Open thread 7/5/22
Mysterious:
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For the Fourth: on liberty
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post from many many years ago. It was written in the springtime during a visit to New York City. Reading it now, it seems almost archaic in certain ways.] I’ve been visiting … Continue reading →
Happy Fourth of July!
[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited repeat of a previous post.] I saw that film on TV maybe 30 times when I was a child. Loved it, and in particular loved the idea that James Cagney—whom I already knew as a … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/4/2022
You tell ’em, Joe
Our brilliant leader has a July 4th weekend message: My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril. Bring down the price you are … Continue reading →
Roundup
(1) Roger L. Simon on the SCOTUS decision that limits the power of the EPA. (2) A Texas court says that the state’s 1925 abortion law can go into effect. The 1925 law criminalized abortion in that practitioners could be … Continue reading →
Doctors, trans surgery, and language
First, a bit of language clarification. When Jordan Peterson called the doctor who removed Ellen/Elliot Page’s breasts a “criminal doctor,” he wasn’t necessarily saying that the doctor was violating a law and should be tried and jailed. If a person … Continue reading →
Doing anything fun for the Fourth…
…this long weekend?
Continue reading →Open thread 7/2/22
Twitter suspends Jordan Peterson: why?
Here’s what Peterson tweeted that got him suspended: In the tweet prompting Twitter’s suspension, Peterson wrote, “Remember when pride was a sin? And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician.” Twitter wrote that Peterson had violated … Continue reading →
By my profile I should be the most liberal of liberals
In a Jordan Peterson video I saw something about this personality test, and I decided to spring for it to the tune of ten dollars. Taking it is kind of fun, and it gives you your assessment immediately. The scores … Continue reading →
Another white arbiter of Blackness is heard from
Apparently, the proper metric of Blackness is attendance at NBA games. Who knew? And Clarence Thomas has been tested and found wanting on that dimension by Rex Chapman, who also writes: “Clarence Thomas would last 20-30 seconds in an NBA … Continue reading →