“Can it happen here? Of course it can.” — Rod Dreher, socio-political commentator, author, editor Forgive me for stating the obvious, but there is a lot of scary stuff goin’ on out there. Our government “leadership” and the many ideological influencers they are in league with (e.g., academia, media, ‘progressive’ corporations and organizations, etc.) are […]
“Thankfully, we don’t have those mean tweets, all caps. Look out, they were really hurting us.” — Pete Hegseth, co-host of “Fox & Friends” Fans of 1970s TV and cinema may be familiar with writer/director/producer Irwin Allen who earned the nickname “Master of Disaster” due to his work in the disaster film genre (e.g., The […]
“[L]et us contemplate the message Republican leadership is about to send by rushing to coronate a spokesperson whose voting record embodies much of what led to the 2018 @$$-kicking we received by Democrats.” — Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) Earlier this week, neocon Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) was removed from her position as Chair of the […]
“If HR 1 passes, it will destroy every action states are taking to fight for election integrity. We cannot allow this to happen!” — Mat Staver of LC Action I had intended on covering a very different topic this week, but I got a couple more emails from Liberty Counsel Action. Chairman Mat Staver reminds […]
“It’s called infrastructure, but inside the Trojan horse it’s going to be more borrowed money, and massive tax increases on all the productive parts of our economy.” — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell As I am sure you are aware, the Biden administration working with the Democrats in Congress have proposed a huge “infrastructure” bill […]
America’s Founding Fathers had good reasons for creating an independent, non-voting District as the seat of government for the United States. As David Harsanyi has pointed out, they were “concerned about the seat of federal power being controlled by a hostile or intrusive state government.” Also, if the capital were in a state (or its […]
The issue of “religious rights” and the “free exercise of religion” is a contentious one in the United States. (And elsewhere, of course.) It boils down to “Who is allowed to do what?” and “Who decides?” Naturally, the First and Fourteenth Amendments come up, as does the fan-favorite “separation of church and state”. Incidentally, that […]
“A guide to building an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish.” — summary statement from Heritage document What exactly does it mean to be truly politically conservative in America these days? Have you ever wondered that? I mean, are there just a couple essential beliefs one must have, and everything else is […]
Here is another fascinating citation from Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay (see last week’s post). The symptoms and situations will sound familiar, and the authors provide helpful explanations of the SJ reasoning behind it all. (I hesitate to use the term “reasoning”, because part of the problem is the postmodernist skepticism about […]
Have you ever wondered why those with a Social Justice / “woke” mindset believe what they believe and do what they do? The new book by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, Cynical Theories, does a great job of explaining the movement’s postmodernist roots and examines the development and thinking behind the different types of activist […]
