American Federalist Journal
Monday - October 21, 2019



Featured articles by Kevin D. Williamson



Small Policy Tweaks Won't Fix Facebook
2019-10-20

O'Rourke's America
2019-10-16

Don't Run a Government Like a Business
2019-10-15

Elizabeth Warren Is Jussie Smollett
2019-10-13

A Day of Prayer and Fasting
2019-10-10



Make Satan Great Again
2019-10-09

Everybody Is Tipper Gore Now
2019-10-06

The Two Government Paternalisms
2019-10-04

For Democrats, Taxes Aren't about Revenue
2019-10-01

The Radicalism Arms Race
2019-09-29



Prince Don
2019-09-27

What's Behind the Democrats' Impeachment Gambit?
2019-09-26

China's Population Problem
2019-09-25

More Fracking, or More War?
2019-09-22

The Iran Dilemma, the Saudi Dilemma, and the Iran-Saudi Dilemma
2019-09-20



American Universities Are the Envy of the World
2019-09-19

Back Off from the 'Resist' Nonsense
2019-09-15

The Divine Right of the Democratic Party
2019-09-11

Playing God
2019-09-08

Harm-Reduction Beats Drug War as a Response to Addiction
2019-09-06



Conservatives Should Watch More Television
2019-09-04

How to Spot a Serious Gun-Crime Proposal
2019-09-03

We Need to Talk about Joe Biden
2019-09-01

L'Esprit de l'Escalier, the 'Times,' Etc.
2019-08-27

A Different Kind of 'Right-Wing'
2019-08-25



Is Patriotism Possible?
2019-08-21

The Age of Miscalculation
2019-08-19

America's <em>Other</em> 'Special Relationship' Remains Worth Preserving
2019-08-18

Finding Yourself in an Expanding Universe, Reading Literature
2019-08-16

Joe Biden, Designated White Guy
2019-08-13



Job Security Is Not Coming Back
2019-08-11

On Gun Control, Once More from the Top
2019-08-09

The Reflex toward Illiberal Democracy
2019-08-07

The Infernal Art of the Deal
2019-08-06

The Democrats Break Left
2019-08-04



What Noah Smith Gets Wrong about Poverty
2019-07-31

Which Party Can We Blame for Poverty and Crime?
2019-07-30

Among the Chimps
2019-07-28

Welcome to the Machine
2019-07-27

The IRS Is Coming for Your Passports
2018-02-14



The Crash
2018-02-11

Game Day in Philadelphia
2018-02-04

Why Free Markets?
2018-02-02

Night of the Peacock
2018-01-31

Why Trust the FBI?
2018-01-28



Will the Liberals Take the Lead on Trade?
2018-01-25

Who Was Steve Bannon?
2018-01-22

Being President Kelly
2018-01-21

The Great Leap Forward
2018-01-19

Marching for Life
2018-01-18



Enforcement, without Apology
2018-01-17

The Porn President
2018-01-14

Romney for Senate
2018-01-11

Devil May Care
2018-01-10

Why Not President Oprah?
2018-01-09



Scott Pruitt's Reformation
2018-01-08

From Sea to Shining Sea
2018-01-07

On Marijuana, Sessions Is a Minor Problem
2018-01-05

'Mindfulness': Corporate America's Strange New Gospel
2018-01-01

New Year's Resolutions
2017-12-31



The Year of Lost Opportunities
2017-12-29

Masterpiece Cakeshop: The Slope Is, in Fact, Slippery
2017-12-28

'He Himself Carried the Fire'
2017-12-27

'He Himself Carried the Fire'
2017-12-24

A Dessert-First Tax Bill
2017-12-21



Just Say 'Yes' to Prosperity
2017-12-17

Next Year in Jerusalem?
2017-12-14

The Politics of Humiliation
2017-12-13

Where's the Omelet?
2017-12-10

The Downward Spiral
2017-12-03



Of Presidents and Economies
2017-11-30

Christ the King, King of Kings
2017-11-27

A Day for Gratitude
2017-11-23

Yes, Deficits Still Matter
2017-11-22

The Treasury Secretary's Wife
2017-11-19



We Were Young
2017-11-17

Regime Change
2017-11-16

'The World Is Never Finished'
2017-11-15

End the Visa Lottery
2017-11-14

The Myth of the Idle Rich
2017-11-12



On Taxes, Another Fiasco in the Works
2017-11-10

'Winning' Isn't Winning
2017-11-09

Bring Back Political Parties
2017-11-05

Why Bureaucracies Don't Stop Terror
2017-11-03

Swamp Things
2017-10-31



The Shadow President?
2017-10-29

The Whitefish No-Bid Puerto Rico Contract Stinks
2017-10-25

Tax Cuts . . . And?
2017-10-22

The White-Minstrel Show
2017-10-20

On Amazon and the Tech Monopolies
2017-10-19



The Black Budget
2017-10-15

Trump vs. the First Amendment
2017-10-14

Neither Trump nor the GOP Wants to Take Away Your Birth Control
2017-10-12

Our 21st-Century Second Amendment
2017-10-08

What about Event Security?
2017-10-06



Team Pence Dreams of a 'Purge'
2017-10-05

It's Time to Do Nothing about Guns
2017-10-04

At Home in Vegas
2017-10-03

A Conservative Tax Hike
2017-10-02

A Conservative Tax Hike
2017-10-01



McHealthcare Deluxe
2017-09-28

Is Trey Trainor too Catholic for the FEC?
2017-09-24

An Anti-Growth Tax Cut
2017-09-21

Americas First
2017-09-20

Jann Wenner - Man of the Past
2017-09-19



Trump Didn't Get Rolled by Pelosi and Schumer
2017-09-17

Price-Gouging Is a Public Service
2017-09-14

The U.S. Is Not the Highest-Taxed Nation in the World
2017-09-13

9/11 Ended a Golden Age
2017-09-12

There Are Worse Things Than the Weather
2017-09-10



The Hope in Houston
2017-09-03

A Little Diversity
2017-08-27

In Afghanistan, Enough
2017-08-23

Three and a Half More Years!
2017-08-20

Let It Be
2017-08-17



Angry White Boys
2017-08-16

What Persecution We Raise
2017-08-13

What about It, Mitch?
2017-08-11

See a Little Light
2017-08-09

No 'Comprehensive' Immigration Reform
2017-08-06



Death of a F***ing Salesman
2017-07-30

Rediscovering Austrianism
2017-07-28

Hang on, Sessions
2017-07-27

A National State of Non-Emergency
2017-07-26

'Made in America.' So What?
2017-07-23



Apartment Fires and Health Insurance
2017-07-18

Trump's Nuclear Non-Policy
2017-07-07

A People without a King
2017-07-04

The Great American Rip-Off
2017-07-03

The Great American Rip-Off
2017-07-02



Junkie Running Dry
2017-07-01

Two Princes
2017-06-29

Magical Thinking about Minimum Wages
2017-06-28

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Where Due Process Goes to Die
2017-06-25

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Where Due Process Goes to Die
2017-06-24



So, You Want a Swiss Health-Care System?
2017-06-23

About That Russian 'Interference'
2017-06-22

In Praise of Gerrymandering
2017-06-21

Planned Parenthood's Century of Brutality
2017-06-19

For New York City's Municipal Workers, a Supplementary Welfare State
2017-06-18



From Americans to Americans
2017-06-16

The Left Embraces Political Violence
2017-06-15

Trump's Credibility Problem
2017-06-12

A Satisfying 'Star Wars' Sequel
2017-06-11

How to Think about Low-Income Housing
2017-06-10



Yes to Privatizing Air-Traffic Control
2017-06-07

United Fiscal Front
2017-06-04

Why We Ask for Your Support
2017-06-01

American Retail's Fast, Furious Decline
2017-05-31

Schmucks Like Us
2017-05-30



Terrorism Is Not Random
2017-05-28

Trump's Immigration Pre-Crime
2017-05-26

Don't Count On the Growth Fairy
2017-05-25

The Return of the Naïve Supply-Sider
2017-05-24

Callista Crosses the Tiber
2017-05-23



Six Days in May
2017-05-21

Sobering Success
2017-05-19

Personnel and Policy
2017-05-14

No, It Is Not 'Treason'
2017-05-12

Children Before Politics
2017-05-11



Camino de Servidumbre
2017-05-10

The 'Right' To Health Care
2017-05-07

The Inquisitor's Heirs
2017-05-06

Health Care, from the Top
2017-05-05

I Am Cancer
2017-05-03



The Rules About the Rules
2017-05-02

A Show about Nothing
2017-05-01

A Show about Nothing
2017-04-30

Hocus POTUS
2017-04-28

End the Corporate Tax
2017-04-27



Little Creep
2017-04-23

A Case of 21,587 Crimes
2017-04-20

Ya Got Took
2017-04-18

Calexit Craziness
2017-04-17

'He Is Not Here'
2017-04-16



Peter Navarro: Trump's Nutty Economics Professor
2017-04-14

United Is Why People Hate Capitalism
2017-04-12

War, Willy-Nilly
2017-04-09

Play with Fire, Get Nuked
2017-04-07

'Politicized'
2017-04-04



Bad Medicine on 'Carried Interest'
2017-03-30

Like Ike
2017-03-28

On the Outside, Looking Out
2017-03-26

Defund the National Endowment for the Arts - for Art's Sake
2017-03-23

The Social Machine
2017-03-21



Hollywood Is Addicted to Politics
2017-03-20

The Anglo-Americans
2017-03-19

Conservatism for Losers
2017-03-16

Why Corporate Leaders Became Progressive Activists
2017-03-13

Word Games
2017-03-12



A Misunderstood 'Diversity'
2017-03-09

The Problem with Investigating Trump
2017-03-07

Fake Hate Crimes
2017-03-05

The Dystopia We Get May Not Be the One We Dreamed Of
2017-03-03

Wishful Thinking, Again
2017-03-02



Back to Reality
2017-03-01

Bums
2017-02-26

Planet Nebraska
2017-02-22

The Press vs. the President
2017-02-19

Abolish Presidents' Day
2017-02-17



Charity without Charities
2017-02-16

The Boy on the Milk Carton
2017-02-15

No Republicans Need Apply
2017-02-12

The Queen Is Dead
2017-02-10

Make Bureaucracy Great Again
2017-02-09



Sweet Land of Liberty
2017-02-05

What Is the Democratic Party?
2017-02-02

Chuck Schumer's Tears Shouldn't Be Taken Too Seriously
2017-01-31

Elections Have Tax Consequences
2017-01-29

How to 'Resist' Trump
2017-01-26



Our Unimaginative Politicians, and the Need to Stop Rewarding Them
2017-01-22

Warning: Adult Content
2017-01-20

The Worst Perversion
2017-01-17

Obama Must Have His Applause - Please (Don't) Clap
2017-01-15

Obama's Last Lament
2017-01-12



When Do Deficits Matter?
2017-01-10

Clinton 2017
2017-01-08

Agents and Agencies
2017-01-06

The Search for the Real America
2017-01-05

The Health-Care Double Bind
2017-01-04



Obama's Last Report Card
2017-01-01

Thomas Becket and Religious Freedom in the Twelfth Century - and in the 21st
2016-12-30

The Last Days of Barack Obama
2016-12-29

It Was the Best of Times
2016-12-28

Whole Foods' 'Cultural Appropriation' of the Chopped-Cheese Sandwich
2016-12-27



Trump's Superman Style of Politics
2016-12-26

For We Have Seen His Star
2016-12-25

Manners, Even in the Age of Trump
2016-12-23

On Oil, No Backsies!
2016-12-22

Criminal Intent
2016-12-20



Masters and Servants
2016-12-18

Dylann Roof, Public Enemy
2016-12-16

The Matter with Coal Country
2016-12-15

Mandatory Nonsense
2016-12-11

Trump the Progressive
2016-12-08



We Do Not Have a Trade Deficit
2016-12-07

Which Fake News?
2016-12-06

A Problem Like Keith Ellison
2016-12-04

The Economic Stupidity of the Carrier Bailout
2016-12-02

Two Cheers for the Status Quo
2016-12-01



The Golden Age of Mass Delusion
2016-11-30

Outlaw Librarians
2016-11-29

An End of Identity Liberalism?
2016-11-27

Progressives without Power
2016-11-26

All the Best
2016-11-24



Lock Her Up
2016-11-23

Learning from Nancy Pelosi
2016-11-22

Trump Snubs D.C. as Millions Cheer
2016-11-21

'I Won'
2016-11-13

RIP Clinton, Inc.
2016-11-11



Managing President Trump
2016-11-10

What Now, Mr. President?
2016-11-09

A Republic, Not a Dairy
2016-11-08

Splendid Washington
2016-11-07

This Is Not the End
2016-11-04



The Politics of Private Life
2016-11-03

The Cheesemonger
2016-11-02

Will Hillary's Political Luck Hold?
2016-10-30

Hillary and the Book-Burners
2016-10-21

Some Advice for President Clinton
2016-10-20



'Rigging' and Other Knotty Problems
2016-10-19

Gambling's No Economic Panacea
2016-10-11

After the Storm: In Florida and Beyond, a Lesson in Cooperative Capitalism
2016-10-09

Clarence Thomas: Disappeared by the Smithsonian
2016-10-07

Kaine's Abortion Dodge
2016-10-06



Nationalists for a Smaller America
2016-10-05

The Roiled 'We'
2016-10-02

Looking into Palantir
2016-09-29

Where Does the Money Go?
2016-09-28

Cretin Hop
2016-09-25



In 2016, What Would Bill Buckley Do?
2016-09-24

The Secret Law for Wall Street
2016-09-19

William Weld's Wishful Thinking
2016-09-15

Sneaky Inflation
2016-09-14

The 'Strength' of Vladimir Putin
2016-09-13



The Facts about Medicaid Fraud
2016-09-11

Trump: A Credo of Losers
2016-09-09

Of Course Hillary's Health Is Relevant
2016-09-08

The Specter of the $20 Avocado
2016-09-07

Fixing Immigration, Trump or No Trump
2016-09-04



Mother Teresa: A Sign of the Church
2016-09-02

Brazil Has Had Enough
2016-09-01

iLeave
2016-08-31

Keep Swinging, Mr. President
2016-08-28

Proverbial Sins
2016-08-27



The Politics of Anaphylaxis
2016-08-25

Shocked by Segregation
2016-08-24

'Honest Conversations' about Race
2016-08-19

'Move On'
2016-08-16

Trump Is Losing, and Losing It
2016-08-14



Bitter Laughter
2016-08-11

Hey, Watch This
2016-08-07

Obama Is Right about Trump
2016-08-04

What Do They Do?
2016-08-02

A Woman, Sure, but This Woman?
2016-07-31



Nobles without Nobility
2016-07-28

The Black Hole
2016-07-27

Florida Woman Causes Disaster
2016-07-26

Gold-Plated Chávism
2016-07-24

Followers, Yes. Leaders?
2016-07-21



I Told You So
2016-07-17

The Democrats' Self-Serving Distractions
2016-07-11

The Democrats' Self-Serving Distractions
2016-07-10

This Bananas Republic
2016-07-08