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Corporatism à la Vance

     of the greatest differences of America (and the Anglosphere more broadly) and the rest of the world was the concept that there was a separation of people and state.   Going back over 800 years ago, even before the Magna … Continue reading

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Firing Line Friday: Should We Drastically Reduce Immigration? Part II

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      One of the hottest political topics today is the question of immigration. Let us look back thirty years … Continue reading

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Cracker Barrel Crack-Up

     Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Everything seemed better in the past and businesses that catered to nostalgia have gained, in some minds, mythical status (and sub-mythical sales) while others are condemned for not having the logo or motif … Continue reading

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Firing Line Friday: Should We Drastically Reduce Immigration? Part I

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      One of the hottest political topics today is the question of immigration. Let us look back thirty years … Continue reading

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Elite Theory & The New Nomenklatura

     “Some… are more equal than others” is the true face of the Left, regardless of whether it is Communism, Fascism, or whatever appellation leads to the will of “The People” be exercised through (in effect) self-chosen elites. This gnostic leadership … Continue reading

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The Other Long March

     Maybe there is a reason why many on the modern Right want to “fight like the Left” to the point of embracing not just Leftist tactics, but Gramscian frameworks and Marxist analysis. As Logan Lancing considers, quoted below due to … Continue reading

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With Bureaucracy, Form Follows Function

“What a tangled web we create “When we first practice to regulate!”      There are few things in life more burdensome than red tape and bureaucracy. However, fixing this problem is easier said than done. It is a minimalist folly to … Continue reading

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The Untraditional Right

     When you reject “conserving” and embrace a “no rules” and reject “muh principles”, you do nothing but hollow yourself out and create a void that is quickly filled with what is readily at hand (i.e. the “praxis” of Critical Theory). … Continue reading

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Horseshoe Revolt

     The Left and the post-conservative Right (AKA “Woke Right” or “common good conservative”) have been increasingly agreeing, not just on tactics or even analysis, but on the ultimate goal of tearing down the old and immanentizing their eschaton. The only … Continue reading

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The Trump Tram Ride

     What is MAGA?   It is whatever President Trump says it is. But that hasn’t stopped people from claiming to represent the true intellectual base of MAGA, and use the coincidence of policy, and performative loyalty, with Trump as a … Continue reading

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