[...] More than just a conservative intellectual, Sir Roger Scruton was a constant champion of Western civilisation, and of the value of beauty and aesthetics in an increasingly philistine age. In the years to come, we are going to need his like more than ever

CONSERVATISM’S GREATEST ENEMY isn’t socialism – it’s radicalism. The impulse to uproot, upend, and overthrow all that is old, settled and esteemed is the essence of radicalism. Though most conservatives would be taken aback by the suggestion, a powerful case can be made that for the past 40 years the most dangerous radicals have not been the partisans of socialism, but the promoters of unfettered capitalism.

[...] Once you remove the emotive investment most of us have in education, an objective observer may refer to it as a product, much like a can of baked beans. [...] Either way, cans of baked beans don’t have a Ministry of 2900 bureaucrats earning $480 million each year determining what can and cannot be in a can of baked beans.

[...] Because the subject matter causes so much anxiety and fear in young children (as indoctrinating them about an imminent human extinction will tend to do), the emotional side had to be addressed by the mind molesters, so encouraging children to become activists against the so-called climate change impact is designed to mitigate their anxieties.

[...] While the Trump-deranged left stopped short of actually demanding a war with Iran, it was plain that that’s what all their hysterical shrieking about “WWIII” was really about. They desperately, desperately want Trump to start another war. Because, so far, he has stubbornly refused to do other than what he promised: extricate America from endless war in the Middle East.