Open thread 6/8/23
Such a wonderful building:
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Coming soon to a theater near you – another Trump indictment
Determined prosecutors can indict anyone. And they can convict anyone if they have judges and juries simpatico to their cause. Whether or not this was always true I’m not sure. But it’s my impression – and I’ve lived a long … Continue reading →
Some questions about self-publishing
As many of you may know, I’m trying to publish a book of Gerard’s essays and also one of his poetry. The only avenue seems to be self-publishing; I’ve explored various conventional publishers and there aren’t any takers. So I’ve … Continue reading →
The Palin-ization of Casey DeSantis
Hate sells. Sneering, condescending hate sells. And of course, all conservatives are to be hated. So this sort of thing was inevitable (“Casey DeSantis is the Walmart Melania Trump”), and it’s getting a ton of clicks and attention. It reads … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/7/23
What a great story:
Continue reading →Abbott signs Texas law banning medical transition for minors
It is supported by most Americans, but the left wants to frame this sort of law as pernicious: Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed a bill into law Friday that bans sex-change surgeries and hormonal interventions aimed at transitioning minors … Continue reading →
A third-party presidential candidate on the left enters the fray
It’s Cornel West, running as a candidate from something called the People’s Party: “I enter in the quest for truth, I enter in the quest for justice, and the presidency is just one vehicle to pursue that truth and justice … Continue reading →
D-Day: 79 years later
[NOTE: The following is a slightly-edited version of a previous D-Day post.] Today is the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings in WWII that led to Western Europe’s liberation. I wonder how many people under forty, either here or … Continue reading →
One third of young people love Big Brother
The last line of Orwell’s masterpiece Nineteen-Eighty-Four is, “He loved Big Brother.” Said of protagonist Winston Smith, it describes his final internal capitulation to lengthy torture and “re-education” of the most extreme sort. But some people don’t have to be … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/6/23
Those solar panels are so nice, but how do you dispose of them?
Solar panels apparently only last about twenty-five years, and then what? They have to be replaced, but what happens to the old ones?: The world’s solar energy generation capacity grew by 22% in 2021. Around 13,000 photovoltaic (PV) solar panels … Continue reading →
How small woke groups exert pressure on the majority that disagrees, as well as on corporations
John Hinderaker of Powerline has some questions about how it is that a strong majority of Americans don’t buy into the tenets of trans activism, and yet so many companies yield to the trans activists: How can a small minority … Continue reading →