Yesterday, I had the privilege to join Katie Hopkins and Deborah Weiss at C-PAC 2018 on a Center for Security Policy panel moderated by Frank Gaffney. Our topic was "Whither Freedom?" and we three panelists each treated a different threat -- the Left/Russia (me), Islamization of Europe (Katie) and sharia (Deborah).

In each case, the threat to freedom is compounded if not created by deception -- Big Lies entrenched as conventional wisdom, "fake news," false narrative, all of which drive crucial strategic missteps while disarming our natuarl reflexes and undermining our natural loyalties.

When it comes to the Left/Russia, just think: If Joseph McCarthy is not the demon child of American history and is in fact the hero of American history then everything we've been taught is wrong. ...