Jeffrey Folks
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LBJ: 60 Years Of The Not-So Great Society (opens the original)
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Lyndon Johnson was not a ‘tragic’ president. He was a bungler and a megalomaniac. Many people believe that Lyndon Johnson was a tragic figure: an essentially good man and potentially great president who was misled by his advisers (“the wise men,” as they were called at the time) into escalating a war he could not win but who was otherwise well-meaning and effective. That view is totally wrong. Johnson was not a good man who made one serious mistake. Those who speak of the “tragedy” of LBJ have n
Socialist Promises, Promises (opens the original)
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The increasing popularity of socialism in America is frightening. The increasing popularity of socialism in America is frightening. When candidates like Francesca Hong speak of seizing the wealth of the rich, they are speaking of seizing what in most cases took a lifetime of hard work to amass. Thankfully, the people of Wisconsin had the good sense to defeat her, but only by a small margin. Others have been more successful, and when they promise free groceries, free housing, free college tuition
The Big Secret about Teen Takeovers (opens the original)
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There’s something big the mainstream media don’t want to tell you about these disruptive and dangeorus events. Soon it will a long, hot Labor Day weekend, and police in many cities are bracing for multiple teen takeovers. These takeovers, usually of crowded downtown areas, are organized on social media and escalate rapidly into large-scale brawls involving the use of fists, knives, and guns. Bystanders and police are hurt, and businesses are damaged and have their hours curtailed. Footage from a
The End of American Ascendancy? (opens the original)
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The near future has some bad omens, but perhaps Americans shouldn’t worry. Jeremy Grantham, a well-known market commentator, has stated that we are near the end — not just the end of the current bull market in stocks, but the end of social and economic ascendancy as a nation. Stock and bond markets are carrying too much leverage, too much stock issuance is entering the market, society is deeply divided, debt of all kinds is at all-time high levels, and resources are running low. What happens whe
Jeffrey Folks - American Thinker (opens the original)
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Jeffrey Folks is the author of many books and articles on American culture, most recently Heartland of the Imagination (2011). The increasing popularity of socialism in America is frightening. There’s something big the mainstream media don’t want to tell you about these disruptive and dangeorus events. The near future has some bad omens, but perhaps Americans shouldn’t worry. Envy is the second of the seven deadly sins, and Zohran Mamdani seems to want a more envious New York (and America). If y
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