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Willing Slaves

“I do not like the pretensions of Government – the grounds on which it demands my obedience – to be pitched too high. I don’t like the medicine-man’s magical pretensions nor the Bourbon’s Divine Right. On just the same ground I dread government in the name of science. […]

Remembering James Burnham

My biographical article on Burham for Chronicles which includes a discussion of the managerial revolution and power elite theory. Burham is a must-read for those who want to know how modern states actually work. By Keith Preston Chronicles The ideological trajectory followed by the first generation of neoconservatives, […]

Where Are the “Woke”?

Who wants to bet there won’t be many woke activists protesting outside the Israeli Embassy or AIPAC headquarters? I’ve been asked by leftists in the past what it would take for me to change my attitude toward “Woke”/SJW/Antifa types. Burning down the Israeli Embassy or the offices of […]

This Land is Your Land?

When I was a kid we used to sing a variation of “This Land is Your Land” with the revised lyrics: “The land ain’t your land/this is my land/I got a shotgun/And you ain’t got one/I’ll blow your head off/If you don’t move off/This land is private property.”