Roger Kimball

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The Power in a Papal Name

3 days ago | freedombunker.com | Roger Kimball

What’s in a name? We all know that Juliet gave us this classic line, noting that (I paraphrase) even if you called a rose a […]Source READ MORE
The Power in a Papal Name

3 days ago | amgreatness.com | Roger Kimball

What’s in a name? We all know that Juliet gave us this classic line, noting that (I paraphrase) even if you called a rose a hippopotamus, it would still smell as sweet as it did before you called it a river horse. Things did not work out so well for that young Capulet, however, and the world at large has often taken a different view of names, according them an almost talismanic power. Is that rational? You might as well ask, “Is the Pope Catholic?” which brings me to my theme.
Beaujolais is the ideal summer wine

1 week ago | thespectator.com | Roger Kimball

It’s been a while since we have traveled to Beaujolais, that ancient wine growing region along the Saône River north of Lyon. Since summer is nigh, it’s time for another visit. Beaujolais is an ideal summer red wine. It is almost always made exclusively from the Gamay grape, a cross between Pinot Noir and an ancient white varietal called Gouais. It is light, flowery, full of pleasing acidity and fruitiness, satisfying by itself and notably food friendly.
The Politicized Mind: How the University Lost Its Way

1 week ago | freedombunker.com | Roger Kimball

Academia is once again in the news. Donald Trump’s recent commencement address at the University of Alabama, where he said that America’s “next chapter will […]Source READ MORE
The Politicized Mind: How the University Lost Its Way

1 week ago | amgreatness.com | Roger Kimball

Academia is once again in the news. Donald Trump’s recent commencement address at the University of Alabama, where he said that America’s “next chapter will not be written by The Harvard Crimson, it will be written by you—the Crimson Tide,” sounded one leitmotif of the new, Trump-inspired populism that is washing over the academic establishment. Trump’s announcement that he was seeking to remove Harvard’s tax-exempt status sounded another.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is no martyr

1 week ago | thespectator.com | Roger Kimball

In the matter of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his all-expenses-paid sojourn in El Salvador, there has been a goodly quota of posturing all around. Or, rather, there has been understandable outrage and intransigence on the part of the Trump administration. There has also been wild, almost comic posturing on the part of Democrats and their megaphones held up by the media. There are 195 countries in the world today.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is no martyr

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Roger Kimball

In the matter of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his all-expenses-paid sojourn in El Salvador, there has been a goodly quota of posturing all around. Or, rather, there has been understandable outrage and intransigence on the part of the Trump administration. There has also been wild, almost comic posturing on the part of Democrats and their megaphones held up by the media.
Pay no heed to the misleading Trump approval ratings

2 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Roger Kimball

When it comes to Donald Trump and his achievements during his first 100 days, who are you going to believe, the New York Times or your lyin’ eyes? By “the New York Times,” incidentally, I do not mean just that one woke media outlet masquerading as a source of news. No, I take the Times as a metonym for the entire propaganda industrial complex, the giant dispenser of politically correct nostrums and seismically sensitive Keeper of the Narrative.
Pay no heed to the misleading Trump approval ratings

2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Roger Kimball

When it comes to Donald Trump and his achievements during his first 100 days, who are you going to believe, the New York Times or your lyin’ eyes? By “the New York Times,” incidentally, I do not mean just that one woke media outlet masquerading as a source of news. No, I take the Times as a metonym for the entire propaganda industrial complex, the giant dispenser of politically correct nostrums and seismically sensitive Keeper of the Narrative.
One hundred days in, Donald Trump is still winning

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Roger Kimball

Remember the Duck Rabbit? That’s the famous image that, seen one way, looks like a duck but, seen from another angle, looks like a rabbit. It has provided fodder for children’s books and also philosophers, its inherent ambiguity being catnip to both light fancy and epistemological lucubration. I have been thinking about that teasing graphic confection as Trump’s 100-day report card comes due and dire warnings about his imminent implosion are once again in the news.