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In Newsom’s California, Big Brother is getting into the act between doctors and patients on conversations about COVID
Very Soviet of Newsom, and of the California legislature that passed this bill: Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed California Assembly Bill 2098, making it the first state to attempt to censor what physicians can say about COVID-19 to their patients. … Continue reading →
Excellent VDH post on how the Obama administration and Biden paved the way for Russia’s moves in Ukraine
From Victor Davis Hanson, on “Ukraine and the Malevolent Legacy of the Obama-Biden Administration”: During the current Ukrainian war, the media has created a mythology that the Left was tough on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. And thus, now it simply continues … Continue reading →
Tulsi Gabbard says buh-bye to the Democratic Party
Not a surprise: “I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism,” … Continue reading →
For those of you who want to use a Paypal alternative for donating to the blog
I know that some of you have soured on Paypal since the recent censorship brouhaha. One of the signs is that some people who used to be on auto-pay plans for contributing to the blog have canceled them, and I’m … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/11/22
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 →