George Weigel on the Vicious Castro Regime

VICIOUS TEENAGERS HAVE RUN CUBA FOR 57 YEARS By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel National Review Online The Castro Revolution not only impoverished and immiserated the people of Cuba, it culturally lobotomized a lot of them. As Father Richard Neuhaus said, that’s what happens when your country has been run by vicious teenagers with machine guns.  Read more here: eppc.org FOR TRUMP VOTERS, THERE IS NO LEFT OR RIGHT By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen Washington Post Republican leaders are only now waking up to the fact that the change Donald Trump’s voters want will end up changing the GOP, too. Read More (See also Mr. Olsen’s National Review articleexplaining why the voters Mr. Trump picked up do not fit neatly into any of the GOP’s pre-Trump factions.) WHAT'S THE POINT OF EDUCATION? By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow Roger Scruton Spectator (UK) After years of “child-centered” indoctrination, the educational establishment has become lost in a kind of fairyland, believing that education is really a form of social engineering, and that its primary purpose is to boost the pupil’s “self-esteem.” Read More FEAR AND LOATHING IN AMERICA By EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen Syndicated Column There is no greater megaphone than the presidency, and some signals of magnanimity and unity coming from Donald Trump could go a long way. Read More A SIMPLE GESTURE, A GRATEFUL HEART: A THANKSGIVING LESSON FROM STAFF SGT. MILOSEVIC By EPPC Fellow Mary Rice Hasson Washington Examiner Ideologues may work to shred our cultural memory and thin the roots of our gratitude, but ordinary Americans can replant the seeds of deep gratitude on a daily basis. Read More ON OUR NEED FOR THE REAL THOMAS MORE By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel Syndicated Column In our unhappy modern situation, we need the example of a Catholic willing to be martyred for his love of God and love of the truth. Read More