When I was a child, my playmates bickered a lot. One of the most common rejoinders I remember from those days was bounces off me and sticks to you, an annoying reversal that my verbal adversaries would use when valid … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I originally wrote this post in 2005, nearly twenty years ago. I was reminded of the subject matter last night when commenter “Jeff Z” wrote, on the Holocaust inversion thread, “I don’t know if you’ve ever read ‘Reading Lolita … Continue reading →
It gets more and more difficult for our Pravda-esque media to cover up for Biden’s increasing frailties, and so they’ve adopted a new tactic. In a way, it’s an old tactic, because it reminds me of the game we used … Continue reading →
It seems that lately I’ve been writing a great deal about three subjects: Israel/Palestine, the current Trump trial in New York, and the 2024 election. Plenty of other important things are happening – and I do write about them. But … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “sdferr”] The Gaza War is one in which good and evil are quite clearly delineated. The Palestinian side features the October 7 atrocities and murders purposely targeting Israeli civilians when there was supposed to be a ceasefire … Continue reading →
My title is a riff on this 1963 movie. The film was a comedy, but what we’re seeing in the world these days isn’t funny. It’s a pathetic inversion in which we have a country with a history such as … Continue reading →
As part of the war against masculinity, we have this sort of essay. Here’s part of the start of the piece, in which the author establishes her virtue-signaling bona fides: I’ve been inoculating my son against hate for years. On … Continue reading →
Please read this article on the development of the anti-“disinformation” campaign of the left. An excerpt: In his last days in office, President Barack Obama made the decision to set the country on a new course. On Dec. 23, 2016, … Continue reading →
Or maybe an inversion of the truth is what a Big Lie is, as opposed to a regular lie. Biden and coal plants – who are you going to believe, us now or your lying ears before? … Biden decided … Continue reading →
The pharmaceutical treatment of children who present with gender dysphoria is getting more widespread. Children cannot validly consent, but they – and transgender activists on social media, plus therapists and doctors who believe in “affirming” the chosen new gender – … Continue reading →
For many years Richard Landes has done a great deal of thinking and writing on how news propaganda has influenced the Palestinian/Israel conflict. I’ve written about Landes’ work many times before (disclosure: he’s also a friend of mine). Here’s a … Continue reading →
And the best of all is sibling close harmony. That’s where nature and nurture can combine to make different-yet-somehow-similar voices blend in a special way that creates a full and resonant whole that is far more than the sum of … Continue reading →