The Ecstasy of the Mob
by Mark JudgePanique and Richard Jewell share a timeless message: Without due process and the presumption of innocence, people submerged in an environment of hysteria quickly devolve into wolves. Continue Reading »
The Authority Vacuum
by Mark BauerleinOn this episode, Mark Bauerlein and Peter Skerry discuss political hierarchies, populism, and the power of the media. Continue Reading »
Anti-Bigotry and Liberal Power
by R. R. RenoThe crusade against intolerance creates victims to ensure its own survival. Continue Reading »
The Unaccountable Silences of Bret Baier
by Hadley ArkesMedia figures have skirted around the ugly realities of abortion legislation. Continue Reading »
The Future of News
by Les SillarsFor about a century, American journalism had a paradigm that positioned the industry as essential to liberal democracy: journalistic objectivity. It promised objective, reliable coverage of events that mattered to citizens regardless of partisan beliefs, and it was supported by a lucrative, . . . . Continue Reading »
Sentimental Frenzy
by Matthew SchmitzOn the basis of a sixty-second clip, thousands of prominent Americans rushed to denounce the students of Covington Catholic High School. The students’ alleged crime was mobbing an American Indian activist named Nathan Phillips while wearing “Make America Great Again” caps. Respectable people . . . . Continue Reading »
The Church’s Bigger Agenda
by Nathaniel PetersStanding up for the mob’s victims should be on the Church’s agenda for the justice of all people, especially when its victims are her own children. Continue Reading »
The Covington Catholic Debacle
by Mark BauerleinFeaturing Robby Soave on media dishonesty and the Covington Catholic incident. Continue Reading »
Covington Catholic’s Failed Leaders
by R. R. RenoMany Catholic and conservative leaders joined in on cyber-lynching of their own young followers after the Covington Catholic incident at the March for Life. Continue Reading »
Shame Storm
by Helen AndrewsAfter a lifetime of impeccably correct opinions, Ian Buruma found himself on the wrong side of the liberal consensus in September 2018, when he was forced to resign as editor of the New York Review of Books for having commissioned a piece called “Reflections from a Hashtag” from the . . . . Continue Reading »
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