Steven Hayward

3 days ago | stevehayward.substack.com | Steven Hayward

The bombshell story of the weekend is the Wall Street Journal news report about the head of the execrable International Criminal Court (ICC) facing credible charges of grotesque sexual assault. If the story is accurate, we’re talking Harvey Weinstein-level sexual assault. And it fits, given that the ICC is a Harvey Weinstein ideology institution. Though I wouldn’t blame Dominique Strauss-Kahn for complaining just now.

5 days ago | stevehayward.substack.com | Steven Hayward

It’s another two-podcast Saturday to end the week. First up, the Ricochet podcast with special guest Ben Domenech, editor-at-large for The Spectator. James, Charles and I have a fascinating conversation with Ben about his recent 90-minute long interview with President Trump in the Oval Office. Plus some thoughts about the new Pope, and why California is facing the real prospect of $8 gasoline before long. Listen here, or at the link just above:Audio playback is not supported on your browser.

6 days ago | stevehayward.substack.com | Steven Hayward

This week it seems the climatistas are so desperate they’ve pulled out all the stops by reviving the “do it for the children” headlines:Forget the children—what about the alphabet people:And now for the guilt card:One way to tell that the media is beyond hope when it comes to reporting accurately about climate change is when you see the headlines that everywhere is warming faster than everywhere else, and yet somehow no editor ever seems to spot this.

6 days ago | stevehayward.substack.com | Steven Hayward

Can it really be the case that we have a Pope who is a White Sox fan (and maybe a Costco card holder—and possibly, according to one early report—a registered Republican)? I can see it now: his case for canonization someday will be the miracle of reviving the White Sox, who are currently dueling with the Colorado Rockies to be the worst team in MLB. It will take a miracle for the Sox. But I digress.

1 week ago | stevehayward.substack.com | Steven Hayward

Further to my item yesterday about the political turmoil in Germany (“Welcome Back, Weimar Germany”), let’s have recourse once again to my definition of “Populism” in my Reference Lexicon of Contemporary Political Terminology (originally developed for Power Line but now appearing here now for the first time below). “Populism”: “When the wrong person or cause wins a free election, like Brexit or Trump.