Publication: The American Conservative

The American Conservative

Leftists fear an empowered citizenry that can do things without the pre-approval of liberal bureaucrats.

The American Conservative

There has never been a greater number of volatile, young, unemployed people, doing nothing.

The American Conservative

His decision to deploy troops to the streets is welcome but late. Turns out his advisors urged him to stand down.

The American Conservative

It’s hard to think of anything more privileged than social media armchairs excusing violence against our poorest and most vulnerable neighborhoods. But so it goes in the Nothing Matters quarter of America.

The American Conservative

The Secretary hosted elaborate unpublicized events with big wig political donors, CEOs, and media, all on the taxpayer dime.

The American Conservative

Well, well, well, the Golden Boy flew too close to the sun. 

The American Conservative

With an ultimately unimpressive record, he hasn’t made the right political calibrations to bolster his support.

The American Conservative

We may not be able to say for sure that mask-wearing (in conjunction with other measures) can reduce the virus’s spread by a measurable amount, but as the doctor who headed that analysis says, it makes sense that a barrier between one’s mouth and the general public is not going to hurt, and might well help.

The American Conservative

The Obama national security team’s outrageous abuse of power mirrors the underbelly of our prosecutorial system at large.

The American Conservative

A Pulitzer Prize for ‘1619 Project’ mastermind reveals how little truth matters to journalism elites.

The American Conservative

Will we find that this triggering event purged the rot from our system, or will something much darker be left behind?

The American Conservative

Our leaders were so preoccupied with remaking the world they failed to see that our country was falling apart around them.

The American Conservative

Maybe a better question is, are these computerized forecasts really adding value, or just driving politics?

The American Conservative

Peter Van Buren: The COVID-19 virus has turned us into a nation of Momos. Momo is my old rescue dog. She has BB-like pellets embedded under her skin. She jumps at noises and shivers uncontrollably when I pull my belt from my pants at night. She invents new fears all the time—out of nowhere today it was a spray can rattle; last week it was the coffee machine beep. Momo never gets back to normal.

The American Conservative

The case against Trump isn’t nonexistent, but after a few days of prime time airing, it is ultimately unpersuasive.

The American Conservative

The problem with that one is not that Meghan’s from African descent. The problem is that she comes from Hollywood. Yeah, it’s a soap opera, at least for us Americans. But what’s so fascinating about it is how the values of Hollywood, and one insecure, narcissistic American actress, have the power to shake the British throne.

The American Conservative

Read the Horowitz Report. It proves the bureau unleashed an abusive, full-spectrum spying campaign to destroy Trump before and after his election.

The American Conservative

It would be difficult to think of a worse mismatch between a candidate and a party.

The American Conservative

Despite a parade of angry civil servants and political appointees, she still doesn’t have a crime.

The American Conservative

The man most responsible for the current impeachment mess that’s tearing the country apart is Trump himself. His effort to gin up an investigation of his top political rival by a foreign government was so irresponsible, reprehensible, and reckless that he must now own the mess that has ensued from it.

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This isn’t about the law; it’s about circumventing another vote by the deplorables in 2020.

The American Conservative

Whatever you think about Trump’s actions, there is real fallout here and it could be longterm.

The American Conservative

But if they’re trying to shoehorn some broad or flippant statement by Trump into a bribery charge, it will crash with voters.