I rarely begin with my conclusion, but this topic merits it. Whatever the outcome of the 2024 elections, the United States we once knew is as dead as Caesar, and nothing we do can restore it to life or even a modicum of health. Oddly enough, I believe that is a good thing. A Republican... Read More

Orwell was writing about a dystopian world he envisioned, but his words perfectly describe the adherence and vociferous dominance of the “woke world” afflicting Western civilization today. I agree wholeheartedly with him, both in his analysis and in his prescience about what might transpire. Over the past century – and especially since the late 1960s... Read More

Back in 2010, I published a short essay on “The Complicated Faces of Anti-Semitism”. The genesis was a conversation I had had with a Jewish friend – a judge – about why Jews had been the object of so much maltreatment and hatred throughout history, as she characterized the Jewish condition. I responded (to briefly... Read More

The United States depicted in that song and the Eurocentric West are undergoing an unprecedented assault from the Left on their histories, traditions, cultures, societies and very races. All are at risk, in varying degrees. Ironically, only Russia and some of the former communist countries in Eastern Europe are offering much resistance – the more... Read More

It is given to few countries to face a future without any bright sides. Those that have done so in the past, have usually confronted overwhelming external challenges, perhaps compounded by internal difficulties. In the case of the United States today, that is not the case. To be sure, there are external challenges with both... Read More