Daniel Flynn

Daniel Flynn

Daniel J. Flynn is the author of A Conservative History of the American Left and blogs at www.flynnfiles.com.

Reefer Madness

Is Marijuana Legalization a Big Government Plot? "€œShould it be legal? Yes. Do we want it legal? No."€ This counterintuitive wisdom on marijuana legalization comes from "€œCharlie,"€ a colorful, sixty-something marijuana entrepreneur working out of Boston's Shawmut. From behind a Pancho ...

The New New Deal

The "€œnew"€ New Deal recidivism reveals a sclerotic movement stuck in the past. The ubiquitous prefix "€œnew"€ stamped on any old program reflects the movement's horror that its ancient pedigree might be discovered. What self-respecting "€œprogressive"€ xeroxes the past to boldly ...

Obama and the Left

His campaign slogan boasts of "€œChange We Can Believe In."€ He tells voters that "€œAmericans are hungry for a new kind of politics."€ Rolling Stone dubs him "€œA New Hope."€ Barack Obama is the identikit Democratic presidential candidate. He has Jack Kennedy's youthful charisma, ...

The Believer”€”Obama Gets the Left Closer to God

If "€œGimme That Old Time Religion"€ isn"€™t Barack Obama's campaign song yet, it should be. After starting July by endorsing an Obamized version of George W. Bush's faith-based initiative, St. Barack then appeared praying atop Newsweek in a cover story entitled "€œWhat He Believes"€ ...

The Judicial Shakedown

Last week, Wilson-appointee George authored the decision codifying homosexual marriage in California, finding for gays and lesbians (and perhaps unnamed others) a "€œfundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship."€ Of the four jurists who overturned the will of 4.6 million ...

The New Hope (Same as the Old Hope)

In the candidacy of Barack Obama, one sees the history of the American Left writ small. Obama is an heir to the paternalist dynasty of the populists, progressives, New Deal, and Great Society; the Hull House-style passivism that demands city hall, the state legislature, and bodies more distant ...


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