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JRC 2016: A Future For Conservatism

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The Body as Billboard

Anthony Esolen

Tattoos are everywhere. It is not that people sport tattoos where the sun doesn’t shine. It is that they sport tattoos where the light of the face should shine, and everywhere else too, so that the very self is made subordinate to the advertising.

Ruminations Amidst the Ruins

Christopher Manion

If the ticket wins, will Donald Trump’s chief of staff sideline Vice President Pence, or will he rely on him as a valuable resource in uniting a profoundly divided country? . . . Briefly put, will Pence matter?

No Surrender

Chilton Williamson, Jr.

When it comes to politics—and, increasingly, other things as well—Americans today are like Mae West: They don’t show their good points to strangers.

Dos to Tango

Scott P. Richert

Donald Trump’s surprise visit to Mexico on August 31 has been analyzed every which way, except for one—the one that may, in the long run, prove most important.

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The First Debate: Advantage, Clinton
Srdja Trifkovic | September 27, 2016
In the first 2016 presidential debate, Donald Trump did not control the narrative and, especially toward the end, appeared irritated and rattled.
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Cal Thomas Is Getting It
Chronicles | September 25, 2016
Cal Thomas notes that many people are afraid to say what should be said about the link between Islam and terrorism for fear of being labeled an “Islamophobe.” He also notes that Chronicles and Srdja Trifkovic are not among those who are afraid.
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How Trump Wins the Debate
Pat Buchanan | September 23, 2016
With only a year in national politics, Trump does not have to show a mastery of foreign and domestic policy details. Rather, he has to do what John F. Kennedy did in 1960, and what Ronald Reagan did in 1980. He has to meet and exceed expectations, which are not terribly high.
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The Oligarchy is Losing Its Grip, But Its Death Throes May Prove Fatal – to Us
Jim Jatras | September 21, 2016
For those who have been paying attention for the past couple of decades, Aleppo Boy is a familiar example of what is known as “atrocity porn,” titillating the audience through horror and incitement to hatred of the presumed perpetrators.
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