politics

Memorial Day

May 30, 2011 politics

“A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.  As long as justice and injustice [...]

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The Racism of the Left

May 9, 2011 politics

[I originally wrote this post for last week, but pushed it because of the bin Laden killing.  It's no longer strictly topical, but I think it's still true.] I have to admit I know some individual right wingers who are racist – but leftism is racism.  Only the left, by politics, purpose and philosophy, divides [...]

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More on bin Laden

May 2, 2011 politics

Last night, as I was still watching the news, my friends at City Journal called to request a short piece for a symposium on the killing of bin Laden.  I basically wrote down what was in my mind at that moment.  Here’s the meat of it: As jubilant flag-waving crowds gathered outside the White House, [...]

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Justice with a Bullet

May 2, 2011 politics

Originally had a post here about the racism of the left, but I think we can take a day off to unify in celebration over the death of Osama bin Laden.   Here are a few “ancillary observations” I made over at Ricochet: 1.  Killing can be good.  “Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill,” says [...]

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Klavan to GLAAD: Drop Dead!

April 18, 2011 Culture

Let me preface this by saying, as I often have, that I respectfully and even lovingly disagree with many of my fellow conservatives and Christians on the matter of homosexuality. I think gays are part of God’s good creation, and whatever their individual private sins, they are between each of them and God and have [...]

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The Wisdom of the Depressed

April 11, 2011 politics

As I mentioned on a Ricochet podcast last week, I have an annoying habit of holding commentators responsible for their predictions.  If a sports writer tells me the Red Sox are going to the series, and we get to the end of the season and they’re under .500, I remember it and, well, I’m a [...]

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The Debate We’re Not Having

April 4, 2011 politics

The David Horowitz Freedom Center held its annual spring conference this past weekend.  I was there to speak on cultural matters and will post or link to the video when I can (it’s supposed to go up on the center’s website at some point). One of the highlights of the weekend for me was a spirited, [...]

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Tea Party Patriots Video

March 8, 2011 politics

This is a bit complicated, but anyone interested in watching my speech to the Tea Party Patriots in Phoenix can hit this link–then scroll to the section marked “Saturday Night Culture Panel.”  Bill Whittle and Joe Hicks go first and I’m last.  When there’s an easier video to link to or embed, I’ll pop it [...]

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Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

March 4, 2011 Culture

For ninety minutes of its two hour run time, this often fascinating documentary manages to avoid sinking into the usual stultifying leftist propaganda – then down, down, down it goes. For the first hour and a half, the film does an excellent job of portraying the man who rose from New York state Attorney General [...]

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I Heart The Tea Party

February 28, 2011 politics

Just got back from Phoenix, Arizona where, along with PJTV’s Bill Whittle and Joe Hicks, I spoke to the Tea Party Patriots American Policy Summit. I have to say, if there were no such thing as Evangelical Christians, the tea partiers would be the single most slandered and mistreated people in America. Never – with [...]

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