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Who runs the world? Journalists!

If you’ve read the title, you know what this is about. And no, this is not a self-congratulatory piece of…

Engage the Times returns to engage the issue of public discourse

After a rancorous election season, many public figures and intellectuals are dismayed at the low state of American public discourse….

Advice for young conservatives

This is a trying time to be a young, conservatively-minded person. First, there is the politics, which everyone automatically goes…

Columns Opinion

Presages of a police state

Everyone gets the sense these are dark times in America. Although I am noted for my habitual pessimism (comes with…

The Week in Viewpoints

The theme of this week is “democracy prevails!” Here are some highlights of democracy prevailing at home and abroad. In…