"The argument from consequences … tends on the whole to be somewhat weaker than the argument from analogy … precisely because it lacks the...
Arguments from Consequence vs. Analogy
read more
William Rusher
Soviet System’s Unsustainability
"Soviet society is simply too incongruent with the realities of human nature and the laws of economics to survive indefinitely … As the noose of...
Limits of Social Conservatism
"Social conservatism, like economic conservatism, can at times become an offensive caricature of its best self. Cultural pride can freeze into...
Conservative in San Francisco
"San Francisco has a dreadful reputation among conservatives, and New Yorkers are forever raising the subject … I just dismiss it. I'm not in the...
Reflections on Nixon
"Richard Nixon will break your heart." Source: If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National Review, and the Conservative Movement Keywords:...
Role of Rhetorical Devices
"Rhetorical devices are nothing to be ashamed of. On the contrary, they are indispensable tools serving … to enhance and enrich the plodding words...
Nixon’s China Policy Skepticism
"Reportedly Nixon … regards the détente with Peking as the principal jewel in the notoriously underdecorated diadem of his administration, but the...
Presidential Unpopularity Cycles
"Presidents wear out their welcome, and each president is denounced as the worst president we have ever had. I heard that about literally every...
Media’s Revolving Door
"Precise what metamorphosis do the Dotty Lynches of contemporary Washington undergo on the short trip from Senator Hart's headquarters to CBS? And...
Politics as a Serious Profession
"Politics … is a serious business—for its regular practitioners a true profession—and experience acquired in it, in managerial as much as in...
Low Standards in Politicians
"Politicians are the grease on which society's wheels turn. And they can't be better, most of the time, than a sort of low competence and honor."...
Politicians’ Courteous Self-Interest
"Politicians are characteristically most polite to people whose support they hope some day to get, not to those whose support they already have."...