Donald Trump and the American Republic - The American Mind
His significance to the American republic must be understood in light of his fight against the despotism of the cosmopolitan class.| The American Mind
During a debate with his political nemesis Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln noted that “public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.” The centrality of persuasion, which Lincoln correctly identified as the fundamental mechanism of statecraft in a democratic society, is the reason the Right is ascendant in America... Read more about: Europe’s Right on the Precipice The post Europe’s Right on the Precipice appeared first on The...| The American Mind
“Remember,” Nigel Farage said in late July in his office near Parliament, “I am the moderate…reasonable…democratic…experienced…grown-up face of the fightback. If I lose, just you wait.” For nearly 30 years, Farage (rhymes with “barrage”) has been the most influential British voice of what he calls the fightback, and his detractors call populism. At the turn of this... Read more about: Land’s End The post Land’s End appeared first on The American Mind.| The American Mind
His significance to the American republic must be understood in light of his fight against the despotism of the cosmopolitan class.| The American Mind
America looks poised to provide the global example for conservative populists everywhere of how to make the West great again.| The American Mind
What Trump has given to America is not what we wanted—we didn’t even know what to want—but what we needed: a vision of greatness.| The American Mind
He seems to have the most essential virtues, and perhaps the corresponding vices, demanded by the present crisis.| The American Mind
A follow-up to our piece on improving uniform swing, prompted by an interesting question about the problem of seat realignments.| Armarium Interreta
