Author Archives: Paul Gottfried

Thomas Sowell’s Genetic Fallacies

Although I have not read Thomas Sowell’s latest book Intellectuals and Race, …

Are Americans More ‘Socialist’ Than Europeans?

Although I’ve been critical of my state’s current governor, it’s usually been …

What’s Wrong With “Human Rights”

Some god-terms that issue from the media, and which I had the …

Hagel Gets a Sensitivity Litmus Test From the Neocon Press

I’ve no idea how former Nebraska senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran …

Romney Is an Impediment to ‘Burkean Conservatism’

Pace Dan McCarthy’s hope about the possible implications of a Romney victory, …

Toward a New Fusionism?

The Old Right makes new alliances

Charles Murray’s Fatal Conceit

What’s the matter with wealthy, white Massachusetts?

Defining Conservative Down

Today’s parties are neither Jeffersonians nor Hamiltonians, but social democrats.

Immigration, Islam, and Europe’s Jews

Despite my usual agreement with Sam Goldman on historical questions, I beg …

Eric Hobsbawm and the Totalitarian Double Standard

A remarkable historian has died — but does it matter that he was a Stalinist?

Eugene D. Genovese, R.I.P.

The justly renowned social historian Eugene D. Genovese died yesterday at the …

The Goode Fight

GOP efforts to suppress the Constitution Party have a postwar German parallel.

The Left’s Unreported Extremism

In a recent column Cal Thomas states the obvious when he observes …

Radical Ryan, Centrist Obama, & Other Myths

The Wisconsin congressman is, if anything, too timid.

Mitt the Minimalist

Never in my life have I encountered a politician who does a …

The Logic of Voter ID

They may not be racist, but voter ID laws undoubtedly boost Republicans.

When College Goes Club Med

Students once led monk-like lives. Now they party at taxpayers’ expense.

Jews Against Israel

Rabbi Elmer Berger’s long struggle against the Zionist movement

An Echo, Not a Choice

As the president lurches left, Romney struggles to rally the right.

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