Writing
Essays, commentary and interviews, 2016 to the present.
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2024
The Van Jones Rule
Late Republic Nonsense Dec 11, 2024
More on Antifa, the Election, and Thanksgiving
Late Republic Nonsense Dec 2, 2024
A Whimper, Not a Bang: Where Was Antifa After Trump’s Victory?
Late Republic Nonsense Nov 26, 2024
Foreign Policy in the Late Republic
Late Republic Nonsense Oct 2, 2024
The Bidens’ Last Act: Six Scenarios
Late Republic Nonsense Jul 13, 2024
2023
2022
A Few Good Reasons to Hate Liz Cheney
Late Republic Nonsense Aug 16, 2022
How the New Right Can Subvert the Media’s ‘Villainous Ensemble’ Narrative
Late Republic Nonsense Jul 1, 2022
Celebrating Gilberto Gil #Gil80Anos
Jun 28, 2022
Kurt Schlichter: In Praise of the New Rules
Appearance Jun 23, 2022
The Right’s Low Self-Esteem
Late Republic Nonsense Jun 21, 2022
Why Did the Justice Department Cover Up John Allen’s Illegal Lobbying for Qatar?
Late Republic Nonsense Jun 20, 2022
Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (1968)
Jun 15, 2022
Brookings, Qatar and the Corruption of Expertise
Late Republic Nonsense Jun 10, 2022
Djavan: Luz (1982) and Lilas (1984)
May 25, 2022
American Conservatives Look to Hungary Because Their Own Leaders Have Failed
Late Republic Nonsense May 25, 2022
Do Sanctions Work? What Iran’s Clandestine Economy Means for Biden’s Russia Policy
Late Republic Nonsense Apr 6, 2022
Pedro Gonzalez: Ukraine, Russia and the Madness of Crowds
Appearance Mar 9, 2022
Ukraine and the NGO Archipelago
Late Republic Nonsense Mar 3, 2022
Rick Beato: On the Joys of Music and the Nature of Creativity
Appearance Feb 18, 2022
The Unbearable Whiteness of American Jews
Late Republic Nonsense Feb 16, 2022
Why We Care About the Canadian Truckers
Late Republic Nonsense Feb 14, 2022
How Joe Rogan and the Canadian Truckers Are Exactly the Same
Late Republic Nonsense Feb 7, 2022
Don’t Forget Qatar’s Role in Bringing Us 70,000 Unvetted Afghan Refugees
Late Republic Nonsense Jan 31, 2022
Kids Today Don’t Want to Drive, and I’ll Never Understand It
Late Republic Nonsense Jan 24, 2022
Ron DeSantis Welcomes You to Florida, America’s New Texas
Late Republic Nonsense Jan 19, 2022
I Was Gone–and What Happened While I’ve Been Away
Late Republic Nonsense Jan 17, 2022
2021
It’s Nice, But It Won’t Be Worth Much
Late Republic Nonsense Nov 17, 2021
Virginia and the Horse-Races of Beltway Elections
Late Republic Nonsense Oct 29, 2021
Red American Cities, Gentrification, and the Future
Late Republic Nonsense Oct 21, 2021
National Divorce in the News
Late Republic Nonsense Oct 19, 2021
National Divorce Is Expensive, But It’s Worth Every Penny
Late Republic Nonsense Oct 1, 2021
9/11/2001 +20
Late Republic Nonsense Sep 11, 2021
Robert E. Lee at Year Zero
Late Republic Nonsense Sep 8, 2021
‘You Need to Know What Time It Is’
Late Republic Nonsense Sep 1, 2021
Autonomy for Red America, Part 2
Late Republic Nonsense Aug 20, 2021
Autonomy for Red America, Part 1
Late Republic Nonsense Aug 11, 2021
“Stop Yelling Stop” and Check the Time
Late Republic Nonsense Jul 12, 2021
Beyond “Whiteness”: Positive and Negative Identities for White Americans
Late Republic Nonsense Jul 1, 2021
What Cultural Scenes Can Teach Us About Politics
Late Republic Nonsense Jun 21, 2021
Late Republic Nonsense: Aesthetics & Obsessions
Late Republic Nonsense Jun 16, 2021
Eight Beautiful Brazilian Songs
Jun 2, 2021
Jeane Kirkpatrick: A Normal Country in a Normal Time (1990)
The National Interest Jun 2, 2021
David Reaboi on TimCast IRL, #279
Appearance Jun 1, 2021
Stop Yelling Stop
The American Mind May 23, 2021
The Deep State Targets Matt Gaetz
Apr 25, 2021
Caetano Veloso & Chico Buarque: Juntos E Ao Vivo (1972)
Apr 15, 2021
Jesse Kelly Show: Only Autonomy Can Defeat Woke Capital
Appearance Apr 14, 2021
It’s Okay If They Rip You Off
Commentary Apr 12, 2021
Jazz on Vinyl: Six Cheap, New Pressings for the Beginner
Apr 4, 2021
WMAL on Spring Break Chaos on South Beach
Appearance Mar 24, 2021
Moody’s Mood for Love (1952): How to Listen to Vocalese
Mar 24, 2021
Dinah Washington: Complete Mercury Recordings, vol. 2 (1950-1952)
Mar 21, 2021
Djavan: A Voz E O Violão (1976)
Mar 13, 2021
John Lewis: The Wonderful World of Jazz (1960)
Mar 11, 2021
No, Viewpoint Neutrality is not “Hate”
Commentary Mar 11, 2021
Alex Kaschuta’s Subversive Podcast: Narrative Warfare & the Need for Exit
Appearance Mar 11, 2021
Qatar’s Info Ops and the End of the Bipartisan Foreign Policy Consensus
Appearance Mar 11, 2021
Bettye Crutcher: Long As You Love Me (1974)
Mar 7, 2021
Art Pepper & Stanley Cowell on Galaxy (1978)
Mar 6, 2021
Nana Caymmi: Nana Caymmi (1975)
Mar 5, 2021
Jack Murphy Friday Sessions with Darren Beattie, Will Chamberlain, and David Reaboi
Appearance Mar 5, 2021
Adam Townsend: Info Ops, Qatar and Biden Grapples with the New Middle East
Appearance Mar 5, 2021
The National Pulse: Who Was Jamal Khashoggi, And Why Does Anyone Care?
Appearance Mar 4, 2021
Newsmax: Pope’s Visit to Iraq Should Focus on Persecuted Christians
Appearance Mar 4, 2021
PLAYLIST: Jazz with Strings (1947-1968)
Mar 4, 2021
The Anatomy of Information Operations
Mar 2, 2021
The Khashoggi Op, Take II
Commentary Mar 2, 2021
At CPAC with Larry O’Connor
Appearance Feb 27, 2021
Julie Kelly: The End of America First in the Middle East
Appearance Feb 24, 2021
Tipping Point with Kara McKinney: How Qatar Wages Information War
Appearance Feb 24, 2021
Seth Leibsohn: The Muslim Brotherhood and the New Book
Appearance Feb 24, 2021
“What Time Is It?” Claremont Institute Alumni Interview
The Claremont Institute Feb 21, 2021
Olodum: 10 Anos
Jan 20, 2021
I Want to Talk About You
Jan 20, 2021
“We’d Only Just Met” (San Francisco 2004)
Jan 15, 2021
Today at the Capitol
Commentary Jan 7, 2021
Magyar Nemzet: Hungary as a Model for American Conservatives
Magyar Nemzet Jan 5, 2021
2020
Hungary, Israel and Trump vs. the “NGO Archipelago”
Neokohn Dec 20, 2020
On Ideology vs Blackmail
Commentary Dec 13, 2020
Companies Ditch Silicon Valley to Flee to Red States. Pause the Celebration.
Appearance Dec 11, 2020
On Blue-to-Red Internal Migrations
Commentary Dec 11, 2020
Universal Values and “the Big Sort”
Commentary Dec 9, 2020
The HACT Act Is a Vital Means to Protecting U.S. Interests
Dec 3, 2020
Why Conspiracy Theories are Harmful
Commentary Nov 22, 2020
On HAMMER and SCORECARD
Commentary Nov 19, 2020
Unsafe Space: The Right and Left’s Different Approaches to Philanthropy and Institutions
Appearance Nov 2, 2020
Urbane Cowboys: My Life Story, Plus: Nationalism vs. Globalism
Appearance Nov 1, 2020
South Carolina Voters Should End the Failure Theater
Oct 25, 2020
The Antifa Industry at Work
Oct 20, 2020
“Universal Values” as Brain-Dead Ideological Trope
Commentary Oct 20, 2020
Cybersecurity in a Time of Political Crisis
Oct 6, 2020
Netanyahu Rival Bennett’s Innovative Plan for Israel
Arab News Oct 4, 2020
Happy 75th birthday, Gal Costa
Sep 27, 2020
My 9/11
Sep 11, 2020
Anatomy of an Info Op
Commentary Sep 9, 2020
On Journalists and Their Sources
Commentary Sep 6, 2020
White GW Professor Admits She Lied About Being Black
Commentary Sep 3, 2020
Bipartisan HACT Act Couldn’t Come at a Better Time
Aug 26, 2020
NYC: At a Certain Price Point, It’s Just Not Viable
Commentary Aug 24, 2020
Should Ex-CIA Spies Be Hacking for Enemy States?
Newsweek Jul 6, 2020
Eliot Engel Puts Kosovo First
National Review Online Jun 22, 2020
The Threat Is Coming From Inside the House
Commentary Jun 21, 2020
BLM Founder: “We’re Trained Marxists”
Commentary Jun 20, 2020
Facebook Wanted Diversity on its New Oversight Board—But They Picked an Islamist
The Post Millennial Jun 15, 2020
New Lawsuit May Finally Force Qatar to Be Held Accountable
Arab News Jun 12, 2020
New Filings Show Qatar Tries to Woo Both Pro- and Anti-Trump GOP
Newsweek Jun 9, 2020
Riots and “Silent Majorities”
Commentary Jun 2, 2020
Has a Single Russia Hoaxer Grappled with the Enormity of What They’ve Done to Civic Life in America?
Commentary May 17, 2020
They Hated Putin; They Hated Trump
Commentary May 15, 2020
Gary Graver and the Golden Age of Hollywood
Apr 27, 2020
“Dave is Evil”
Apr 24, 2020
Lee Konitz (1927-2020)
Commentary Apr 15, 2020
Despite Missteps, Middle Eastern Leaders Are Moving Towards A New And Better Eras
The Federalist Mar 3, 2020
2019
HealthHaven: Fitness and Politics
Appearance Oct 20, 2019
As Qatar’s Emir Visits the White House, Here’s What Americans Need to Know About the Islamist Emirate
Security Studies Group Jul 5, 2019
Khashoggi Part II? The Media and Left’s Reaction to Muslim Brotherhood Leader’s Death
Human Events Jun 20, 2019
‘I Guess I’ll Never Be The Face of Chips Ahoy!’
Human Events May 14, 2019
Even the Saudis Condemn Hamas More Readily Than the Democrats
Human Events May 7, 2019
Why the Media Is at War with Saudi Arabia
The Federalist Apr 10, 2019
Mehdi Hasan Rails Against Islamophobia, and Anti-Trump, Too
The Washington Times Mar 28, 2019
BLOOD MONEY: How Qatar Bought Off the Entire DC Establishment
Appearance Mar 26, 2019
Supporting the New Arab-Israeli Alliances in the Middle East is More Important Than the “Peace Process”
RedState Feb 2, 2019
Qatar Hacking Scandal Illustrates How US Media Megaphones Foreign Agitprop
The Federalist Jan 31, 2019
The Covington Affair and Conservative Media
Commentary Jan 22, 2019
2018
Khashoggi: Qatari Asset in Life, Qatari Asset in Death
Security Studies Group Dec 23, 2018
Why Are We Giving Foreign Hackers Diplomatic Immunity?
American Greatness Dec 18, 2018
Senate Yemen Vote: Bipartisan Virtue Signaling and Abdication of Strategic Concern for US Interests
Security Studies Group Dec 14, 2018
Borders or Bust
The American Mind Dec 5, 2018
“Dictatorships and Double-Standards” in the Arabian Gulf
Commentary Nov 23, 2018
It Will Get Ugly
The American Mind Nov 8, 2018
CVE Grift Takes Aim at “Info Warfare Terrorists”
Commentary Oct 3, 2018
They “Don’t Know What Time It Is”
Commentary Sep 28, 2018
Despite Twitter’s Protests, The Stifling of Conservative Speech On The Platform Is Real
The Federalist Aug 24, 2018
Where Were You Radicalized?
Commentary Aug 9, 2018
Sarah Jeong, Demonizing Racially
Commentary Aug 8, 2018
Why The United States Should Give Iranian Dissidents A Boost Via Social Media
The Federalist Aug 2, 2018
On Seeing Jordan Peterson
Commentary Jun 8, 2018
Jim Comey, the “Ace G-Man”
Commentary Apr 15, 2018
Federalist Radio Hour: National Security, Syria, and Jazz
Appearance Apr 9, 2018
Snapshots of an Election in Cairo
Commentary Mar 28, 2018
RussiaGate is a Conspiracy Theory That Masks a Policy Disagreement
Commentary Mar 11, 2018
2017
If You Want To Get Into Jazz But Don’t Know How, Start With This Essay Duet
The Federalist Dec 21, 2017
In Hungary, Sebastian Gorka Fought and Tried to Undermine the Anti-Semitism of the Far-Right
PJMedia Feb 28, 2017
How Nat Hentoff’s Love for Individualism Influenced His Jazz and Politics
Jan 11, 2017
The Trump Administration Should Treat Islamists Like the Mafia
Jan 2, 2017