Politics

You Can Just DO Things

In the subculture of the vibe-driven new right that suffuses much of MAGA world in the northeastern corridor, one of the commonplaces is the assurance that, whatever the putative obstacles at hand, “you can just do things.” It’s an invocation at…

America’s Great Heritage: Civil Society

“Taxation,” said Oliver Wendell Holmes, “is the price we pay for civilization.” But a much better case can be made that taxation is the price we pay for the lack of civilization. If people took better care of themselves, their families, and…