Only the lonely
The guy who made this video, Chris, has a channel in which he goes around spotting people who look interesting to him, and he talks to them and offers to take their photos. Here’s one: And now for some music … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe
Young people in the US have had little experience of successful political assassination – till now
They’ve only read about it. We who were old enough to remember the 1960s and 1970s recall the searing and terrible assassinations of huge American figures: JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King. To us, these things are extremely real. But to … Continue reading →
Dennis Prager’s first interview on video since his accident
You may be aware that last November Dennis Prager was severely injured in a fall and became a quadriplegic. At first, and for quite a while, he was unable to talk, although his mind was clear. I’ve been following his … Continue reading →
“Some men just want to watch the world burn”
That’s a famous line from the movie The Dark Knight: It’s a description of the pure chaotic nihilistic impulse. I think that tells us something about Antifa, and also certain murderers whose motives we know little about such as the … Continue reading →
Erika Kirk’s forgiveness
[NOTE: I haven’t watched most of the speeches at the Charlie Kirk memorial yesterday, but I’ve seen short clips and read excerpts plus Erika Kirk’s entire speech.] Erika Kirk is clearly a remarkable woman, but one would expect that because … Continue reading →
On coming across the obituary of a college acquaintance
The other day I came across the obituary of someone I knew as a college freshman. I wasn’t looking for information about her, but I saw it nevertheless. I almost wrote “I came across the obituary of a girl I … Continue reading →
On “progressivism” and barbarism
Just today I discovered this essay written in December of 2023 by Benjamin Kerstein. It’s entitled “The rise of barbaric progressivism,” and subtitled “Antisemitism, racial hierarchy, violence, and an alliance with radical Islam have seized the commanding heights of the … Continue reading →
Songs with dance as metaphor
There are tons of songs about dancing, for obvious reasons. But that’s not the subject matter of this post – songs about dance for the sake of dance. This is about songs that use dance as a larger metaphor for … Continue reading →
Robert Frost on justice and mercy
Recently commenter “Selfy” linked to this article and offered the following quote from it: Mr. Rigney echoes this critique of systemic racism but reserves most of his ire for feminism, which he blames for many of empathy’s ills. Because women … Continue reading →
Celebrating child murder; knocking prayer
First there was rejoicing when a United Healthcare CEO was murdered in cold blood. Then there was celebration at the murder of a young Jewish couple. Now some leftists are applauding the act of killing little children in a Catholic … Continue reading →
And still another thing about the Democrats’ spin on DC crime – it’s imagology
The Democrats’ message that violent crime isn’t bad in Washington DC is a prime example of what Milan Kundera called “imagology.” I’ve written about imagology before; it’s one of the earliest themes on this blog, with my first post on … Continue reading →
AI: I’m so sorry I lied! And I’ll keep lying, because that’s what I do
[Hat tip: Commenter “AesopFan.”] Here’s an astounding encounter with AI, by a writer who asked it to evaluate some of her essays. It offered glowing evaluations, but the writer discovered at some point that it had some of the details … Continue reading →