The little man who works in the lumber-room of my memory will occasionally toss a tidbit to my supposedly conscious forebrain with a muttered “Remember this?” And of course I do; he’s remembered it for me. But such ejecta from the recesses of my mind can have interesting consequences, one of which (of course) …
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Jul 10 2023
Honest Opinion, Or Giveaway?
I’m told by a Jewish friend that during what he called the “time of the judges,” the great panel of judges that ruled over the Jews had an interesting rule: a unanimous verdict of guilty automatically acquits the accused. The logic of that rule, my friend said, was that unanimity among 77 judges – …
Jul 02 2023
“Vee Vill Make Zee Rulez Und You Will Follow Zem!”
The madness swirling around us can seem too multifarious to summarize, yet every now and then we get a genuinely iconic incident — and it needn’t be something that involves laws, interest groups, or governments: Dear Amy: Four months before my daughter’s wedding, she told me that her uncle (my brother, “Dave”) would …
Jun 24 2023
Mask Droppings
(Alternately, “Leftist Droppings”) This article is highly informative: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and a group of 14 other attorneys general penned a letter to Target CEO Brian Cornell this week expressing concern about the store’s removal of some of its Pride products. Target lit a media firestorm last month when …
Jun 21 2023
They Will Not Let Us Be
Every day brings fresh proof: Violence broke out again in Glendale, CA, after Antifa showed up to a school board meeting at which parents were protesting the school’s promotion of “pride month” and gender ideology. Videos showed police on the scene in riot gear as well as temporary barriers being set up. …
Jun 08 2023
Something You Might Not Have Realized
As the official school year dribbles out to its close, school-age kids are celebrating in anticipation of their summer vacations. What will they do with their time off? Well, when I was in that age band, I was sent to spend the summer on my wealthy aunt’s country estate in Dutchess County, where I …
May 25 2023
The War And The Bastions
I do like that word bastion. A form of it, Bastian, is also a man’s name, and a most complimentary one at that. A bastion is a stronghold, a difficult-to-assail redoubt that stands athwart the enemy’s campaign. The enemy must be sure to reduce such strongholds completely before continuing on with an invasion, for …
May 23 2023
Newspeak Might Not Prove Necessary
…if the Left can simply forbid us to use certain words and phrases: A college woman received a zero grade score on an assignment for using the term “biological women.” “I got a zero on my project proposal in class because I used the term biological women, which is apparently not allowed …
May 15 2023
Verbal Subterfuges 2023-05-15
The slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. — George Orwell With the above, Orwell hit near but not quite on the mark. He crept closer to the bull’s-eye with his conception of Newspeak, in which a character posited that “thoughtcrime” could be made impossible simply by …
May 15 2023
Thought I Was Kidding, Did You?
When I wrote: Families are the fundamental building blocks of a stable society. Extended families—clans—are the best conceivable environment for the rearing of children, the perpetuation of a commercial forte, and the germination of new families and their ventures…. And all healthy families, which cherish life and bind their members to one another …
May 10 2023
Dress Rehearsal Tarantella
First, a little music: Judy Collins singing a grim Leonard Cohen tune: Now that we’re properly depressed, “on with the show.” *** Stephen Kruiser has a warning for us: Because the beating heart of the 21st century Democrats is communism, civil unrest is a favorite tool of theirs. It provides a …
May 09 2023
Matches And Powder Kegs
In this recent piece on “CW 2.0,” John Wilder reviews current conditions that could lead to the outbreak of a second Civil War. His observations give renewed force to questions that have plagued me for some time: Will the Right ever cease to prioritize the avoidance of conflict over the restoration of the Republic? …
Apr 20 2023
Maybe It Wasn’t 1984…
…but Animal Farm the Left chose for its instruction manual: Leftist protestors play music outside @MattWalshBlog’s speech with chants to “F*ck Matt Walsh” pic.twitter.com/DGGZRBgg4n — YAF (@yaf) April 20, 2023 Some Leftist idiot will eventually give the game away by bleating “Four legs good! Two legs bad!” at the top of his voice. …
Apr 03 2023
The English Disease
I don’t know if the title phrase ever became a part of common parlance. Even if you’re near to my age, you might not be familiar with it, or with the condition to which it refers. First and foremost: it doesn’t refer to a physical malady. An anecdote might best illustrate what was …
Mar 27 2023
Undoing The “Not Done”
I hope John Ross, the author of Unintended Consequences, won’t mind the following lengthy excerpt from his book: Joe Columbo was a well-guarded organized crime boss who operated in New York in the ’60s and ’70s. In 1972, a mob rival paid someone to murder Columbo during a New York parade. Knowing that …
Mar 23 2023
We’ve Been Here Before, Haven’t We?
The Left’s pet media are reading Trump’s obituary again: .@JoeNBC on Trump likely being indicted today: “The walls are closing in” pic.twitter.com/f0FUfZTqEd — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 22, 2023 Seems I remember comments of this sort from just a few years ago… “Do not count a man dead until you have seen …
Mar 18 2023
Peak Lawlessness
According to this article, Donald Trump, the 45th president of these United States, expects to be arrested on Tuesday: Numerous leaks have reported Trump will be charged next week in New York City in the Stormy Daniels case where he has been accused of paying Daniels as part of a confidential settlement before …
Feb 27 2023
Censorshop
I’ve ranted more than once about the usefulness of a steadily centralizing economy to those who desire total power over us. I trust the point was not lost on my Gentle Readers. However, it remains easy to miss the indications of political control over one’s workplace, so here’s a nice fresh one: A …
Feb 05 2023
Differences Small And Large
You may have seen this before. It’s a brief clip from Cate Blanchett’s movie Tar: If you dislike videos, here’s the transcript, as best I can render it from the error-prone YouTube attempt: Max: You play really well, but nowadays white male CIS composers…just not my thing Lydia Tar: Don’t be so eager …
Feb 02 2023
What Was The Left’s Old Mantra?
Oh yes, here it is: Always Advance As If Under Threat Of Attack Two articles bring this to mind: It’s Time The Scientific Community Admit We Were Wrong About COVID-19. The Unvaccinated Owe The Vaccinated An Apology The former weak mea culpa pleads for forgiveness. “We thought we were doing the right …
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