Since when did the world exist to guarantee your feeling of safety? When I was a child – which now begins to seem like it was further in the past than it actually was, so different has the world become … Continue reading →
Whatever happened to “show, don’t tell”? Now social media, Wiki, and Google searches not only purport to give us information but deign to tell us what to think about it. Social media blocks stories it doesn’t like or warns us … Continue reading →
…now that they have successfully taken away so many liberties because of COVID-fear, what would be the plan if a more lethal pandemic came down the pike? It’s a rhetorical question, because we all know the answer: take away even … Continue reading →
Blogger and commenter David Foster writes: I’ve been remembering something written by the British general Edward Spears, describing his feelings in the aftermath of Munich: “Like most people, I have had my private sorrows, but there is no loss that … Continue reading →
From commenter “MollyG”: I just feel incredibly sad this evening. Sad because I can’t share my Dem/progressive friends’ transports of unhinged joy at the attempted DNC/MSM. coup. Sad because I love my friends but cannot look at them, since their … Continue reading →
…remind me of a dynamic I’ve seen over and over in human interactions. Person A mistreats Person B. Instead of apologizing, Person A demands that Person B forget about it and “move on.” To illustrate his/her own magnanimity, Person A … Continue reading →
I am continually and deeply impressed by the foresight and wisdom of the Founders, in particular James Madison. I doubt students learn much about him anymore, and I doubt that his words would strike home with many of them even … Continue reading →
Ordinarily I’d write “more post-election thoughts,” but the election’s still going on. It will go on for a while. But my stomach doesn’t feel good about the final outcome. It didn’t feel good last night, either, even when Trump was … Continue reading →
And this hangover will last a long time, I’m afraid. Actually, a hangover isn’t really the proper metaphor, because this illness has been going on for a long time. We’ve had the drift leftward, the institutional rot, and the 50/50 … Continue reading →
I noticed a comment on another blog to this effect: “I can understand not voting if you don’t think either candidate should be president.” That’s one of those statements that looks logical on its face but really is not, because … Continue reading →
Here’s an essay that says some things similar to what I’ve been thinking lately. I can’t say I was especially familiar with the term “Omertà,” but I’m familiar with the idea that Orwellian lies and inversions of truth have become … Continue reading →
And – bonus video – Victor Davis Hanson really sums it up:
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