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Moral and Historical Clarity on the Situation in Israel

Published on October 15, 2023 By sirrahc

“No Peace with Israel. No Recognition of Israel. No Negotiations with Israel.” — statement from the Arab League Summit (1967) It wasn’t easy to choose a topic for this week, but I eventually decided on the Israel vs. Palestine/Hamas war. But, rather than me spending a lot of time writing something up, I found a […]

A Primer on SCOTUS, Abortion, and the Leaked Opinion Draft

Published on May 8, 2022 By sirrahc

“It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.” — Justice Samuel Alito (in the leaked opinion draft) If you are like me, you may feel a bit overwhelmed by all of the articles from the last few days talking about SCOTUS, the leaked opinion draft, […]

Rise of the Motivated Minority

Published on December 19, 2021 By sirrahc

A couple weeks ago, I cited a section of The Authoritarian Moment by Ben Shapiro, in which he gave an account of how the Left has gradually suppressed most Americans’ speech via things like the Cordiality Principle and “microaggressions”. In the next section (which I cite below), Shapiro described how a relatively small, radical minority […]

Convincing Americans to Shut Up

Published on December 5, 2021 By sirrahc

Some years ago, I had a lengthy email exchange with an old friend, one who was now very much on the left side of the cultural and socio-political aisle. At one point, he said or implied that some position I held (or implicitly supported, based on someone I quoted) was “not nice”. Having already established […]

AOC’s Green New Disaster

Published on February 17, 2019 By sirrahc

“Putting aside the fact that, as written, it would receive a C+ in any high school English class, it essentially articulates a magical world in which the skies rain chocolate, the world is powered by unicorn farts, and AOC dances through the gumdrop meadows to Lisztomania.” — Ben Shapiro, conservative columnist/commentator and radio host The […]

Should Trump Declare a National Emergency Over Border Security?

Published on January 13, 2019 By sirrahc

“We’re either going to have a win, make a compromise — because I think a compromise is a win for everybody — or I will declare a national emergency.” — President Donald Trump Once again, the U.S. government is in a partial shutdown due to a stalemate on budgetary issues. The President demands the $5.7 […]

What Is Romney Thinking?

Published on January 6, 2019 By sirrahc

“I can’t figure out why Romney thought ribbing the president was strategically more useful than offering ideas to solve the problem at the border and get the government fully-funded.” — Newt Gingrich As you may have heard, former Massachusetts Governor and then-incoming Utah Senator Mitt Romney had a controversial op-ed published in The Washington Post […]

The Battle to End Birthright Citizenship

Published on November 4, 2018 By sirrahc

“According to the Pew Research Center, in 2008, 350,000 pregnant woman jumped America’s borders or rode in on a visa to birth their ‘anchor baby’ on U.S. soil. That practice continues for the past 30 years by hundreds of thousands and now millions of pregnant women who birth their ‘jack pot’ child in the loving […]

Time for Paul Ryan to Go

Published on June 17, 2018 By sirrahc

I am on record as being frustrated with current Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI), in that sometimes he does things I can get behind, even wholeheartedly applaud, while other times he does things that leave me wondering “What the #&*(! is he thinking?!” Ryan was not my first (or second or third) choice […]

Feminist Nonsense Attacks on God and the Bible

Published on February 12, 2018 By sirrahc

“[S]tupid. Asinine. Ridiculous. Ludicrous. Imbecilic. Witless. Obtuse. Fatuous. Harebrained. Doltish. Preposterous.” — Ben Shapiro, commenting on Rabbi Kolton’s claims Originally, I was going to blog on something more politically-oriented this week, like infamous memos & dossiers, or maybe the budget deal. But, I came across something else that piqued my interest much more, so… The […]