No Regrets

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

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…

Truth or Dare

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

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…