A word on modesty — Theory of (Authoritarian) Mind
I understand that I am just a person, and however smart, rational, and well-guided I might be, there are others out there like me. I have changed my mind many times in life about many issues, as I...
View ArticleThe Ring of Power
I have never read The Lord of The Rings. When I first watched the movies I found them unworthy of any consideration, never mind their hype. The escapist incoherence of the film seemed to suggest that...
View ArticleWaterloo’s Larry Smith and his disciples: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I wish I had some sort of backhanded entry into the Larry Smith phenomenon, but here I am without any tangent to get started on. After all it’s been a long time since I last showed up for his class....
View ArticleA Quasi-Repenting Liberal’s Beautiful Rant: The American Left’s Silly Victim...
This post is so impressive that I would feel compelled to reproduce it in its entirety if that was cool, but it's not. so here's the link to the full thing. While the author, Matt Taibbi, doesn't seem...
View ArticleDissecting the Burqa
This Islamic garment is a symbol of oppression for a variety of mostly straightforward reasons, and as such is morally reprehensible. What I just said shouldn’t be controversial at all to uphold, were...
View ArticleRome Didn’t Fall in a Day: an analysis of Western Europe’s cultural demise
The burqa/headscarf is unfortunately becoming so ubiquitous in the US and Canada that I am starting to get tired of getting outraged every single time I spot it. Being rightfully appalled can be...
View ArticleBeyond Conservatism: Freedom in a Godless Future
That the GOP is experiencing an identity crisis is self-evident. Over the last few months the Party cannibalized herself as one candidate after another tripped over his feet trying to climb on top of...
View ArticleJihadwatchWatch: Robert Spencer’s amorous flirt with European Fascism
The election is finally behind us. After initial sighs of relief and disappointment many are already beginning to re-examine the American electorate’s fault lines. What pundits call a “center-right”...
View ArticleRacialist Passive-Aggressiveness
I found this lovely political cartoon while browsing through the pages of The Courier Journal on a recent trip to Louisville. Kentucky's journalistic elites reveal holding a rather bold view of their...
View ArticleAre Chinese Mothers Superior?
A certain essay appeared in the Wall Street Journal last Saturday, titled "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior," to which one excerpted reaction from the Journal community itself was "I am in disbelief...
View ArticleISIS has blown up the historic wall of Nineveh
No words.... But do bethink yourselves, these monuments have withstood the onslaught of various peoples for thousands of years. Not Alexander the Great, nor the Romans, or the original Muslim invaders,...
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