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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Michael Brendan Dougherty

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A Majority Are for Mass Deportations

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A Clean, Calm Debate between Me and Noah on Ukraine

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Expel, Don’t Arrest

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Rehearsal for Revolution

20.04.2024 30

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The Wrecking Ball Comes for East Coast Catholicism

16.04.2024 20

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Haley as the Anti-Trump, Anti-Populist Vote

06.03.2024 20

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Confusing Triage with Empire Building

05.03.2024 3

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Asked and Answered

02.03.2024 4

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What Is the Plan for Ukraine?

01.03.2024 6

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Are Tories Islamophobic?

01.03.2024 5

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McConnell’s Goodbye

29.02.2024 3

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The Moral Taboo against Suicide

29.02.2024 20

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The Credibility Trap

28.02.2024 5

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Updates in Japanification

28.02.2024 20

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What Time It Is

23.02.2024 10

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The Compromise Bill Just Makes Biden’s Open Border More Orderly

07.02.2024 10

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The Myth That Ukraine Was Slow-Rolled By Biden

01.02.2024 2

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Provocation of the Day

01.02.2024 4

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Things We’re Not Supposed to Notice

27.01.2024 8

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Revising the Veepstakes

27.01.2024 9

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Haley Staying in Helps Trump

18.01.2024 6

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A Raw Contest of Two Aged Men

16.01.2024 10

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The Vatican’s Deliberate Confusion on Same-Sex Couples

19.12.2023 10

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J. D. Vance Inquires about Ireland’s Speech Law

Senator J. D. Vance wrote a letter to the Irish ambassador inquiring about Ireland’s proposed new law which would make the utterance, publication,...

14.12.2023 3

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JFK Blown Away

On the Editors recently, I recommended The Rest Is History podcast, which features the two English historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. I...

12.12.2023 5

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Controversy Brings Clarity

Democrats are not willing to parlay with Republicans to fund border security and modify the asylum system in order to obtain another $61 billion in...

12.12.2023 5

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Haley as Trump’s Veep

Jim Geragthy is right that the dynamic of the Republican Party is that Trump is running up through the middle while anti-Trump conservatives vote for...

07.12.2023 5

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Rand Paul Is Right: Time to Withdraw from Syria

Rand Paul has introduced a bill to the floor of the Senate calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria unless Congress authorizes them to be...

07.12.2023 1

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The Silenced Majority

Since the riots erupted in Dublin in late November over the attempted stabbing of three children by a naturalized Algerian citizen of Ireland,...

05.12.2023 10

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London Falling

A year ago, I wrote a column registering my deep appreciation for the London Calling podcast, which had evolved into what I thought was the most...

05.12.2023 3

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Newsom vs. DeSantis

Newsom is a dangerous debater, precisely because he is more shameless and is willing to lie and mislead. A typical example from this exchange in front...

01.12.2023 3

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R.I.P. Shane McGowan

In a recent statement, The Pogues said that the band's lead singer and songwriter, Shane MacGowan, has died at age 65, surrounded by family and having...

30.11.2023 5

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Randy Newman, 80 Years Young

I saw that Randy Newman turned 80 years old earlier this week. I’m still amazed at the level of productivity he’s sustained in his songwriting and...

30.11.2023 7

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Kissinger As Symbol

Henry Kissinger’s legacy will be debated for a very long time. His life as a practitioner of foreign policy — shaping the extremely consequential...

30.11.2023 5

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New Details on the Dublin Assailant

Gript.ie has the details on the Algerian-born man who attempted to stab three children in central Dublin last Thursday, which resulted in several...

30.11.2023 3

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Haley, Candidacy of the Establishment Heart Gone Rogue

Nikki Haley has been rising in the polls because she, like Trump, represents a vision for the future of the Republican Party. NYT/Sienna polling has...

29.11.2023 5

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The Left without Utopia

Compact magazine has a really short, sharp piece on a problem afflicting the modern left. Without a vision of utopia or a commitment to the value of...

28.11.2023 4

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Allowed to Report the Truth?

John McGuirk, who operates the flinty media outlet Gript in Ireland, was grilled on television last night for his decision to identify the man who...

28.11.2023 9

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China vs. Islam

The Financial Times has an absolutely breathtaking digital journalism project showing how China is destroying mosques or at least denuding them of...

27.11.2023 9

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Ireland Attempts to Quell Riot with Hate-Speech Laws

After an Algerian-born man attempted to stab several children in Dublin last week, a riot kicked off in the center of Dublin. While it was attributed...

27.11.2023 6

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Falstaff at Last

London theatergoers are in for a treat. Ian McKellen has agreed to play Sir John Falstaff in productions of Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, at various...

15.11.2023 2

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Back to 2006

Noah was thrilled at the glimpse of the GOP this week, but I was rather despairing by the end of the debate. David French wrote, "Neoconservatism made...

10.11.2023 2

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Hammer Time

The Stop Oil people have switched from smearing priceless works of art with paint to using hammers on the glass protecting them.   BREAKING: Climate...

06.11.2023 2

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‘Epic’ by Patrick Kavanagh

As global events become more portentous, I’ve had in mind the following poem by Patrick Kavanagh: I have lived in important places, times When great...

01.11.2023 4

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A Catholic on Reformation Day

As a teenager I took an extended detour through some Evangelical churches before returning to the church of my infant baptism, Rome. Oddly, that...

01.11.2023 3

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Antisemitism Is Clearly Spiritual in Nature

The absolute tidal wave of antisemitic agitation and action around the world following the October 7 massacre in Israel begs for an explanation....

31.10.2023 2

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Fatal Conceit

This Twitter clip of the final round of the most prestigious American high-school debate competition is depressing beyond words.   What you are about...

31.10.2023 3

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Why There Aren’t Any Hamas Protests in Hungary

Watching the huge pro-Hamas demonstrations in European capitals, I’ve been thinking about one of the most shocking lines in literature for the past...

30.10.2023 2

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Know Your Enemy

Never heard of Dagestan until now but apparently it’s a Jew hating hell hole. pic.twitter.com/k73H4EipW4 — Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) October...

30.10.2023 2

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The Future Isn’t Progress

If your tastes are similar to mine, you’ll find a lot to like and dislike in this extended interview of political philosopher John Gray by Aaron...

30.10.2023 6

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