The Red Jackal

Musings of a Moderate Conservative

  • Death by Diversity

    How Institutions Create Heroes Who Can’t Survive the Pedestal Jason Arday’s story was supposed to be inspirational — a Hollywood‑grade triumph over adversity. Instead, it became a tragedy. And not…

  • The Real Threat to Democracy Isn’t What You’re Told

    The Democrats Destruction of Democracy For years, voters have been told — relentlessly — that Republicans are the ones dismantling democracy. The refrain is familiar: enforcing borders is “authoritarian,” upholding…

  • California Dreaming

    Why the GOP Keeps Falling for the Same Mirage California has become the political equivalent of a desert mirage: shimmering with possibility from a distance, evaporating the moment Republicans get…

  • Report Cards for a Government That Promised Straight A’s

    Grading of the current Republican Leaders With June signaling the beginning of Summer and more importantly the end of school…” it’s time to grade the people running the country. And…

  • A Family Vacation to the California Utopia

    A field report from America’s most self-congratulatory experiment. Inspired by the touching tale of Jennifer Siebel Newsom taking her children to Alabama to learn about racism, I felt moved to…

  • Paul Ehrlich: The Elite’s Messiah

    The Prophet Who Never Paid for Being Wrong With the death of Paul Ehlrich last week, I thought I would provide a more apt obituary than what many of our…

  • Up in Smoke

    Legalizing Marijuana Was a Mistake — And the Evidence Is Finally Catching Up For more than a decade, Americans were sold a comforting narrative: marijuana legalization would be harmless, profitable,…

  • The Legal Lottery

    The Case for Tort Reform in the United States Tort law was originally designed to compensate individuals harmed by the actions or negligence of others. Over time, it has evolved…

  • The Minimum Wage Debate

    The Ideal Built on a Feel‑Good Fallacy I recently got into an argument on LinkedIn about the idea of a livable wage, like this is a human right and not…

  • More Random Thoughts

    2026 Enters with a bang The Capture of Maduro Not only was this a big shock that this actually happened but how seamlessly the operation was completed. Yes, Maduro and…

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