgender Menace Is Far from Defeated: Conservative Triumphalism Is Wildly Overstated

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 […]

On the Shooting of Alex Pretti: The Mad Delusion of Fighting Under Queensberry Rules in The Modern Age

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 […]

Conservative Dogma and the Student Loan Crisis

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 […]

Tucker Carlson Backpedals Once Again

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 […]