National Review ‘Conservatism’: As Ugly As The Promulgators

America, Boyd Cathey, Conservatism, Federalism, History, Race, Racism, The South, The West

Can there be unity with those who wish our extinction and replacement, or with those who urge us to surrender our beliefs? By Boyd Cathey Now, after what may have been a racially-motivated mass shooting in Buffalo (May 14) by a deranged young man, new insistent calls go out for the government to fight “white […Read On]

The Trump Revolution: The Donald’s Creative Destruction Deconstructed: A Guide To Understanding the Last 4 Years And the Next

America, Conservatism, Donald Trump, Elections, Ilana Mercer, Political Philosophy, Politics, Republicans

If you want to understand the last four years, read this book. If, like millions of Americans you feel demoralized by spineless Republican leaders prematurely calling for Trump’s concession even in the midst of a questionable election outcome, then read this book. And perhaps most importantly, if you want a jumpstart on 2021 and knowing […Read On]

Interview: Ilana Mercer, Part 1: Roots, Writing, & Resistance

Canada, Conservatism, Critique, Ethics, Etiquette, Family, Ilana Mercer, Journalism, Paleoconservatism, Paleolibertarianism

Interview: Ilana Mercer, part 1: Roots, writing, & resistance, By Dissident Mama on Friday, September 25, 2020. I gave an interview to an up-and-coming young star, Dissident Mama, aka Rebecca Dillingham. She writes: “It’s been a long time in the making, but here it is: the first installment of my two-part interview with the always […Read On]

UPDATED (4/27/020): NEW: Remembering H. L. Mencken

America, Argument, Democracy, English, Journalism, Literature, The Zeitgeist

NEW: The excerpt is from my “Remembering H. L. Mencken,” at Chronicles magazine. H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) may no longer seem relevant, but that is not his fault. Mencken was a well-read  bon vivant with a taste for Teutonic philosophy and a fidelity to what he understood as truth. He was also a brilliant satirist, a […Read On]