“Defounding America”
I recommend reading this article by Myron Magnet, which is a summary of how we got where we are today in terms of the loss of autonomy and the growth of federal control, as well as the extreme change in … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Liberals and conservatives; left and right
At what point will liberal Democrats become alarmed?
That’s a question I’ve asked myself for quite some time. I’m not talking about leftists; I’m talking about so many people I know who are not especially into politics; you might call them leftist-enablers. They tend to read the NY … Continue reading →
Court-packing (Part II): Venezuela is the template
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] For the moment, we seem to have dodged the court-packing bullet, because the Democrats don’t quite have the votes to pass it. But I believe it’s only a temporary reprieve. The Democrats are … Continue reading →
Court-packing (Part I): speculating on the Democrats’ current strategy
There is virtually no question in my mind that the Democrats want to control SCOTUS. The only unknown is if and how they will accomplish it. Today, as promised, Democrats introduced legislation to pack the Court and increase the number … Continue reading →
“Marxist BLM leader buys $1.4 million home in ritzy LA enclave”…
…is the title of this article in the NY Post: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, the leader of Black Lives Matter and a self-described Marxist, recently purchased a $1.4 million home in an exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood where the vast majority of residents … Continue reading →
On political hating and virtue
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 →
Lies and the press; lies of the press
I think we can all agree that the information people receive is usually a huge factor in determining our opinions regarding public events and politics. And I think we can also agree that a lot of that information comes through … Continue reading →
Then and now: not all of FDR’s Four Freedoms are actually freedoms
Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms are famous mainly because of the Norman Rockwell art that illustrated the concepts. I wrote about that art in this post from fifteen years ago (my, my, how time flies). But today I’m writing about the ideas … Continue reading →
States can’t enforce boundaries against interstate emigration
States can’t enforce boundaries against interstate migration. That’s been true my whole life, but until the last decade or so it was a thought that had zero significance for me. For quite a while, though, it’s been apparent that this … Continue reading →
The Democrats are not dumb – they have a plan
I saw this today from OregonMuse at Ace’s [emphasis mine]: [Does the left] really want a country where only the police and military have firearms? I don’t think they realize the implications. I know they fantasize about this in a … Continue reading →
What can Republicans do to fight Biden’s border policy?
Sometimes I think that people on the right are more fond of bashing the Republicans in Congress than they are of bashing the Democrats. I understand and share some of that impulse – the lack of fight and/or of conservative … Continue reading →
The cost of playing the “The Emperor’s New Clothes” game
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 →