To despair or not to despair?
That is the question – or at least, one of the questions. I know that some of you – maybe most of you – are feeling some despair right now. Maybe a lot of despair. What we’ve been seeing – … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe
Don’t be fooled by what the media choose to emphasize…
…or by what a small group of attention-getting radicals want. In the turmoil we’re now experiencing, many people are afraid. That certainly makes sense – it’s frightening. Just a few short months ago things seemed relatively “normal.” Then COVID came, … Continue reading →
Coleman Hughes: our moral confusion
I agree with Coleman Hughes that the images we see on videos such as George Floyd’s death tap into older images in a way that arouses emotion rather than logic: An article written by Hughes can be found here. Hughes … Continue reading →
The enforcement of ideological purity: how the topic of black-on-black crime is handled by the left
Matt Taibbi writes Probably the most disturbing story involved Intercept writer Lee Fang, one of a fast-shrinking number of young reporters actually skilled in investigative journalism… Yet Fang found himself denounced online as a racist, then hauled before H.R. His … Continue reading →
For perilous times
I realize that compared to many eras of history – even recent history, such as the 30s and 40s – it may seem like hyperbole to speak of our times right now as perilous. Nevertheless, I don’t think it’s an … Continue reading →
People are afraid – and rightly so
Ever since I’ve been blogging, I’ve periodically received emails from people in academia about their fear of disagreeing with the herd of leftists. In the past few years it’s gotten even worse in academia, as well as the entertainment world … Continue reading →
Will the truth make itself “known in deeds” – and will it happen in time to prevent disaster?
Roger Scruton wrote the following in 2006, almost a decade and a half ago. The subject matter is immigration, but it’s relevant to a lot more than that particular subject: The destructive effects of liberalism are not usually felt by … Continue reading →
White privilege, white guilt: whites as the new Jews
After I had the idea for the title of this post, I wondered if it had been said before. It has – by Jonah Goldberg back in late 2007 in his book Liberal Fascism. Whatever you think of Goldberg’s stances … Continue reading →
It will be this way from now till the election, and probably beyond
Some time during the Obama administration it occurred to the left that its time had finally come and its patience was about to be fully rewarded. Between the Gramscian march, the “fundamental transformation” Obama was working on, the coming-of-age of … Continue reading →
Steven Pinker tweets something stunningly stupid
I like some of Steven Pinker’s work. His book The Better Angels of Our Nature, for example (which I wrote about here) presents a fascinating thesis that is quite persuasive, although it sounds absurd when you first hear it: that … Continue reading →
Progressives and progress
From commenter “Snow on Pine”: …[The left adheres to] the idea that, as our knowledge and capabilities have grown, our human nature has also changed–evolved–and that over the last 250 or so years our basic human nature has undergone some … Continue reading →
Matt Taibbi is alarmed at the Democrats’ trampling on liberty, but he doesn’t quite get it
Taibbi’s only halfway to getting it. But it’s the second half of the mountain, the part he hasn’t climbed yet, that’s the steepest and most difficult to traverse. Here’s Taibbi [emphasis mine]: One had to search far and wide to … Continue reading →