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Jan 18, 2025 | 
ruthfullyyours.com | Ruth King |Douglas Murray
Christopher F. Rufo, Hannah Grossman Will the Left Disrupt the Inauguration? A network of progressive groups and militants is preparing for battle.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/will-the-left-disrupt-the-inaugurationLeft-wing radicals have been mobilizing near the nation’s capital ahead of the January 20 inauguration, which has been moved indoors. Since summer, we have tracked D.C.’s radical networks—their movements, methods, and potential for violence.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
thesun.co.uk | Douglas Murray
DONALD Trump is returning to the White House and some of the more clueless people are asking the question: “What is Trump going to do in the next four years?” I say that’s clueless, because if there’s one thing we know about Trump it’s that he says what he thinks. Added to that, Trump isn’t like most politicians. When he says he’s going to do a thing, he actually does it. Much of the world couldn’t believe that would be the case in 2016. They shouldn’t doubt it this time.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
newcriterion.com | Douglas Murray |James Piereson |Gary Saul Morson |Jay Nordlinger
Last night’s Trovatore at the Met started out okay. But it got much better than that. By the end, it was a stirring Trovatore, deserving of many bravos. I am speaking of Il trovatore, by Verdi, at the Metropolitan Opera. Is it a perfect opera, like La traviata (also by Verdi)? If it is not, it is close enough. A masterpiece, with all the operatic elements you could want. On the conductor, a great deal depends—in this opera and any other. Last night’s was Daniele Callegari, from Milan.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
thesun.co.uk | Douglas Murray
A POLL this week showed that one in four Americans fear a civil war might break out after the country’s election on November 5. I’m surprised the number is not higher. The poll found 27 per cent of voters saying that they fear violence is “very or somewhat likely” after the country votes for a new President in just under two weeks. Of course they do. In 2016 the surprise election of Donald Trump to the White House drove half of America into a type of nervous breakdown.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
newcriterion.com | Douglas Murray |Larry P. Arnn |James Piereson |Theodore Dalrymple
How’d they get so old?” said the man sitting in front of me. A more fitting word might be “venerable.” Michael Tilson Thomas and Emanuel Ax had just taken the stage. “mtt” (as he is widely known) is a conductor, born in 1944. Ax is a pianist, born in 1949. They were hotshots once. And they are among the most admired musicians in the business. They were present in David Geffen Hall to begin the New York Philharmonic’s 2024–25 season. The off-season was a little rocky.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
newcriterion.com | Douglas Murray |Larry P. Arnn |James Piereson |Theodore Dalrymple
To every country, each its own Sonderweg. How many countries choose a boring historical past to account for their presence among the nations of the world? Nearly all lay claim to their singular place as the result of a “special path” (the literal translation of Sonderweg) to their current existence. The decision is made for a unique destiny arising from some dramatic origins, invented or real—but always exaggerated.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
the-sun.com | Douglas Murray
IF a week used to be a long time in politics, now it is an absolute age. During the past seven days, everything in American politics has been turned over. An assassin’s bullet narrowly missed Donald Trump a week ago. Had the wind moved the direction of that bullet by a few millimeters then America — and the world — would be in serious trouble.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Daniel Byman |Douglas Murray |FP Contributors |Alberto Nardelli
Quotes of the Day:"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."– Albert Camus"Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. Use your memory! Use your memory! It is those bitter seeds alone which might sprout and grow someday. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn"It is very nearly impossible, after all, to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind."– James Baldwin1.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
the-sun.com | Douglas Murray
HOLD on to your seat, but this weekend’s European Union elections are actually going to be interesting – how often has anyone been able to say that? When we were in the European Union most Brits didn’t bother to show up to vote in the EU elections. And today, turnout across the continent is similarly low. Many people across Europe see Brussels as a broken, immovable object. Many use the elections as Americans do their mid-term — as a way to kick the ruling class in the goolies.
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May 26, 2024 | 
thespectator.com | Calla Jones Corner |Juan P. Villasmil |Ian Williams |Douglas Murray
Perhaps we all have our first memories of celebrating Memorial Day. Mine comes from 1945 when my father returned from the Pacific Theater of World War Two. I was only two. My father didn’t have to go to war as he had a family and was “safe” from the draft. Nevertheless, he volunteered after being recruited by the newly founded OWI, or Office of War Information. The OWI wanted men and women, like my father, whose graphic, photography, writing and communication skills at J.
