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Heather Mac Donald on the marijuana myth
The myth she’s discussing is the one the Democratic Party has been using about how marijuana possession laws are charged and prosecuted in a racist manner, as part of the “systemic racism” so rampant in our society. Biden recently harped … Continue reading →
Columbus and poetry, song and story and Joaquin Miller
I grew up in an era in which we had to memorize scads of poetry, some of it of the patriotic verse variety. I’ve written about the experience here. An excerpt: I think it may be a lost pedagogical device, … Continue reading →
Happy unwoke Columbus Day!
[NOTE: This is a somewhat-edited version of a previous post.] The stock of Christopher Columbus has fallen in recent years as a result of the general campaign on the part of the left by figures such as Howard Zinn to … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/10/22
This is the original version of the song, one I’ve known from childhood. It’s by Irving Berlin:
Continue reading →When you were a tadpole: in praise of verse
When I was a child of around ten, one semi-bored day I came across the light-verse poem “Evolution” in a book on a shelf in my house. Even at the age of ten it amused me and also moved me, … Continue reading →
Saboteurs hard at work
The bridge that connects Crimea to Russia has been damaged by explosives: We should be clear that the section of the bridge that was damaged by the blast and the fire didn’t entirely collapse. The Crimean Bridge, 12 miles in … Continue reading →
This trailer for a documentary about George Floyd and BLM looks interesting
Candace Owens has a documentary on George Floyd and BLM that is due to be available for streaming on October 12: I’ve written a great deal on the Floyd case, and although I don’t know that the propaganda put out … Continue reading →
Paypal’s new policy sounds like it will bring it in line with other “woke” companies – or does it?
There’s been a lot of talk about Papal’s newly-announced policy on “misinformation”: The financial services company, which has repeatedly deplatformed organizations and individual commentators for their political views, will expand its “existing list of prohibited activities” on November 3. Among … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/8/22
Jordan Peterson and Rod Dreher have a talk
I’m not ordinarily a big Dreher fan, but this is an excellent discussion between him and Peterson. It’s long, but if you listen to it with the speed set at 1.5 or 1.75, as I did, it doesn’t take all … Continue reading →
Bobulinski and the Swift Vets
The MSM pretends that Tony Bobulinski doesn’t exist: Tuesday night, Tucker Carlson interviewed erstwhile Hunter Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski again (the first interview took place just before the 2020 presidential election). The interview lasted a full hour, yielding information … Continue reading →