Archive - Paradoxically Speaking

Why Are Trump Regulators Working So Hard to Dismantle Supreme Court’s Rollback of Regulatory Power?

Conservatives popped the champagne corks when the Supreme Court dismantled “Chevron deference” in the 2024 case of Loper Bright Enterprises v.

Apr 14 • Robert Bork Jr.

Mark Meador and the FTC Scarily Revive Teddy Roosevelt Economics

For free-market conservatives, Teddy Roosevelt is less a hero than a temptation—a larger-than-life figure whose legacy invites admiration even as it…

Apr 13 • Robert Bork Jr.

Some Modest Suggestions for Lina Khan’s New Center

A Satirical Syllabus

Apr 7 • Robert Bork Jr.

March 2026

Free Speech Attacked from both Sides

Left and Right agree: Speech is a "product" to be regulated

Mar 31

The Rise, Fall, and Surprising Rebirth of the Robinson-Patman Act

by Jon Nuechterlein

Mar 24

Why We Walk on Eggshells

Mar 17

February 2026

Welcome to Paradoxically Speaking

This Substack is a place for frank talk about the abandonment of timeless conservative principles by the so-called “new right” – and what we can do to…

Feb 19 • Robert Bork Jr.

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