Trump Derangement Syndrome and the tyrannical excesses of far-left apparatchiks in the organized bar threaten the longstanding principles of our legal system. The rule of law is at stake. This essay originally appeared in Tom Klingenstein’s blog, Save the American Way of Life, on April 23, …
Month: April 2024
Hubris: The Texas Establishment’s War Against the Grassroots
I enthusiastically support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Over the years, I wrote a four-part series in defense of Paxton in The American Spectator (here), and a pair of articles for City Journal (here and here). In connection with his bogus impeachment, I wrote several articles critical of t…
Government Project: The Eternal Folly of Central Planning
Edward Banfield’s classic case study of a failed New Deal program gets a well-deserved reprinting. It is a timeless parable of the futility of “economic democracy” and centralized control. This essay originally appeared in AIER’s Daily Economy, on April 1, 2024 (here). Thanks to Ace o…
The Perils of (Pure) Populism
Despite the Supreme Court’s recent ban on racial preferences in college admissions, special interests in California seek to gut the non-discrimination protections of Proposition 209. This essay originally appeared in Law & Liberty on April 3, 2024 (here). Thanks to Power Line and Real Clear…