Krannawitter on Thomas

Polyhymnia Senior Fellow Thomas L. Krannawitter gives his thoughts on Clarence Thomas’s recent speech on progressivism and the Declaration of Independence, and the sad, predictable response by the mainstream media. You can find it right here: https://tkrannawitter.substack.com/p/irreconcilable-differences

First In Freedom

by Wes Westmoreland April 12 marks the 250th anniversary of a largely forgotten but significant date in American history. On this date in 1776, the Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina met in Halifax and unanimously passed a measure instructing its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote to declare independence from Great Britain.  With …

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Onward & Upward: The Rule of Law

Polyhymnia Senior Fellow Jay Nordlinger interviews Gregg Nunziata, the executive director of SRL—the Society for the Rule of Law.  Nunziata worked in the Justice Department. And for the Senate Judiciary Committee. And for the Senate Republican Policy Committee. And for Senator Marco Rubio. And so on. He was in the heart of the Republican legal …

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Words & Numbers, Ep. 501

After a four-week hiatus, Polymnia’s @JamesRHarrigan and Senior Fellow @antonydavies are back with episode 501 of Words & Numbers, wherein they think about four weeks’ worth of backed-up nonsense, President Trump’s leaning all over the Supreme Court during oral arguments of the birthright citizenship case, Congress’s abdication of its constitutional duties, the newly created “Guindex,” …

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What Do We Owe Each Other?

Polyhymnia’s @JamesRHarrigan recently joined Josh Martens on Good Morning Liberty to discuss what, if anything, we owe one another as members of society. Anarchists love to answer this question with “Nothing!” before moving on. Marxists, on the other hand, are more inclined to answer “Everything!” So what is the right answer? Finding it is trickier …

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On Recent Comments About Opera

By Daniel Asia Over the last few weeks, there has been a simmering ruckus about opera and ballet, the state of affairs with the Washington National Opera, and some musings on contemporary operas. Timothée Chalamet put opera and ballet down. He said he wouldn’t want to work in ballet or opera, because these fields are …

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To Bigotry No Sanction

by Thomas L. Krannawitter What George Washington’s promise to the Jews in Newport still means for America. I am not Jewish. Many of the people dearest to me are. Two of my most important intellectual mentors were Jewish; their teacher was Jewish. I have close friends and trusted business partners who are Jewish. So I …

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The Future of Opera at the Kennedy Center

by Joshua T. KatzAmerican Enterprise Institute For New Yorkers, one hard thing about moving to Washington, D.C. is that there aren’t world-class concerts every day. Both the nation’s capital and what is sometimes called the capital of the world have outstanding museums: a great boon for my wife and me as well as for our …

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