');
The Unz Review •ï¿½An Alternative Media Selection$
A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media
Show by ⇅�
Email This Page to Someone

�Remember My Information



=>
Topics Filter?
2016 Election 2020 Election Academia Alt Right American Media American Military Anti-Semitism Anti-Vaxx Antifa Antiracism Black Crime Black Lives Matter Blacks Britain Censorship Charlottesville Christianity Civil Liberties Conservative Movement Conspiracy Theories Constitutional Theory Coronavirus Deep State Democratic Party Donald Trump Feminism Hillary Clinton Immigration Israel Israel Lobby Israel/Palestine Jews Joe Biden Judicial System Neocons Neoliberalism Political Correctness Racism Republican Party Republicans Russia Russiagate The Straggler Vote Fraud White Americans White Nationalism 2000 Election 2004 Election 2006 Election 2008 Election 2010 Election 2012 Election 2014 Election 2018 Election 2022 Election 4th Of July 9/11 Abby Martin Abe Foxman Abortion Abraham Lincoln Academy Awards ACLU Adam Schiff Addiction ADL Advertising AEI Affirmative Action Afghanistan Africa African Americans Africans Afrocentricism Agriculture AI AIEF AIPAC Al Gore Al Jazeera Al Sharpton Alain Soral Alan Clemmons Alan Dershowitz Albania Albert Einstein Alberto Gonzales Alcoholism Aldous Huxley Alexander Dugin Alexander Hamilton Alexander Vindman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexei Navalny Alexis De Tocqueville Ali Dawabsheh Alt Left Altruism Alyssa Rosenberg Alzheimers Amazon Amazon.com America America First American Debt American Exceptionalism American Jewish Committee American Jews American Left American Nations American Pravda American Presidents American Prisons American Renaissance Amerindians Amnesty Amnesty International Amy Chua Amy Coney Barrett Amy Klobuchar Anabelle Lima-Taub Anarchism Anarcho-tyranny Anarchy Anatoly Karlin Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Andrew Bacevich Andrew Jackson Andrew Napolitano Andrew Sullivan Andrew Yang Anglo-Saxons Anglosphere Animal Rights Wackos Ann Coulter Anne Frank Anne Neuberger Anthony Blinken Anthony Fauci Tony Hall Anthrax Anthropology Anti-Defamation League Anti-Gentilism Anti Terrorism Act Anti-Vaccination Anti-white Animus Antitrust Antiwar.com Antonin Scalia Apartheid Appalachia Argentina Armenian Genocide Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnon Milchan Art Aryans Aryeh Lightstone Ashli Babbitt Asian Americans Asian Quotas Asians Assange Assassinations Assimilation Astrology Atheism Auschwitz Australia Australian Aboriginals Austria Automation Avelet Shaked Avi Berkowitz Aviv Kochavi Avril Haines Bahrain Baltimore Riots Banjamin Netanyahu Banking Industry Banking System Banks Bapt Barack H. Obama Barack Obama Baseball Basketball Baton Rouge Shooting BBC BDS BDS Movement Beethoven Belgium Ben Cardin Ben Carson Ben & Jerry's Ben Rhodes Ben Shapiro Benghazi Benjamin Netanyahu Benny Gantz Bernie Madoff Bernie Sanders Bernies Sanders Beta O'Rourke Betsy DeVos Betty McCollum Bilingual Education Bill 59 Bill Clinton Bill Cosby Bill Gates Bill Hagerty Bill Kristol Bill Of Rights Billionaires Billy Graham Bioweapons Birth Rate Black History Black Muslims Black Panthers BlackRock BLM Bob Woodward Boeing Bolivia Bolshevik Revolution Bolshevik Russia Border Wall Boris Johnson Boston Marathon Bombing Boycott Divest And Sanction Boycott Divestment And Sanctions BP Oil Spill Brad Sherman Brazil Bret Stephens Brexit Brian Boutwell Brian Mast Brian Stryker Brian Willams BRICs British Politics Bruce Jenner Buddhism Bundy Family Bush Family California California Recall Election California Senate Race Camp Of The Saints Campaign Finance Campaign For Liberty Campus Rape Canada Canary Mission Capitalism Careers Carly Fiorina Carter Page Catalonia Catherine Wilkerson Catholic Church Catholicism CDC Charles De Gaulle Charles H. Dolan Charles Koch Charles Krauthammer Charles Kushner Charles Manson Charles Murray Charles Percy Charles Schumer Charleston Shooting Charlie Hebdo Che Guevara Chelsea Clinton Chicago Child Abuse Child Services Children Chile China China/America Chinese Chinese Communist Party Christi Grimm Christina Pushaw Christine Lagarde Christmas Christopher Hitchens Christopher Steele Chuck Hagel Chuck Schumer CIA Civil Rights Civil War Clannishness Class Struggle Classical Economics Classical Music Clinton Global Initiative CNN Cockburn Family Cognitive Psychology COINTELPRO Cold War Colin Kaepernick College College Admission Colombia Colonialism Color Revolution Columbus Comic Books Communism Condi Rice Confederacy Confederate Flag Confucius Congress Conservatism Conservative Canon Conservatives Conspiracy Theory Constitution Constitution Partly Cornel West Corruption Corruption Perception Index Cory Booker Counterpunch Cover Story COVID-19 Craig Murray Creationism Crime Criminality Critical Race Theory Croatia Cuba Cuban Missile Crisis Cuckservatism Cuckservative CUFI Cultural Marxism Cultural Revolution Culture Culture War Cyber Threats Cynthia McKinney DACA Dallas Shooting Dalton Trumbo Dana Milbank Daniel Bell Daniel Goldhagen Danny Danon Darren Beattie Darwinism David Bazelon David Brog David Brooks David Duke David Friedman David Frum David Horowitz David Irving David Morales David Schenker Davos DC Sniper Death Penalty Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Deborah Lipstadt Debt Decadence Deficits Democracy Democracy Summit Democratic Republic Of Congo Democrats Demographics Demography Denmark Dennis Ross Department Of Justice Department Of State Deregulation Derek Chauvin Detroit Development Dianne Feinstein Dick Cheney Die Nibelungen Digital Yuan Dinesh D'Souza Discrimination Disease Disney Dissent Dissidence Diversity Divorce DNA DNCleaks Dogs Dollar Domestic Surveillance Domestic Terrorism Dominique Strauss-Kahn Don Siegelman Donations Dostoevsky Douglas Macgregor Dreamers Dreams From My Father Drone War Drug Cartels Drug Laws Drugs Dua Lipa Dylan Roof Dysgenic E. Michael Jones E. O. Wilson East Asians Ebola Economic Sanctions Ecuador Ed Miller Edmund Burke Edmund Burke Foundation Education Edward Murrow Edward Price Edward Said Edward Snowden Efraim Zurofff El Salvador Election 2012 Elections Elena Kagan Eli Rosenbaum Elian Gonzalez Elie Wiesel Eliot Cohen Eliot Engel Elites Elizabeth Warren Elliot Abrams Elliot Rodger Elon Musk Emmanuel Macron Employment Energy England Enoch Powell Environment Environmentalism Equality Erdogan Eric Cantor Eric Garner Eric Williams Eric Zemmour Espionage Espionage Act EThnic Studies Ethnicity Ethnocentricty EU Eugenics Eurasia Europe European Left European Right European Union Europeans Eurozone Evi Palmore Evolution Evolutionary Biology Facebook Fairness Doctrine Fake News False Flag Attack Family Fantasy FARA Fascism Fast Food FBI FDA FDD Federal Reserve Female Homosexuality Feminization Ferguson Shooting Fethullah Gulen Fields Medals Fili Film Financial Bailout Financial Debt Financial Sector First Amendment First World War FISA Flag Burning Flight From White Floradora Girls Florida Floyd Riots 2020 Flynn Effect Football Ford Foundation Foreign Agents Registration Act Fossil Fuels Foundation For Defense Of Democracies Fourth Of July Fox News France Frankfurt School Franklin D. Roosevelt Franz Boas Fred Friendly Fred Hiatt Fred Reed's Cop Columns Free Market Free Speech Free Trade Freedom Of Speech Freedom French Canadians French National Front French Revolution Friedrich Karl Berger Friendly & Conventional Friends Of The Israel Defense Forces Front National Gambling Gandhi Gavin Long Manifesto Gavin Newsom Gay Marriage Gays/Lesbians Gaza Gender Gender Equality Gender Reassignment Gene-Culture Coevolution Generation Z Genes Genetic Engineering Genetic Pacification Genetics Geneva Conventions Genghis Khan George Bush George Floyd George H. W. Bush George Patton George Romero George Soros George Tiller George W. Bush George Wallace George Will Georgia German Language Germans Germany Ghislaine Maxwell Gilad Atzmon Gilded Age Gina Peddy Glenn Beck Glenn Fine Glenn Greenwald Glenn Youngkin Global Warming Globalism Globalization God Delusion Goldman Sachs Golf Google Goths Government Debt Government Incompetence Government Overreach Government Secrecy Government Shutdown Government Spending Government Surveillance Government Waste Grant Smith Great Books Greece Green New Deal Greg Cochran Gregory Clark Greta Thunberg Group Intelligence Guilt Culture Gun Control Guns Gypsies H-1B H1-B Visas Haim Saban Haiti Halloween Hamas Hamilton: An American Musical Harriet Tubman Harry Jaffa Harvard Harvey Weinstein Hate Crimes Hate Hoaxes Hate Speech Hbd Hbd Chick Health And Medicine Health Care Healthcare Henry Harpending Herbert John Fleure Heredity Hezbollah Hindu Caste System Hip Hop Hispanic Crime Hispanics Hitler HIV/AIDS Hollywood Holocaust Holocaust Museum Homeland Security Homelessness Homicide Homosexuality Hong Kong House Intelligence Committee House Of Cards Housing Houthis Howard Dean Howard Kohr Huey Newton Hugo Chavez Human Biodiversity Human Evolution Human Genome Human Nature Human Rights Humor Hungary Hunter Biden Hunting Hurricane Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Katrina Ice People Ice T Iceland Igor Danchenko IHRA Ilana Mercer Ilhan Omar Illegal Immigration Ilyushin IMF Impeachment Imperial Presidency Imperialism Impri Imran Awan Income Tax Independence Day India Indians Inequality Inflation Intellectuals Intelligence Intelligence Community Intelligent Design Internet Internet Research Agency Iosef Stalin IQ Iran Iran Nuclear Agreement Iranian Nuclear Program Iraq Iraq War Ireland IRS Irving Kristol ISI ISIS Islam Islamic Jihad Islamofascism Islamophobia Israel Defense Force Israel Separation Wall Italy Ivanka Ivy League J. Edgar Hoover J Street Jacky Rosen Jacobins Jake Novak Jamal Khashoggi James B. Watson James Clapper James Comey James Jeffrey James Lankford James Mattis James Zogby Jane Mayer Janet Yellen Japan Jared Kushner Jared Taylor Jason Greenblatt JASTA Jazz JCPOA Jeb Bush Jeff Sessions Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Goldberg Jeffrey Sterling Jen Psaki Jennifer Rubin Jeremy Corbyn Jerry Seinfeld Jerusalem Post Jesse Helms Jesse Jackson Jesuits Jesus Jesus Christ Jewish History Jewish Intellectuals JFK Assassination JFK Jr. Jill Stein Jim Webb Joe Lieberman Joe Sobran Joel Greenberg John B. Watson John Bolton John Brennan John Calhoun John Derbyshire John F. Kennedy John Kerry John Kiriakou John McCain John McLaughlin John McWhorter John Oliver John Paul Stevens John Ratcliffe Joker Jon Ossoff Jon Stewart Jonah Goldberg Jonathan Freedland Jonathan Greenblatt Jonathan Karten Jonathan Pollard Jordan Peterson Joseph Massad Joseph McCarthy Josh Hawley Journalism Judah Benjamin Judaism Judeo-Christianity Judge George Daniels Julian Assange Jussie Smollett Justice Kahanists Kaiser Wilhelm Kamal Harris Kamala Harris Karl Rove Kashmir Kay Bailey Hutchison Keir Starmer Ken Livingstone Kenneth Marcus Kevin MacDonald Kevin McCarthy Kim Jong Un Kirstjen Nielsen Kkk Klepotocracy Knesset Koch Foundation Kompromat Korea Kristi Noem Ku Klux Klan Kurds Kyle Rittenhouse Larry Summers Las Vegas Massacre Latin America Latinos Lawfare Lawsuit Left/Right Lehava Lenin Leo Strauss Leonard Bernstein LGBT Liberal Whites Liberalism Liberals Libertarianism Libertarians Liberty Libya Linda Chavez Lindsey Graham Literature Lloyd Austin Lloyd Blankfein Lobbying long-range-missile-defense Looting Lord Mann Lorde Loudoun County Louis Farrakhan Love Low Wages Lyndon Johnson M.g. MacArthur Awards Machiavellianism Madeleine Albright Mafia MAGA Magna Charta Magnitsky Act Mail-In Voting Male Homosexuality Manor Manorialism Mao Zedong Maoism Maoists Marc Faber Marco Rubio Margaret Thatcher Marianne Williamson Marijuana Marine Le Pen Marjorie Taylor Greene Mark Milley Mark Ruffalo Mark Steyn Mark Twain Marriage Martin Luther King Marx Marxism Masculinity Masha Gessen Masks Mass Shootings Mate Choice Math Mathematics Matt Gaetz Maureen Dowd Max Blumenthal Max Boot Max Brooks Maxine Waters May Howard McCain McCain/POW Mearsheimer-Walt Meat Media Medicare For All Medicine Megan McCain Meghan Markle Meghan McCain Megyn Kelly MEK Mel Gibson Mencken Meng Wanzhou Mental Health Mental Illness Mental Traits Meritocracy Merkel Merrick Garland Mexican-American War Mexico Michael Anton Michael Atkinson Michael Bloomberg Michael Flynn Michael Kadar Michael Moore Michael Morell Michelle Bachmann Michelle Goldberg Michelle Obama Michigan Middle East Mike Pence Mike Pompeo Mike Signer Militarized Police Millennials Minimum Wage Ministr Minneapolis Minorities Mishima Mitt Romney Monopoly Moon Landing Hoax Moon Landings Morality Mormons Mortality Mossad Mother Teresa Movies Mulatto Elite Multiculturalism Music Muslim Ban Muslims Mussolini Mysticism Nachman Shai Naftali Bennett Nancy Pelos Nancy Pelosi Narendra Modi NASA Nation Of Islam National Conservatism Conference National Debt National Holocaust Museum National Review Nationalism Native Americans NATO Naz Shah Nazi Nazi Germany Nazis Nazism NDAA Neo-Nazis Neoconservatism Neoconservatives Neoreaction Netherlands Never Again Education Act New Cold War New World Order New York New York City New York Times New Zealand Shooting Newt Gingerich Newt Gingrich NFL Nicholas Kristof Nicholas Wade Nick Fuentes Nikki Haley Nixon Noam Chomsky Nobel Prize Nobel Prized Nord Stream 2 Nordics Norman Braman Norman Finkelstein Norman Podhoretz North Korea Northern Ireland Norway NSA Nuclear Proliferation Nuclear War O Mio Babbino Caro Obama Obamacare Objectivism Obscured American Occupy Occupy Hong Kong Occupy Wall Street Oedipus Complex OFAC Oil Oil Industry Oklahoma City Bombing Olympics Open Borders Opioids Oppressing Boys Orban Organ Transplants Organized Crime Orlando Shooting Orthodoxy Orwell Osama Bin Laden OTFI Our Soldiers Speak Oxfam Paleocons Paleolibertarianism Palestine Pamela Geller Paris Paris Attacks Pat Buchanan Pat Robertson Pathological Altruism Patriot Act Patriotism Paul Findley Paul Krugman Paul Manafort Paul Ryan Paul Singer Paypal Pedophilia Pete Buttgieg Pete Buttigieg Peter Thiel Peter Turchin Phil Rushton Philosophy Phyllis Randall Physiognomy Pierre-Andrew Taguieff Pizzagate Pledge Of Allegiance Plutocracy Pol Pot Poland Police Police State Political Philosophy Politics Polygyny Pope Benedict Pope Francis Population Population Growth Population Replacement Populism Pornography Portland Post-Apocalypse Post-Nationalism Poverty PRC Prescription Drugs Presidential Libraries Prince Andrew Prince Harry Priti Patel Pritzkers Privatization Progressives Propaganda Prostitution Protestantism Proud Boys Psychology Psychopathy Public Health Public Schools Puerto Rico Punishment Puppet Masters Puritans Putin QAnon Qassem Soleimani Quebec Quincy Institute Quincy Institute For Responsible Statecraft R. Crumb Race Race And Crime Race And Iq Race And Religion Race/Crime Race Denialism Race/IQ Race Riots Rachel Dolezal Racial Reality Racialism Rahm Emanuel Ralph Nader Rand Paul Randy Fine Rap Music Rape Raphael Warnock Rashida Tlaib Rashomon Razib Khan Recep Tayyip Erdogan Reconstruction Relationships Religion Religion And Philosophy Rentier Reparations Reprint Reverend Moon Reverend Wright Review Rich Lowry Richard Dawkins Richard Goldberg Richard Grenell Richard Lewontin Richard Lynn Richard Nixon Richard Perle Richard Spencer Richard Wagner Rick Perry Rick Santorum Riots Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Robert Kraft Robert Levinson Robert Maxwell Robert Mueller Robert Reich Robespierre Roe Vs. Wade Roger Ailes Roger Scruton Roman Abramovich Roman Empire Romanticism Ron DeSantis Ron Paul Ron Unz Ronald Reagan Ross Perot Rotherham Rothschilds Roy Moore Rudy Giuliani Rudyard Kipling Ruling Class Rupert Murdoch Rush Limbaugh Russell Kirk Russian Hack Russian Orthodox Church Russophobes Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sacha Baron Cohen Sacklers Sailer Strategy Sam Francis Samuel Huntington San Bernadino Massacre Sandy Hook Sarah Palin Saudi Arabia Scandinavia Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Scientism Scotland Seattle Secession See It Now Selfish Gene Senate Serbia Sergei Skripal Seth Klarman Seth Rich Sex Sex Ratio At Birth Sex Tape Sexual Harassment Sexual Identity Sexuality Shai Masot Shame Culture Sheldon Adelson Shimon Peres Shmuley Boteach Show Shulamit Aloni Shurat HaDin Sigal Mandelker Sigar Pearl Mandelker Sigmund Freud Silicon Valley Single Men Single Women SJWs Slate Slavery Slavery Reparations Slavoj Zizek Soccer Social Democracy Social Justice Social Justice Warriors Social Media Social Security Social Welfare Programs Socialism Solzhenitsyn Somalia South Africa South China Sea South Korea Soviet History Soviet Union Space Force Space Program Spain Spanish Language Spanish River High School Special Envoy To Monitor And Combat Anti-Semitism SPLC Sports Sports Teams Srebrenica Stabby Somali Staffan Stalinism Star Trek State Department States Rights Statistics Steny Hoyer Stephen Cohen Stephen Harper Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Miller Stephen Schwartz Stereotypes Steve Bannon Steve King Steve Sailer Steven Mnuchin Stoicism Strategic Culture Foundation Straussians Stuart Levey Student Debt Student Loans Sundar Pichai Superheroes Supernatural Supreme Court Susan Glasser Susan Rice Sweden Switzerland Syria Syriza Taliban Talmud Tamar Kadar Tax Cheats Tax Cuts Tax Evasion Taxes Tea Party Tech Technology Ted Cruz Television Terrorism Terrorists Terry McAuliffe Tesla Texas Thailand The American Conservative The American Herald Tribune The Bible The Confederacy The Constitution The Economist The Edmund Burke Foundation The Great Awokening The Great Wall The Left The New York Times The Rock The Saker The South The Walking Dead The Washington Post Theodore Roosevelt Theresa May Third World Thomas Jefferson Thomas Massie Thomas Moorer Thomas Perez Thought Crimes Thurgood Marshall Tim Russert Tim Scott Tim Wise Timothy McVeigh Title IX Tom Metzger Tom Wolfe Tom Woods Tony Blair Tony Blinken Tony Kleinfeld Torture Trade Transgender Transgenderism Transhumanism Transsexuals Trayvon Martin Treason Tropical Storm Sandy True Redneck Stereotypes Trump Tsarist Russia Tucker Carlson Tucson Shooting Tulsa Tulsi Gabbard Turkey Twitter Two Party System UFOs UKIP Ukraine Unemployment Unions United Arab Emirates United Nations United States Universal Basic Income Urban Riots US Blacks US Capitol Storming 2021 USA Freedom Act USCPAHA USS Liberty Uyghurs Vaccination Vaccines Valerie Plame Vampires Vdare Venezuela Veterans Administration VIAB Victoria Nuland Victorian England Victorianism Vietnam Vietnam War Violence Vioxx Virginia Virginia Israel Advisory Board Virginian Israel Advisory Board Vitamin D Vladimir Putin Volkisch Voltaine Voter Fraud Voting Rights Voting Rights Act Vouchers W.E.B. DuBois Wall Street Walter Rathenau War Crimes War On Christmas War On Terror Washington DC Washington Post WasPage WASPs Watchmen Watergate Watsoning Wealth Inequality Wealthy Welfare Wendy Sherman West Bank Western Religion Westerns Whistleblowers White America White Death White Guilt White Helmets White Messiah White Nakba White Nationalists White People White Privilege White Slavery White Supremacy White Voters Whiteness Studies Whites Wikileaks Wikipedia Wild Life William Buckley William D. Hamilton William Fulbright William Graham Sumner William Kristol William Latson William McGougall William McRaven William Regnery II WINEP Winston Churchill Woke Capital Woodrow Wilson Workers Working Class World Cup World Economic Forum World War I World War II World War Z Writing Yair Lapid Yankees Yehuda Neuberger Yelp Yochi Dreazen Yoram Hazony Yossi Cohen YouTube Youtube Ban Zhang Yimou Ziegfeld Girls Zimbabwe Zionism Zionists Zombies Zvika Fogel
Nothing found
Authors Filter?
Ron Unz
Nothing found
�Most RecentIdeology Archive
/
Reprint

Bookmark Toggle AllToCAdd to LibraryRemove from Library •ï¿½B
Show CommentNext New CommentNext New ReplyRead More
ReplyAgree/Disagree/Etc. More... This Commenter This Thread Hide Thread Display All Comments
AgreeDisagreeThanksLOLTroll
These buttons register your public Agreement, Disagreement, Thanks, LOL, or Troll with the selected comment. They are ONLY available to recent, frequent commenters who have saved their Name+Email using the 'Remember My Information' checkbox, and may also ONLY be used three times during any eight hour period.
Ignore Commenter Follow Commenter
shutterstock_120984760
Twenty years ago, California public schools were forcing thousands of Latino children into Spanish-almost-only classes against the wishes of their parents. In 1996, The Los Angeles Times told the story of a group of Latino immigrant parents who began a public protest against their local elementary school for refusing to teach their children English, boycotting... Read More
shutterstock_27866770
How Los Angeles undercut its pathbreaking IHP project
In late September I attended a memorial service for William M. Fitz-Gibbon, a retired public school teacher who had passed away a few weeks earlier, just short of his 78th birthday. Without doubt Bill Fitz-Gibbon—“Fitz†to everyone—was the individual who had the greatest academic influence on my life, and my feelings were shared by many... Read More
alexcockburn
Remembering Alexander Cockburn (1941–2012)
I first encountered the writing of Alexander Cockburn in the early 1990s on the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal, where he served as a regular columnist. Given that Alex was one of the premier radical-left journalists of our era, this highlights the unique background of the man. Being myself then a rather moderate... Read More
Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com
Romney owes his only win to English for the Children.
With Mitt Romney now the de facto Republican presidential nominee, I sometimes recall how I inadvertently launched his political career a decade ago, which is less implausible than it might sound. Unlike the vast majority of previous major-party presidential candidates, Romney has a remarkably slender record of election victories, having previously won just a single... Read More
spirit of america / Shutterstock.com
The sources of America’s immigration problems—and a possible solution
Will mass immigration destroy the GOP? Can our middle-class society survive high immigration levels? Is there any political solution to our current immigration difficulties? Last June the U.S. Census disclosed that non-white births in America were on the verge of surpassing the white total and might do so as early as the end of this... Read More
Go ahead, spend lots of cash. You’ll still lose.
Yesterday, the National Association of Bilingual Educators concluded its 2001 annual national convention in Phoenix on a desperate note. According to a front-page story in the Arizona Republic, the 7,000 participants were beseeched to pony up millions of dollars to fight the forthcoming state-wide "English for the Children" campaigns in Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, and... Read More
For the first time in living memory, California's entire diverse galaxy of campaign finance reform groups has united behind a single ballot measure campaign. Surprisingly, this reform grand alliance is actually aimed at defeating a campaign finance reform proposal--namely, Proposition 34, a measure placed on the November ballot by Gov. Gray Davis and the Democrats.... Read More
shutterstock_118149262
The Golden State isn't too liberal for the GOP. Its leaders simply scared away immigrant voters
Just 10 years ago, California was a GOP bastion, regarded as the cornerstone of the Republican Electoral College "lock." The 1990 elections merely confirmed this impression, with the GOP winning its third gubernatorial race in a row, its fifth of seven. Two years earlier, the 1988 presidential race had marked the sixth straight California victory... Read More
In November, a turning point for U.S. education
Originally proposed by Economics Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman in 1955, educational vouchers and related types of school choice have increasingly become the main focus of conservative education- reformers, as attractive to parochial-school Christian conservatives as to free-market libertarians. In the past year, some prominent liberal journalists, such as Matt Miller writing in The Atlantic and... Read More
shutterstock_34711495
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. Immigration. Bilingual education. Over the past few years, these issues and broader matters of ethnic politics have become the stuff of nightmares for Republican candidates around the country. On the one hand, ethnic issues are tremendously important to the future well-being of our large and diverse society. They are the hottest of hot... Read More
shutterstock_118623196
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Tuesday's crushing defeat of a sweeping campaign finance measure in California thwarted reform in a state much in need of it. It also put the lie to the conventional wisdom that the Democratic Party is less opposed to campaign reform than the Republicans are. With absolutely no limits on the size... Read More
Everyone agrees that the current campaign-finance system is dreadfully flawed, consisting as it does of a mishmash of contribution limits unadjusted for 25 years of inflation and a gigantic "soft money" loophole that has grown large enough to devour any and all financial restrictions. But the virtual defeat yesterday of the McCain-Feingold bill marks an... Read More
WITH THE DEFENSE of Marriage Act on California's March ballot, the subject of gay rights is likely to move to the forefront of the political debate. Already, many Democratic candidates are said to be desperate to avoid taking a position on this controversial measure while many Republicans wish that the issue would simply disappear. The... Read More
The flow of money to candidates and causes calls the idea of the people's best interests into question
There are many areas of the world where ordinary citizens suspect that their elections are for sale. But California is one of the few places where these purchases are publicly disclosed. Consider last November's Proposition 9, an initiative sponsored by consumer activists that would have slashed utility rates in the state. The utility companies spent... Read More
The recent release of campaign finance reports for the first half of 1999 has revealed a surprising fact: unlike its national counterpart, the California Republican Party has suddenly become the party of the poor. Early press accounts mostly emphasized the astonishing pace of Democratic Gov. Gray Davis’s post-election fund-raising, in which he racked up nearly... Read More
Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush has now announced that he will not impose an abortion litmus test on his Supreme Court nominees. Such views may also be shared by most of Mr. Bush's leading rivals, thus transforming abortion into a word whose pronunciation is silence. The wide consensus of reporters, pollsters, consultants and major... Read More
In an effort to find common political ground on the vexing issue of public school reform, The Nation passes on to its readers a set of provocative proposals from Ron K. Unz. A conservative Republican who ran in the 1994 primary against California Governor Pete Wilson, Unz campaigned strongly against that year's anti-immigrant Prop 187.... Read More
shutterstock_279709709
Republican leaders, worried about their party's lack of success among ethnic minorities, are reaching for just the wrong remedy. The GOP, they say, should stress symbolic ethnic outreach, while downplaying its principled opposition to affirmative action, bilingual education, and multiculturalism. As a result, "diversity" is now a watchword in GOP candidate selection, choice of convention... Read More
shutterstock_93747235
As the hot-button political issue of the 1998 election, educational reform has inspired a host of political proposals, ranging from the foolish to the ridiculous. Unfortunately, political sloganeering makes doubtful public policy, and if incoming California Gov. Gray Davis and his weakened Republican opposition actually hope to do something about our poorly performing school system,... Read More
The following correspondence was found in the personal papers of a retired U.S. Senator from Arizona after his death in 1998. Dearest H., Almost 30 years have gone by, and nobody suspects a thing! The strength of your determination still astonishes me. I never dreamed that the fiery "Goldwater" girl who visited me in my... Read More
Category Classics
Analyzing the History of a Controversial Movement
The Shaping Event of Our Modern World
The Surprising Elements of Talmudic Judaism