…has outraged nearly everyone on the right. Simply put, its ratio of pork to relief is high. Articles like this one are fairly typical; you can read them at almost every site. This kind of action has been typical of … Continue reading →
There’s a lot of news every day, much of it depressing. There’s the usual “Trump is going to kill us all” type of thing. There’s the “Biden is a great healer” variety, often coupled with the latest leftist appointment he’s … Continue reading →
We sometimes think – or used to think – of professors and/or philosophers and/or intellectuals as people living in ivory towers, and that most of their battles are over arcane matters that matter not all that much to the rest … Continue reading →
I think this is taking fatherly devotion a mite far: President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” where he told the comedian that he has “great confidence” in his son Hunter. If that were … Continue reading →
In this mess of an election, the topic of fraud has dominated. And with good reason. But other things happened in the election that are worthy of mention. Whether the trends will continue and will become significant in future elections … Continue reading →
How important is liberty to people in the US today? It’s probably important to a higher percentage of them than in most countries – but still, a lower percentage than in previous times in the US. For example, we have … Continue reading →
I don’t watch many horror movies. But I know enough about them to know that one of the recurrent themes is that someone is chased by the Thing, the Monster, the Murderer, the Alien, the Whatever, and then there’s a … Continue reading →
I see it everywhere now on the right, in articles, blogs, and comments – the urge to turn on the GOP in anger at its failure to fight effectively. I feel it myself to a certain degree. The situation is … Continue reading →
Biden announced during the campaign that he had plans to send a bill to Congress that would give “11 million” illegal aliens (he didn’t use that term) citizenship. He also made the pledge during the final debate, so it’s not … Continue reading →
Whatever happened to “show, don’t tell”? Now social media, Wiki, and Google searches not only purport to give us information but deign to tell us what to think about it. Social media blocks stories it doesn’t like or warns us … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed this effort, too: The radical Never-Trump people have been making noise for several weeks about wanting to return the party to the way it used to be, whatever that means. They are operating under the delusion that a … Continue reading →
Commenter “Rufus T. Firefly” writes: I also find Politics a fairly boring topic most of the time, especially in polite company. When getting together with family why wouldn’t want have sincere conversations about how each other are doing, what is … Continue reading →