Totalitarianism, American Style
The danger of an emerging tyranny—combing both older and newer elements—is quite real in America today.| TomKlingenstein.com
The danger of an emerging tyranny—combing both older and newer elements—is quite real in America today.| TomKlingenstein.com
The last time cities rang out with the demand for “No Kings,” a guillotine was erected in front of the Paris City Hall. The entire leadership class had their noggins lopped off in front of cheering rabble. Right now, historically speaking, we’re in the moment that comes just before that. At the Los Angeles No […] The post ‘No Kings’ Means ‘Off with Their Heads’ appeared first on TomKlingenstein.com.| TomKlingenstein.com
Few works of journalism have traveled further beyond the printed page than The 1619 Project. In the half-decade since its publication, it has been embraced as a moral corrective and condemned as ideological propaganda — adopted by school districts, banned by legislatures, and invoked in nearly every argument about how American history should be taught. […] The post How Far 1619 Has Reached appeared first on TomKlingenstein.com.| TomKlingenstein.com
It’s been more than six years since The New York Times launched a sneak attack on America’s historical sensibilities with the publication of “The 1619 Project.” That document asserted that the true American founding was not the revolutionary Declaration of 1776, whose 250th anniversary we are about to celebrate, nor was it the drafting and […] The post America, Misremembered appeared first on TomKlingenstein.com.| TomKlingenstein.com
The Pope Leo honeymoon is officially over for traditional Catholics. Days ago, Pope Leo XIV publicly defended Chicago’s progressive archbishop, Cardinal Blase Cupich, who plans to honor Senator Dick Durbin — the longtime “pro-choice Catholic” champion of abortion rights — for his advocacy on behalf of illegal immigrants. Like nearly all Catholic priests and bishops […] The post Pope Leo’s Borderless Gospel appeared first on TomKlingenstein.com.| TomKlingenstein.com
A defense of America’s true origin story and of the moral vision the 1619 Project sought to erase from the nation’s memory.| TomKlingenstein.com
The Reverend W.M. Norment was over 90 years old when he recalled how, at Andrew Jackson’s funeral, the late president’s beloved parrot “got excited and commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house.” Poll, the parrot in question, lacked the subtlety of tact required […] The post Language Without Mind appeared first on TomKlingenstein.com.| TomKlingenstein.com
For parents of school-age kids, the pandemic’s disruption to their children’s lives is unforgettable. Continued lockdowns. The BLM cudgel. LGBT duplicity. Rock-bottom performance. Vaccine mandates. And with remote learning, parents had a front-row seat to their children’s schooling and didn’t like what they saw. Their kids struggled while being manipulated and pushed away from their […] The post Parents vs. the Regime appeared first on TomKlingenstein.com.| TomKlingenstein.com
“DEI is dead, right?”“That’s what they want you to think.” These words I exchanged recently with a financial professional pinpoint where America stands today: in the thick of a battle over whether wokeism will (or can) finally perish. From the classroom to the boardroom, a vibe shift is underway. The dawn of a second Trump […] The post The Staying Power of DEI appeared first on TomKlingenstein.com.| TomKlingenstein.com
“Who is behind America’s illegal immigration machine?” A question many Americans ask but rarely hear answered, obscured by a web of activist groups and political theater. For decades, the American Left has wrapped radical activism in the language of identity politics, presenting it as advocacy for Hispanics or immigrant communities. In reality, many of these […] The post Inside the Illegal Immigration Machine appeared first on TomKlingenstein.com.| TomKlingenstein.com
President Trump just announced that he is designating Antifa a “major terrorist organization.” As Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has said, “If you want to know about Antifa, follow @MrAndyNgo.” Who is Mr. Andy Ngo? He’s an American hero. We’ll need a lot more like him to make it through this storm. Here’s a bit […] The post Andy Ngo, American Patriot appeared first on TomKlingenstein.com.| TomKlingenstein.com
Institutions that deny reality are not mistaken. They’re categorically insane.| TomKlingenstein.com
What began as subversion of our Constitution has erupted into open violence against those who dare defend it.| TomKlingenstein.com
If you're sick of the cold civil war that's dominated politics for the past two decades, take heart, because conservatives are about to emerge triumphant.| TomKlingenstein.com
The culture of our federal agencies needs to be reformed from top to bottom if we want to kill DEI for good.| TomKlingenstein.com
The virtues that enabled our forebears to tame this continent are the same ones that victory in the present conflict will require.| TomKlingenstein.com
The academic fixation on 'settler colonialism' leads directly and necessarily to the political commitment to destroying America.| TomKlingenstein.com
The left-wing agitators that have become a fixture of American life were surprisingly silent in the wake of Trump's election win.| TomKlingenstein.com
A 50-year-old exchange between two conservative intellectual giants sheds light on the pressing questions of today.| TomKlingenstein.com
Government has a necessary but limited role in sustaining free markets.| TomKlingenstein.com
Trump Derangement Syndrome and the tyranny of woke apparatchiks in the bar threaten the longstanding principles of our legal system.| TomKlingenstein.com
