Author: James Bowman

Everything in our world became political only when there was no longer anything deemed honorable, or shameful, by everybody — From The New Criterion of October, 2023

Perpetually crying scandal against those who oppose them is the new ideologues’ route to power, and the media appear to be on board all the way to the end of the line — From The New Criterion of September, 2023

Have Mr Overton’s windows of intellectual opportunity become Wittgenstein’s fly-bottle? Is there any way out? — From The New Criterion of June, 2023

For banks, as for all of us now, “disinformation” has become a new way of life. — From The New Criterion of May, 2023

. . . But nowhere near great — From The New Criterion of April, 2023

Media finger-pointing has gone utterly haywire. They think we don’t notice. — From The New Criterion of March, 2023

Hating Donald Trump seems to have provided left-wing progressives with a precedent for hating anyone they disagree with — From The New Criterion of February, 2023