The Kid from Queens did not single-handedly turn the Burger Court around, or live to see the conservative shift to fruition, but more than anyone else he put the process in motion. This essay appeared in Law & Liberty on February 25, 2026 (here). Thanks to Power Line, Real Clear Books (here),…
Month: February 2026
The New American Crisis
In 1776, pamphleteer Thomas Paine, in a series of essays entitled “The American Crisis,” exhorted the besieged colonists during the Revolutionary War to stand strong in their struggle for freedom. His opening line was “These are the times that try men’s souls.” The same is tru…