The disgust test
[Hat tip: Althouse.] According to the disgust test, my brain is a Republican. Slightly, anyway (54%). Who knew?
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Virginia: a tide election?
I wasn’t very concerned about yesterday’s Virginia gubernatorial election, because I figured that Northam the Democrat would win and it probably had more to do with Gillespie being a poor candidate than anything else, plus I consider Virginia a basically … Continue reading →
Trump the conservative?
Unexpected (and certainly unexpected by me) but so far true: In assessing Trump’s accomplishments, let’s not get too distracted by his unconventional conduct. This hitherto ideologically unmoored man has set in motion an administration arguably more conservative than Ronald Reagan’s.
Continue reading →The IRS finally apologizes…
…now that the damage has been done. Here’s the story: The DOJ reached an undisclosed monetary settlement with over 400 conservative groups that had their applications for tax exempt status delayed “based solely on their viewpoint or ideology,” Attorney General … Continue reading →
Starting a civil political discourse club
I’m not sure I like the name, but this seems like an interesting idea: Start a Club It’s hardly possible to overstate the value of placing human beings in contact with other persons dissimilar to themselves”¦Such communication has always been … Continue reading →
Republican Like Me
This piece in the NY Post by former NPR CEO Ken Stern caught my eye. The title is “Former CEO of NPR opens up about liberal bias.” It is about that, but it’s actually about something a good deal more … Continue reading →
Jordan Peterson on leftists: “Well, think again, Sunshine!”
I’d never even heard of Jordan Peterson until about two weeks ago, but since then I’ve developed a mild addiction to his videos. Some are short and some are long, but they all feature the workings of a powerful mind … Continue reading →
Austria moves to the right
It’s a trend: Angela Merkel’s misguided migration policy ”” which allowed nearly 1 million people from Africa and the Middle East to enter Germany in 2015 ”” has claimed another political victim. Her centrist Christian Democratic government lost a great … Continue reading →
No sympathy for the Republican devils
The Daily Caller reports on the following heartwarming thought expressed in a Facebook conversation: A top legal executive at CBS, Hayley Geftman-Gold, said she “is not even sympathetic” for the victims of the shooting at a country music festival at … Continue reading →
The GOP in the Senate
Commenter “physicsguy” remarks: I read yesterday that the GOP reps are getting very annoyed with their brethren in the Senate. And, I think they’re correct. Look at where it has all broken down”¦in the Senate. And in particular we can … Continue reading →
Conservatism and tyranny
I think this might be as good a time as any to spotlight this comment by commenter “Kyndyll G.” It was made in early July, and it’s a discussion of conservatism and its relation to tyranny: I would not presume … Continue reading →
McCain (“Lucy”) the maverick strikes again, this time on Obamacare
John McCain is an odd duck who infuriates the right. The term he loves for himself is “maverick,” the definition of which is “an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party.” True to form, he … Continue reading →