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:
Continue reading →I’m going to make some generalizations in this post, of course. But I know a lot of Biden voters, and I’m writing about what I’ve observed. As commenter “physicsguy” says: Every Biden voter I know is only motivated by the … Continue reading →
Commenter “DNW” quotes me, and then asks some questions: [neo]:“I think that one of the basic reasons that socialism and Communism are such difficult ideas to kill is that they appeal to something universally idealistic in regular people” [DNW]: What … Continue reading →
Commenter “huxley” raises an interesting issue: Clearly someone like Obama, an intelligent, trained, leftist activist, is aware his actions aren’t pouring oil on troubled waters but quite the opposite. However, I tend to believe, lacking the ability to look into … Continue reading →
Recently I was watching a video of WalkAway founder Brandon Straka being interviewed by TimPool and telling the story of why he left the Democratic Party. It’s a good video, with the hallmark political changer experience of an “aha!” moment … Continue reading →
Here’s commenter Bryan Lovely, speaking about the 1973 Bob Dylan song [see *NOTE below] : “Forever Young” sure has a different meaning in my fifties than when I was nineteen. Still love that song. May God bless and keep you … Continue reading →
Professor William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection has written a post about the stirring of memory and emotion that Trump’s illness has caused. For Jacobson, the event has conjured up this: John F. Kennedy was assassinated when I was four years … Continue reading →
Not everyone cares about either of the above. And among those who care, not everyone cares equally. To some, truth and/or liberty (usually both together) are essential. They are things worth pursuing to the utmost, and even in some cases … Continue reading →
As I’ve written before, when I was in college in the late 60s I happened to take a course called Russian Intellectual History. I had always liked Russian lit, I’d been told the prof was good, and the course seemed … Continue reading →
A great article that asks the question but unfortunately doesn’t provide the answer. We need an answer. Or maybe the answer is one we (or at least I) don’t want to hear – that there is no good answer because … Continue reading →