Watchman Report Oct. 6, 2021 "The January 6 Insurrection"

 

September 2021 • Volume 50, Number 9 The January 6 Insurrection Hoax Roger Kimball  Editor and Publisher, The New Criterion Roger Kimball is editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. He earned his B.A. from Bennington College and his M.A. and M.Phil. in philosophy from Yale University. He has written for numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times Book Review, and is a columnist for The Spectator World, American Greatness, and The Epoch Times. He is editor or author of several books, including The Long March: How the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s Changed America, The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art, Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Our Higher Education, and Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism. The following is adapted from a lecture delivered at Hillsdale College on September 20, 2021, during a Center for Constructive Alternatives conference on “Critical American Elections.”   Notwithstanding all the hysterical rhetoric surrounding the events of January 6, 2021, two critical things stand out. The first is that what happened was much more hoax than insurrection. In fact, in my judgment, it wasn’t an insurrection at all. . . . continue reading       Share This Issue New Course, “The David Story,” Now Available Start Learning Monte Carlo to Lisbon June 23–July 7, 2022 Learn More Do you know a potential Hillsdale College student? Admissions Info