Actually, it sometimes feels as though the entire world has gone stark raving mad lately. But some places have gone more mad than others: Case in point, Australia: It’s hard to know exactly when Australia’s pandemic response crossed the line … Continue reading →
It’s come to this: It should be shocking to see a *media outlet* try to create new ways to enable media outlets to be sued and punished because of the views they air, but there's nothing shocking about it, because … Continue reading →
Viva Frei sums it up for you so far: The Michigan case is especially important because it increasingly appears similar to what may have been going on and what may still be going on with the January 6th “insurrection.” I … Continue reading →
Note the similarity. First, in Hong Kong: Five speech therapists in hoods and handcuffs were led away by security police in Hong Kong yesterday for distributing “seditious” children’s books that depict China as a malevolent wolf… The gesture of defiance … Continue reading →
Years ago, when the internet really got going, one of its big attractions was that it gave everyone who wanted one a voice. For example, in the blogophere’s early days, different individuals would compete in the marketplace of ideas to … Continue reading →
Not “fascism” as in “mean people doing mean things that I don’t like,” but “fascism” in its economic sense of “large private businesses being in bed with government”? Fascism as an economic system is sometimes described this way: As such, … Continue reading →
Here are some of the allegations against January 6th demonstrator Robert Morss: Federal agents seized a plastic replica of the Capitol building from the Pennsylvania home of Robert Morss during his arrest on June 11. Justice Department officials are citing … Continue reading →
What’s going on in Cuba?: From the Malecón, Havana’s famous seawall near the old city, to small towns in Artemisa province and Palma Soriano, the second-largest city in Santiago de Cuba province, videos live-streamed on Facebook showed thousands of people … Continue reading →
Commenter “Zaphod” writes, of the Orwell work versus the Huxley work: “Funny thing is that Brave New World happened first.” Well, yes and no. Brave New World was certainly written first, and I agree that it touched on many of … Continue reading →
Andrea Widburg writes: Following January 6, we’ve been reading stories about people imprisoned for months in solitary confinement and meekly accepting grotesque plea bargains just to get out of the government’s toils. Thomas Edward Caldwell and his attorney, however, are … Continue reading →
I haven’t written much about this story yet, but the gist of it is that Tucker Carlson was tipped off that the NSA was intercepting his emails and was planning to leak them to the press in order to discredit … Continue reading →
What could possibly go wrong? The January 6th Capitol incursion was the gift to the left that keeps on giving. Then again, was it even a gift, or was it an event partly-orchestrated and steered by the FBI? Either way, … Continue reading →