Author Archives: Paul Gottfried

Who’s a Fascist?

A broad-minded reactionary takes libertarians to task for abusing the term.

A Note on Leo Strauss

Having seen Samuel Goldman’s thoughtful response to Kenneth McIntyre’s sizzling review of …

A Conservative’s November Dilemma

Between Obama’s left-wing agenda at home at Romney’s neoconservative foreign policy, the right hardly has a choice.

Europe’s Composer

César Franck: His Life and Times, R.J. Stove, Scarecrow Press, 371 pages

Tea Party vs. Occupy: Which Is Winning?

What may be a declining force in American political life is the …

Obama Mobilizes His Leftist Base

Ever since I dared criticize the Obama administration and its partisans, I’ve …

German Sabotage and America’s Entry Into World War I

Since neoconservative journalists, at least to my knowledge, have not been lately …

Obama’s Grievance Politics

Despite high unemployment and soaring gas prices, it seems the Obama administration …

Hard Questions for Romney, Paul, and Santorum

Although not many people in high places may notice what I’m doing, …

Immaculate Secularism

For the last few weeks Catholic clergy and GOP politicians have denounced …

Enough With “Family Values”

Allow me to vent an old complaint. It’s something that I can’t …

Ron Paul’s Moderate Foreign Policy

During the Republican presidential primary debate from Des Moines on December 15, …

Gingrich the Statist

Steve Chapman has partly anticipated my argument when he describes Newt Gingrich …

Slaves to Democracy

The Servile Mind: How Democracy Erodes The Moral Life, Kenneth Minogue, Encounter, …

Are Republicans Ideological Purists?

In a syndicated column, National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru tries to …

PC Police Target Middle and High School Students

The PC police are at it again. According to a sympathetic Associated …

Is Herman Cain “Black” Enough?

The attacks on Herman Cain that I’ve encountered in recent weeks have …

Where is the Peace Party?

A columnist for my local paper is looking for a “peace candidate” …

Rick Perry’s Debt to the Anti-God Squad

For several weeks now, what one critic has called “the anti-God squad” …

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