"While mistakes ought to be admitted as promptly and economically as possible, care ought to be taken to fill the resulting hole in the line of...
Correcting Argument Mistakes
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William Rusher
Winning an Argument vs. Truth
"What do we mean by “winning”? If the objective is to achieve some quick result—to induce a particular action, or even simply rouse an immediate...
Party Change and Political Alienation
"What's a nice guy like you doing in a party like that? … The Democratic party you have fought and bled for is gone." Source: If Not Us, Who?...
Aging and Public Service
"When a man is in his thirties, the idea of serving in somebody else's presidential administration can be exciting; in one's fifties, it merely...
The Gamble of Mass Democracy
"The untested assumption required us to suppose that such an electorate, or at least a majority of its members, would be capable of exercising the...
From Stubbornness to Religiosity
"There are certain qualities inherent in the man—in a way, almost the most appealing things about him, since they are the most authentic—which make...
Liberal Media Watchdogs
"There is evidence that liberals … may themselves be preparing to enter the lists of those who monitor the media. According to [an item in the...
Nixon’s Betrayal of Conservatives
"There is no sadder chapter in the whole history of American conservatism than that which describes how Richard Nixon, in whom the majority of...
Stoic Response to History
"to resist the inevitable as stoutly as one can … it may not be inevitable after all—my notion of the future may be mistaken. In the second place,...
Lessons of Watergate
"Watergate teaches us, too, the virtues of having politicians, rather than mere managers and technicians, operating the levers of ultimate power....
Decline of U.S. Strength Perception
"We labored for at least two decades to persuade the rest of the world that we are a paper tiger. We succeeded, and the world is acting...
Leadership and Conviction
"The struggle for survival must not be led, on behalf of the American society, by some doubt-ridden egghead exquisitely poised between Yea and Nay....