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The Failed Lower Court Revolt
As Justice Gorsuch explained, “Lower court judges may sometimes disagree with this Court’s decisions, but they are never free to defy them.”
Not-So-Beautiful Losers: How Conservatism Won the Cold War – and Lost the Peace
Buchanan's populism, unlike Reagan's appeals, wasn't anchored in the spiritual realities at the heart of the American Founding. Much of the same is evident in Buchanan's latter-day disciples.
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What Evil Can and Cannot Teach Us
Reading Andrew Klavan's "The Kingdom of Cain," a meditation on how we learn about love and creation from evil.
