Playing the fear card
The fate of Prime Minister Liz Truss in the UK is meant to serve as a warning to American Republicans — From The New Criterion of December, 2022
Only joking
Beware of those “MAGA extremists” — or not. It’s really up to you. — From The New Criterion of November, 2022
Hobgoblins
However great our mistrust in government, we never seem to lose faith in its ability to lead us back from the precipice of disaster — From The New Criterion of October, 2022
A lesson in wrongology
The New York Times makes a belated pretense of humility, but there’s nothing in it to cause any real discomfort to its smug ideologues — From The New Criterion of September, 2022
Reality Check
Who started the culture wars? Maybe the side that had most to gain from the destruction of cultural peace — From The New Criterion of June, 2022
Stumbling through the fog
Who, among all our omniscient and now omnipotent “experts,” may be allowed to speak for reality? — From The New Criterion of April, 2022
World-shaking events
How does a bit of birthday cake come to rival the fall of Norway as a reason for prime ministerial shame and possible resignation? You could ask the British media. — From The New Criterion of March, 2022
Real Science
Why scientists should not be policy-makers — From The New Criterion of February, 2022
Of some highly convenient truths
Why the media’s slicing, dicing and processing of truth into “narrative” means that they never have to admit to error. — From The New Criterion of January, 2022
Vulgar chants
“Let’s go, Brandon” isn’t about Joe so much as it is about the media who constantly cover for him with transparent falsehoods — From The New Criterion of December, 2021
Deliberate falsehoods
When did our political culture become a dump for toxic waste? — From The New Criterion of November, 2021