In racialized tax systems, minorities must remain forever in the black, and whites forever in the red. The post America and Britain’s Hidden Tax on Whiteness appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag America and Britain’s Hidden Tax on Whiteness In racialized tax systems, minorities must remain forever in the black, and whites forever in the red. TakiMag (Photo by Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images) Imagine if American Jews started demanding all other taxpayers (including Muslim ones) begin handing over an extra cent for every dollar earned to buy Israel more bombs to blast Gaza with. Unless you were Jared Kushner, you’d say no. Now imagine if American Muslims began demanding, in their turn, that all other taxpayers (including Jewish ones) begin handing over the exact same extra tax, but for the diametrically reversed purpose of buying Hamas some cement to reconstruct Gaza with, after Israel had…Open
Populism is not going to rise or fall on the particulars of a £5 million donation. The post Farage’s Financial Foul-Up Should Not Frighten Reform appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Farage’s Financial Foul-Up Should Not Frighten Reform Populism is not going to rise or fall on the particulars of a £5 million donation. UK Special Coverage (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Will the scandal over an undeclared donation to Nigel Farage finally put an end to his prime ministerial ambitions? That certainly seems to be the hope of Britain’s liberal media class, who have reported relentlessly and breathlessly on a multimillion-pound gift from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne to the Reform UK leader before he took up his seat in parliament in the July 2024 general election. The scandal surrounds a £5 million personal gift Harborne gave Farage in 2024. Farage insists it was above…Open
Resolving wars has proven more difficult than anticipated. The post Trump’s Diplomacy Has Stalled appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Trump’s Diplomacy Has Stalled Resolving wars has proven more difficult than anticipated. In the realm of international diplomacy, President Donald Trump is an optimist. Peace, or at least stability, is always just around the corner. The political and security disagreements that have sustained some of today’s most destructive wars, he insists, can always be resolved. And it’s only a matter of time before the very same conflicts that have vexed negotiators in the past are nipped in the bud. Like all politicians, Trump is prone to gross exaggeration of his accomplishments and minimization of his failures. He’s certainly not the only politician to do this. When Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed by his rebel…Open
America’s 47th president kept his impressive 2026 primary winning streak rolling Tuesday night, with nearly two dozen Republicans winning outright or advancing to a runoff.
Outmatched militarily, Iran used “triangular coercion” by attacking Gulf states and closing the Strait of Hormuz. It points to a long-term U.S. vulnerability.