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Ideas Still Have Consequences

John M. Howting

I worked on a congressional campaign this year that happened to coincide with my rediscovery of Richard Weaverโ€™sย Ideas Have Consequences.ย  A few days after the midterm elections, a coworker...

Chesterton the Activist

John M. Howting

James Oโ€™Keefeโ€™s video exposรฉs of ACORN, NPR, and CNN are well known, and his 2016 investigations into various political organizations were cited in that yearโ€™s American presidential debates. Less...

The Very Model of a Modern Catholic Statesman?

John M. Howting

British Tory Member of Parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg is gaining a massive following on social media. Young people in the U.K. love him. There is a grassroots digital campaign calling...