University of Texas at Austin professor and moral philosopher Prof. J. Budziszewski discusses his new book, The Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy, which examines 30 modern delusions and why they spread. He argues today’s irrationality is motivated, often contains a grain of truth, and metastasizes as one… Continue reading The “Pandemic of Lunacy”: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy | J. Budziszewski
New Survey: Why So Many Feel Lost and What Actually Helps Them Thrive
Young men need to exercise “agency” in their own lives. A recent survey done on young men and their problems (and prospects) revealed young men who participate in multiple social activities and groups are problem solvers. Alex Tarascio, a pollster at Cygnal,a pollster at Cygnal, a political polling firm, explains that when these young men… Continue reading New Survey: Why So Many Feel Lost and What Actually Helps Them Thrive
We’ve Had Enough of the Fraud and Failure to Assimilate
We Are in Need of Renaissance People
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The songwriter, actor, country/western singer, musician, U.S. Army veteran, helicopter pilot, accomplished rugby player and boxer, Rhodes scholar, Pomona College and University of Oxford degreed, and summa cum laude literature graduate, Kris Kristofferson, recently died at 88. Americans may have known him best for writing smash hits like “Me and… Continue reading We Are in Need of Renaissance People
Our Revolutionary Times
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Sometimes unexpected but dramatic events tear off the thin veneer of respectability and convention. What follows is the exposure and repudiation of long-existing but previously covered-up pathologies. Events like the destruction of the southern border over the last three years, the October 7 massacre and ensuing Gaza war, the campus… Continue reading Our Revolutionary Times
A Culture in Collapse
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness In the last six months, we have borne witness to many iconic moments evidencing the collapse of American culture. The signs are everywhere and cover the gamut of politics, the economy, education, social life, popular culture, foreign policy, and the military. These symptoms of decay share common themes. Our descent… Continue reading A Culture in Collapse
Is the Sleeping Conservative Dragon Finally Waking Up?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Conservatives and traditionalists are often exasperated at the ongoing woke cultural revolution in their midst. How can America be turned upside down, as it is, when there is little public support for the things happening around us? They don’t see much backing for the current wide-open borders and unchecked illegal… Continue reading Is the Sleeping Conservative Dragon Finally Waking Up?
Anarchy, American-Style
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The 1960s revolution was both anarchic and nihilist. But it was waged against—not from—the establishment. Hippies and the Left either attacked institutions or, in Timothy Leary fashion, chose to “turn on, tune in, drop out” from them. The current revolution is much different—and far more dangerous—for at least three reasons. The Establishment Is… Continue reading Anarchy, American-Style
The Coup We Never Knew
Did someone or something seize control of the United States? What happened to the U.S. border? Where did it go? Who erased it? Why and how did 5 million people enter our country illegally? Did Congress secretly repeal our immigration laws? Did Joe Biden issue an executive order allowing foreign nationals to walk across the border… Continue reading The Coup We Never Knew
Lord Obama
by Victor Davis Hanson // PJMedia If we were living in normal times, the following scandals and failures — without going into foreign policy — would have ruined a presidency to the point of reducing it to Nixon, Bush, or Truman poll ratings. Think of the following: the Fast and Furious scandal, the VA mess, the… Continue reading Lord Obama