While Trump’s comeback was historically unprecedented, the election was not a mandate for Trump but rather a referendum against the Democrats and the establishment. The Democrats lost because of their arrogance, anti-democratic strategies like suspending the primary, downplaying economic hardship, too much focus on identity politics, the Gaza issue, and lingering resentment over how COVID... Read More

What is perversity? “A deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way,” says Oxford. “Sexual behavior that is considered strange or unpleasant to most people,” chimes in Cambridge. (Those British schoolboys should know.) The slogan “diversity is our strength,” which is rapidly becoming the new Pledge of Allegiance, perversely demands that we celebrate... Read More