No Regrets
Joe Biden goes on TV to tell us that his withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan was perfectly planned and executed — From The New Criterion of October, 2021
Real words, real meanings
The revolutionary attempt to corrupt the integrity of the electoral system began with the media’s corruption of the English language — from The New Criterion of September, 2021
Sanity Clause
One of us is crazy, and I think I know who — From The New Criterion of June, 2021
Volte-face
Did the media know what they were signing up for when they went all in against Trump? — From The New Criterion of May, 2021
Offside penalties
One side thinks it’s war; the other side doesn’t know there are sides — From The New Criterion of April, 2021
Entry from March 7, 2021
The following is the text of my lecture on "Jane Austen on Film" for the Center for Constructive Alternatives at Hillsdale College on March 7, 2021. A video recording of the lecture itself is available here. There’s no knowing for sure, of course. I may be wrong. But I doubt that Jane Austen would quite…
Reality show
All hail the Czar of all the Realities! — From The New Criterion of March, 2021
Democracy dies in the media
The media’s claims to an exclusive on the Truth depend on their, and our, forgetting their many falsehoods and errors — From The New Criterion of February, 2021
Truth or Dare
Truth, decency, justice and the rule of law have all been re-defined by the media — in preparation, as it now appears, for this historical moment — From The New Criterion of January, 2021
United only in hate
On the fathomless cynicism of Joe Biden, media pet — From The New Criterion of December, 2020
Of men & manners
Of presidential manliness and media eunuchs who “rail and sweat/Staring upon his sinewy thigh” — From The New Criterion of November, 2020
Entry from November 18, 2020
“The Blob has won,” wrote a despondent correspondent of the (London) Sunday Telegraph the other day. “That’s the end of our dreams of a new, dynamic, independent country.” He was referring to the departure of Dominic Cummings, a close adviser of the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who was widely understood to be the latter’s point…