Chronicles Magazine

2 days ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Adam Ellwanger

A frequent lament of pundits and politicians alike is that the American people (and some of their elected officials) refuse to “focus on the issues.” At the same time, however, such critics like to attack the public for investing too much time and concern in what they call “fringe issues.”These two lines of attack reveal implicit assumptions on the part of elites. First, they (correctly) posit the existence of legitimate and illegitimate political concerns.

1 week ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Jeff Minick

In the 1960s sitcoms The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle USMC, Jim Nabors played the part of Gomer Pyle, a country boy innocent who worked as a gas station attendant before joining the Marines. Two of Gomer’s widely known and much repeated expressions were “Shazam” and “Surprise, surprise, surprise!”Since taking office on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump he has offered Americans plenty of reasons to revive those hallmarks. Make English the official language of the United States?

1 week ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Mark Judge

A book that should be a part of every high school curriculum in America is Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Safe Your Life by Wynton Marsalis. Marsalis is America’s most famous jazz musician. He is also a man who tolerates nothing less than excellence and ability in the arts. Anyone who knows anything about jazz knows that one doesn’t get on the bandstand unless he has the chops to play. Once there, one also must present oneself with dignity.

2 weeks ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Mark Judge

In a recent interview in New York magazine, writer Jamie Hood responded to question about justice. Hood, the transgender author of a new book Trauma Plot: A Life, claims to have been raped three times in the span of two years between 2012 and 2013. One of the alleged rapes, Hood says, was at the hands of five men. Asked by reporter Grace Byron what justice would look like after such trauma, Hood answers with this:I don’t know what it looks like.

2 weeks ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Paul du Quenoy

“America does not need other countries as much as other countries need us, and President Trump knows this,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, adding that the president “will not break” on the comprehensive tariffs he imposed on most foreign trading partners last week.