Crackpot juvenilia enabled by renowned dissipation and well-earned infamy: the Trump Administration in a nutshell. Nothing conservative nor substantive about it. commentary.org/articles/james…
Stand strong in defiance of tyranny!
This is the full photo of the man who came to be known simply as ‘Tank Man’.
One, brave man, temporarily halting a column of communist tanks.
I've created The Buckley Playlist with some of WFB's favorite artists, compositions, composers and much more. These include pieces I played for Bill during my recitals, heard performed at his house, and listened to with him his home or at concerts. 1/
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“Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.”
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The problem, which eludes Tanenhaus in his WFB doorstop and many on the left, is that Trump has effectively absorbed many tropes of conservatism and surfed the epiphenomena of conservatism, but without much use or even awareness of its substance.
Smith wrote that “little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice.” nationalreview.com/2025/07/why-ad…