Angelo Codevilla discusses claims of intellectual superiority in politics. I can’t remember much concern with intelligence in political discussions when I was a child, though the campaign of Adlai Stevenson did allege a kind of intellectual superiority that seemed divorced from both intelligence and achievement. In recent years, however, intellectual superiority has become an important argument on the Left. As Codevilla observes, it’s part of … Continue reading Political Intelligence

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The Middle East Peace Committee of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) has released its report on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Anti-Defamation League has denounced it as “an offensive attack.” Already a cascade of articles has discussed the report, which promises to generate further controversy as the summer General Assembly vote on the report nears. I won’t try to detail the … Continue reading Moral Idiocy, Presbyterian-Style

The United States of America: 1776-2010. As my friend Max put it, 234 years was a pretty good run. I don’t know what we are now, but we’re no longer a free-market economy or a Constitutional republic. And just wait to see what other calumnies will be visited upon us by this Congress…. Continue reading RIP USA