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Emotions as Motivator
By Frank Blechman I am something of a policy nerd (good at analysis but lacking the charisma to be a wonk). I like to hear important policies discussed in detail, with backup materials available for further investigation. I spent enough… Read More ›
Kenosha, Wisconsin, Migrates to the Commonwealth
Editors’ Note: Reposted from the Harrisonburg Citizen, September 18, 2020. Two protesters were killed and one wounded in Kenosha, Wisconsin, by a self-styled “protector of the community” armed with an automatic weapon who had traveled from his home in Illinois…. Read More ›
US Writers Recruited for Russian Blogs
Editors’ Note: Excerpted from The New York Times, September 2, 2020. On several occasions in posted articles, VoxFairfax has quoted what must have been a naïve comment [or testimony of loyalty to P45] by Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General of the… Read More ›
Hijacking America
Editors’ Note: From the New York Times, Book Review, print edition, August 23, 2020. EVIL GENIUSES The Unmaking of America: A Recent History By Kurt Andersen Reviewed By Anand Giridharadas Commentary: Occasionally we discover dynamic ideas in unexpected places, such… Read More ›
Trump Agonistes
Review by Michael Fruitman Dozens of books have been published about Donald Trump since the 2016 election, by journalists, political pundits, armchair psychologists, past associates, and more. A new one, titled simply Disloyal, by former Trump consigliere Michael Cohen, comes… Read More ›
Promises
By Frank Blechman Several months ago I wrote a column here expressing my concern that expectations for deep system changes were getting so high that elected officials would inevitably fail to meet the advocates’ demands. I worried that candidates and… Read More ›
Where Are They Today?
JOHNNY REID EDWARDS Better known as John, Edwards served as US Senator from North Carolina from 1999-2005, gaining the Democratic nomination for Vice President in 2004 as well as pursuing the presidential candidacy the same year. In 2008, Edwards campaigned… Read More ›
American Exceptionalism Today
The term “American exceptionalism” was coined by Alexis de Tocqueville in 1831 upon his first visit to the United States, noting that the new nation was different, based less upon history or ethnicity than shared common beliefs. Those beliefs, in… Read More ›