It’s hard not to be impressed by the Left’s ability to cohere around a single, simple message. It speaks to the efficacy of its internal communications and its ability to impose discipline on its public voices. It doesn’t matter at all whether the message is true; what matters is that it’s concise, punchy, and …
Category: The Left
Aug 27 2024
“A Little Piece Of Paper”
Now and then, a statement made in the present echoes a statement from the past that had grave repercussions. Here’s the recent statement: Kelley Robinson, President of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), spoke at a kickoff event for the Democratic National Convention last week and denigrated the Bill of Rights, calling it …
Aug 09 2024
They Have Pledged Eternal Hostility
…to anyone on the right side of the one-dimensional political spectrum. You know who I mean, don’t you? When Instagram was created in 2010, it was a relatively friendly place mainly used for posting photos and short videos. Its user community expanded rapidly, which drew the attention of the ever-voracious folks at …
Aug 08 2024
Yes, They Do Intend To Censor Us
They keep saying “No” out one side of their mouths while muttering “Yes” out the other. Freedom of expression, yay! Except for “hate speech” and “misinformation”… which turns out to be disagreeing with them on any subject of importance. Time was, a powerful argument against giving government the power to deny a right …
Jul 22 2024
The Evil That Dare Not Speak Its Name
The following is from my pick for the best thriller ever written in English: When we landed we went directly to the office where Randall Wolfe was waiting for us. He was a very large, tall man with dark hair and a beard and wore old-fashioned thick black-rimmed glasses. He seemed pleased to …
Jul 19 2024
Authorities
I’d intended to let this wait for tomorrow, but the pressure inside me has built to an irresistible level. First, a brief vignette from about twenty years ago, when I hadn’t yet gained much confidence in my ability to tell a story. I attended a critique group that met once a month. Most …
Jul 19 2024
Turning It To 11
The Left is striated into several layers: The “base:” people who don’t think, but vote… sometimes. The “street workers:” some political activists, some looters and rioters. The “promulgators:” mostly they write snippy things on X / Twittter. The “top crowd:” mostly concerned with how to get the rest energized. Ah, but it seems …
Jul 14 2024
The Elevators Of The “Rhetorical Temperature”
Conveniently collected for your edification: Fact check: Democrats are the ones calling for violence or physical confrontations❗️❗️ pic.twitter.com/RVetbNlbWY — ͏͏͏𝐉𝐚𝐲 2.0 (@JayMaga47) September 3, 2022 Spread it around, Gentle Readers.
Jul 10 2024
Insanity Or Deliberate Political Malfeasance?
You really have to wonder: After securing the majority of seats in Sunday’s election, the newly formed left-wing government in France has revealed plans to impose a ninety percent tax on its “wealthier” citizens. The left-wing coalition known as the New Popular Front (NPF) shocked French politics this past weekend when it …
Jul 01 2024
Look East To Glimpse The West’s Future
France has just held its “first round” parliamentary elections, and the results look very, very bad for the governing coalition headed by President Emanuel Macron. But my sympathies this morning aren’t for him and his ilk; rather, I’m worried for the common French citizen: Left wing protests have started in Paris following the National …
May 20 2024
Further Symptoms Of Butkeritis-Induced Psychosis
I believe this is called “living in their heads rent-free:” The Kansas City Star, a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri, ignited a fiery debate with its latest opinion piece, advocating for the Kansas City Chiefs to oust their star kicker, Harrison Butker, in favor of a female kicker. This radical suggestion …
May 17 2024
When You Cannot Argue
“The fascists cannot argue, so they kill.” – Victor Marguerite The Left discovered some time ago that its ideas are incapable of prevailing against the evidence. Of course, an idea that requires us to dismiss or deny the evidence is always going to have a few little problems in debate. But that doesn’t …
May 08 2024
Profiles In Unconsciousness
Now and then, something will come down the pike that’s both puzzling and fascinating. I have such a phenomenon at hand today: a series of tweets from former CNN contributor Michelle Kosinski. Here it is: Now, I know better than to expect a leftist to entertain a suggestion that she might be under-informed. …
Apr 15 2024
If You Have 8.5 Minutes…
…please watch this video: Pastor Doug Wilson is the Christian nationalist they warned you about. pic.twitter.com/E92V7OMLTS — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 15, 2024 Pastor Doug Wilson articulates an almost satisfactory vision of “Christian nationalism.” The adverb is the most important word in that sentence. For what questions will be asked of his vision …
Mar 31 2024
Evidence That Demands A Verdict
That’s the title of a famous book by a notable Christian apologist. It’s also suitable for labeling this obscenity: Protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza interrupted a Saturday night Easter Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, chanting “Free, free Palestine” before being removed from the service. Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered in …
Mar 30 2024
Fears And What Lies Behind Them
If a man should tell you that he’s “extremely fearful” of some possibility, it immediately has you inquiring for his reasons. In some cases, some of those reasons will be (damn it all) “obvious.” You might have known about them before he expressed his fear. But in others, the more important of his reasons …
Mar 28 2024
Concerning NBC And Ronna McDaniel
I sometimes wonder if my function in this life is simply to remember things others have forgotten. The recent hiring-then-firing of former RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel has widely been treated as an unprecedented event…which it isn’t. Hearken to Ann Coulter’s narration of the media “career” of one Susan Molinari, former Congresswoman from …
Mar 20 2024
Argument, Rhetoric, And Ethics
[The following comprises two pieces that first appeared at the old Palace Of Reason in early 2004. They’re relevant to our current national discourse…such as it is. Sorry, the embedded links no longer work. Something to bear in mind as you read: a judge in Hawaii recently ruled that “the spirit of aloha” …
Mar 18 2024
Shamelessness As A Political Weapon (UPDATED)
The key political asset of our time is the ability to tell any lie, however outrageous or absurd, with a perfectly straight face: eyes straight and flat, no lifting of either corner of the mouth, and no tightening of either nostril. Moreover, the liar must be able to maintain that solemn-as-a-judge expression through a …
Mar 03 2024
A Modern Political Wonder
While it’s true that we prefer to associate with people who are much like us, the great majority of Americans are acquainted with at least some persons who differ with them in substantial ways, including in their political preferences. Despite those differences, we know, even if only subconsciously, that those “others” are not monsters. …
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