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Many leading Republicans and conservatives want someone other than Donald Trump to run for President in 2024. But this judgment requires an assessment of Trump’s vices and virtues in the context of our current political and cultural circumstances, as well as an assessment of other prospective Republican presidential candidates. Tom Klingenstein, Chairman of the Claremont Institute, explains Trump's Virtues.

What chance do our boys have if the behavior of snakes and sharks is the primary source of guidance? With so many boys left to the fend for themselves, the claws of social media, television, videogames, and the internet have grabbed hold and corrupted them at a time when they are most vulnerable to outside influences. Since observational learning plays a critical role in development, studies have shown how this exposure is linked to anger, violence, and anxiety. What chance do our boys have if the behavior of snakes and sharks is the primary source of guidance? While the absence...

Barack Obama said on Tuesday the world should resist cynicism over the rise of strongmen, in an apparent reference to populist leaders who hold power in a number of countries. […] “Just as people spoke about the triumph of democracy in the 90s, people now are talking about the triumph of tribalism and the strong man. But we need to resist that cynicism,” Obama said in a speech in Johannesburg to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela. Some of Obama’s language echoed that of Trump’s critics. “Too much of politics today seems to reject the very...

The old right, which I would define as Anglo-Saxon traditionalism, was obliterated in America during the first years of the 20th century. When Wilson abandoned traditional American isolationism in favor of Teddy Roosevelt's jingoistic internationalism, American conservatism was finished as a dominant political ideology. It could not exist in a world where America was an active participant in European intrigues. It staggered along after Wilson, until the Great Depression delivered the final blow. What replaced it was the mild corporatism of FDR that was an adaptation of what we would come to understand as European fascism. In America this meant...

My very own presence is upon you now , For you have forsaken a sacred cow (flesh) , And in this release you have found my glory instead there , And now it is your covering as hair , My spiritual Samson truly you are , Now disperse the Delilahs push them away far ! For truly they are not helping you or even care ! For all they desire is to cut your hair , They believe they walk in all you know ,(Numbers16:7) So now is the time to let them go , For if you stay your...

By KADYR TOKTOGULOV Associated Press Writer The Associated Press BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan Mar 27, 2005 — Two rival parliaments vied for power in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, and the head of Europe's leading security organization tried to resolve the turmoil in the Central Asia country three days after its longtime leader fled to Russia in the face of massive protests. Kyrgyzstan has both Russian and U.S. bases on its soil and like neighboring Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan had been ruled by authoritarian chiefs until President Askar Akayev left Thursday after 15 years in power. Akayev's departure made Kyrgyzstan the third former Soviet...