Chronicles Magazine July 2018

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Conservative Clinic

Freddy Gray - JUNE 07, 2018

As a political phenomenon, “the Moggster,” as he is known, is quite Trumpian. He is wildly popular in a way that the experts cannot understand. As Trump was in 2015, he is dismissed as a ridiculous figure who can’t win.

Society & Culture

The Unmet Mentor
Joshua Doggrell - JUNE 07, 2018
Life changed forever for me and my family on June 19, 2015, when tragedy struck suddenly. In the aftermath, I turned to an old mentor. In the ashes of our loss and dismal emptiness, I opened A Grief Observed, by C.S. Lewis. The first line: “No...
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Society & Culture

The Politics of Morbid Fascination
Jason Michael Morgan - JUNE 07, 2018
Rafael Palmeiro has ED. How do I know? He told me. He told you, too. Heck, he told the whole country about 15 years ago. He went on national television to say that he was having a bit of trouble with his slugging percentage, and that Viagra...
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BETWEEN THE LINES

Neocons in the Dark
Justin Raimondo - JUNE 07, 2018
Republican politicians are all Trumpier-than-thou these days, if they know what’s good for them. The GOP wing of the “Resistance,” represented by Jeff Flake and Bob Corker, are retiring from the field, defeated.
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IN OUR TIME

Darwinian Liberalism
Chilton Williamson Jr. - JUNE 07, 2018
A brief article in The Spectator (May 19) by Fredrik Erixon speculates that President Emmanuel Macron of France, generally considered a liberal centrist énarque, seems to be reconsidering his position following the anniversary of his first year...
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Correspondence

The Siege of Sweden
A.M. Fantini - JUNE 07, 2018
In an era of political correctness, “safe spaces,” and “trigger warnings” for the constitutionally feeble, there are plenty of things we are not supposed to talk about. Increasingly in recent months, this seems to include crime and immigration...
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Correspondence

Requiem for a Remainer
Ralph Berry - JUNE 07, 2018
It is time to ring down the curtain on the troubled rule of Theresa May. May became Prime Minister as the result of a series of flukes, which a scriptwriter would have dismissed as too implausible to work.
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Chronicles Magazine July 2018

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Conservative Clinic

The Unmet Mentor

The Politics of Morbid Fascination

Neocons in the Dark

Darwinian Liberalism

The Siege of Sweden

Requiem for a Remainer

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