Commenter “stan” writes: Neo wrote: “I expect that most people will go on believing that Chauvin was indeed a cold-blooded murderer, and a racist one at that.” More importantly, they will feel morally superior because of that belief and have … Continue reading →
From commenter “Mac” on the thread about Biden lying about the new Georgia voting law [emphasis mine]: For a lot of Democrats, I don’t think [they regard lies such as Biden’s as] even lying, in the sense of knowingly telling … Continue reading →
It is sad to see how susceptible people are to Critical Race Training propaganda – although I suppose it’s not all that surprising. CRT is more than propaganda, of course. It functions more like a cult that is programmed through … Continue reading →
Recently I discussed the strange “Emperor’s New Clothes” feel of the Biden presidency, in which we watch the media assert over and over that the man is demonstrating wonderful qualities he simply does not exhibit. In light of that, it’s … Continue reading →
Commenter “Lee Also” writes this: I have always felt that, as doctors take the Hippocratic Oath when they receive their degree, Portia’s Speech should be administered to freshly minted JD’s as an oath: “The quality of mercy is not strained; … Continue reading →
Victor David Hanson: The point of the 1960s, again we were taught, was to tear down the rules, the traditions and customs, the hierarchies of the old guys. The targets were supposedly the uptight, short-hair, square-tie, adult generation who grew … Continue reading →
Leonard Cohen songs keep coming to mind – and not just any Leonard Cohen songs, but the ones he wrote in the late 1980s and early 1990s, during an especially dark period in his musical oeuvre. Cohen had a lot … Continue reading →
From a coment by “Eris Guy”: The Left/Communist/Democrats have been calling Republicans “Nazis” since Wendell Willkie. (Can you imagine claiming — or worse believing — Willkie is a Nazi.) It’s a slow, steady drip of hate until the water becomes … Continue reading →
Commenter Richard Aubrey wants to know something: Why so many people buy in with all the fervor of a drugged-up bolo fighter in the Philippine Insurrection – original simile, you may use it without attribution – puzzles me. If, by … Continue reading →
History tells us that leftists are not what you’d call magnanimous in victory. And now they feel very victorious indeed. Whether the main perpetrators of the Capitol incident were actually from the right or whether it was some sort of … Continue reading →
From commenter “Nancy B”: In my family it doesn’t make sense to call either my mother or sister “leftist” — they aren’t political in the sense that they have never really thought about politics philosophically or participated practically. But my … Continue reading →