Our favorite Bookworm has produced her best column ever. I hope she’ll permit me a lengthy excerpt: For several decades, leftism has been that ghost in the American machine. For decades, leftists were the “good guys.” While they were already haunting the Democrat party, they were still invisible. The Democrat party was able …
Category: Usurper Regime
Jun 18 2021
A Critical Inversion
Forgive me, Gentle Reader. I’m barely awake, but I had to get this down before it could slip away. Near the end of the 1978 movie made from Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, when Inspector Javert finally has Jean Valjean at his mercy, he asks Valjean why Valjean set him free of the rebels …
Jun 16 2021
A Harbinger No One Should Miss
In truth, it’s hard to believe that anyone who pays even modest attention to the news could miss it: The highest honor a lay Catholic could possibly hope for is to go to Mass with the head of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. Mind you, in truth Joe Biden is about …
May 19 2021
Prospects
A nice word, that. Etymologically, it means “a look forward,” something we time-bound types can’t really do. All the same, we try. Sometimes, through no great merit of our own, we get it right. As we stand here in the Year of Our Lord 2021, what are the prospects for the immediate future, …
May 14 2021
Supreme Laws
You may have seen this snippet before: “The Constitution is the supreme law, the foundation for all other law. If it doesn’t mean exactly what its text says—the public meanings of the words as ordinary people understand them—then no one can possibly know what it means. But if no one can know what …
May 05 2021
Barefaced Thuggery Part 2
What relationship is defined by having no rules? Trust me: it’s not one of the more obscure puzzles you’ll encounter: “Are you ready?” Christine raised her chin and presented her mentor with a feral smile. She had waited for this morning with a Christmas-like anticipation. “Bet your ass.” I’ve never …
Apr 13 2021
The Political Strategy Of The Usurper Regime…
…is to lie. Continuously. About everything. Two examples follow – and believe me, I could have produced more without any exertion. First comes a scathing article from John Lott and Thomas Massie: There were so many lies in Vice President Kamala Harris’ and President Joe Biden’s presentations on guns Thursday that …
Mar 10 2021
What Comes Of The Loss Of Trust
“A thousand truths do not mark a man as a truth-teller, but a single lie marks him as a damned liar….Lying to other people is your business, but I tell you this: once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to …
Mar 09 2021
What More Will It Take?
Retired Lieutenant General Russel Honoré has proposed a permanent military guard force for the District of Columbia: A task force charged with making recommendations to boost congressional security after a deadly Jan. 6 pro-Trump mob assault on Capitol Hill has proposed establishing a permanent military presence ready to go at a moment’s notice …