98.5% of American households have access to NPR. It is broadcast across 1,000+ stations and receives ~$45M/year in government funding (mostly indirectly via local stations). It has 87 executives, 0 of whom identify as Conservative. This does not seem right.

Bingo. That’s exactly the core distinction. In D: Modular Collectivism, the society retains a unifying, high-level telos (a collective myth or purpose) that everyone subscribes to. This shared narrative allows for internal diversity because sub-groups can flexibly relate to and

it is vitally important for america that mamdani get elected mayor of NYC. he can help maximally and swiftly tax the rich, stand up govt-run grocery stores, eliminate the police force, freeze rents, and make public transportation free.. it’s unlikely that taxing the rich will

"There needs to be blood": Democrats' voters tell them to "get shot" in Trump resistance push trib.al/PvJB1eM

"There is something about Western Liberalism that seems suicidal." "They've gotten awfully good at tearing things down, but they haven't gotten good at building back. That's what we have to do." Vice President JD Vance JD Vance on the increasing weakness of the liberal project.

Karl Marx never bathed and had boils all over his body, was an alcoholic, had an unpaid maid whom he might have r*ped (he certainly got her pregnant, despite what Wikipedia says). He smoked so much it killed one of his babies (which he left in the family bed - the only one they

“The concept of ‘social justice’ has been the trojan horse through which totalitarianism has entered.” — Friedrich Hayek

If scientists, academics, public health officials, and other experts want to gain the public's trust, they should stop co-mingling their expertise with their left-wing values (or else open their professions to qualified people with different political orientations). The crisis of

The only people offended by the Washington Redskins nickname were loud white progressives. But a rule of our culture for many years was: white progressives must have everything they want, even if it’s something as insane as gender transitions for kids.

Note the audience's response. Not laughter, which is involuntary. Applause. Cheers. He's signaling to his tribe that he belongs, and they respond by celebrating their shared hatred of the out-group. Whatever else it is, it ain't comedy.

When did you realize CS Lewis and GK Chesterton were right about pretty much everything?

Harmeet is a superstar. She could be minting cash at her private law firm, but she decided to serve the public. Grateful for all of her work. 🫡

From Durham's Classified Appendix- Authentic July 2016 emails discussing Hillary Clinton's plan to "demonize Putin and Trump." Predictions that "the FBI will put more oil into the fire." Hillary approved the "idea about Trump and Russian hackers hampering U.S. elections."

You can save yourself a lot of trouble by just trusting your own eyes and coming to terms with the fact that we live in a semi-Sovietized informational environment where any data that is inconvenient to the government or media will be faked or obfuscated.

This is what The New Yorker is defending, conveniently organized into four screenshots

If the climate was made out of chimpanzees, I might care what Jane Goodall thinks. Outside his specialized field, a scientist is just as gullible as the next guy. In fact, he is more gullible precisely because he believes he is less. Jane Goodall would never believe that a

I don’t care if it makes me a Russian bot or a Putin stooge, I bet 80% of Americans agree with me on all these statements: 1. Ukraine is the victim in this war. Morally, they deserve to win, and I hope they do so. 2. Deserving to win a war, however, is not the same as being

Most liberal ideas emerged from a Christian moral framework, but once the ideology detached itself from its own theological inheritance, it became obsessed with essentially trying to bring about heaven on Earth. “Let me be free” gave way to “let me dismantle all unchosen

I ignored the signs with Candace, I ignored the signs with Tucker, but I’m not ignoring the signs with Megyn Kelly. Really hope she changes course because this mind virus of being anti Israel is a psy op that’s infecting so many people I used to respect and listen to.

Cartoon capitalism: A fat man, smoking a cigar, hoarding wealth while workers sweat. Real world capitalism: An entrepreneur, working crazy hours, risking her own money, to provide goods or services others want, while investing profits back into her business.