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The Con Man

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John le Carré RIP By Wayne Allensworth David Cornwell, who wrote under the pseudonym John le Carré, has passed away at age 89.  What follows is an article I wrote for the January 2014 issue of Chronicles. I used the opportunity of the publication of his novel A Delicate Truth to review his life and career. He was, at his best, an extraordinary writer and a fascinating...

We Must Act Soon to Preserve a Place for Our People

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By Wayne Allensworth In my article “The Old America is Dead and Gone. Where do we go From Here?” published last summer, I noted that “blue” and “red” areas were both moving toward a form of internal secession: “Blue states and Leftist kritarchs nullify laws they don’t like. Sanctuary cities and even sanctuary states defy immigration laws. Meanwhile, American patriots have...

The Hysteria Worked. For Now.

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Despite breathless warnings about Trump being a dictator, in the end the man 1) started no wars, 2) did not initiate any prosecutions of political opponents, and 3) did not use the IRS to take away the tax-exempt status of organizations opposed to his worldview. His immediate predecessor did all of that, and more. Nor did he attempt a coup d’etat to retain power. He filed lawsuits, just...

Between Hope and Despair: An Advent Message

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By Wayne Allensworth As we await the resolution of Trump’s efforts to contest the election outcome—and plenty of people now see the lawsuit filed by Texas and supported by a number of other states as the best way to do that—we should remind ourselves that public affairs are a means to an end, not an end in themselves.  And that when matters seem to be out of control, we still have cause for...

The show must go on: A review of the year’s political theater

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by Ayad Rahim “A mistake in Washington is when a politician tells the truth”; so goes an old adage. Well, during this inaugural season of COVID, there have been a few slip-ups. The biggest doozie of them all might have been Joe Biden’s boast, just ten days before the election, that “we have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history...

If Biden Takes Office, An Open-Borders Subversive Will Run DHS

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If Tailpuller Joe puts his hand on a Bible on January 20, his selection to run the Department of Homeland Security will be Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban who admits he is hard left on immigration because he is a refugee from Fidel Castro’s island concentration camp. You’d think he would decline working in an administration that will be run by crackpot leftist Kamala Harris, and likely...

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