Politics

‘Lived Experience’ and the Prison of Tribes Thinking

Posted by on July 11, 2021 at 8:29 pm

“To see every interaction as containing hidden violence is to become a permanent victim, because if all you are is a nail, everything looks like a hammer.” — Conor Barnes, former radical Even before the extreme radicalization and push for “social justice”, Critical Race Theory and its kin, etc., of recent years, I observed more […]

When Pepsi Had a Navy

Posted by on July 4, 2021 at 7:01 pm

“We’re disarming the Soviet Union faster than you are.” — Donald M. Kendall, CEO of Pepsi, to Brent Scowcroft, President George H.W. Bush’s national security adviser It was 1990, and the Cold War was coming to an end, as the Soviet Union dissolved from within. Odd as it may sound, Pepsi “suddenly” found itself in […]

How to Fight Corporate Wokeness

Posted by on June 13, 2021 at 6:50 pm

“Big business, this is supposed to be the one area of culture that conservatives have some lever of power, but we were losing it at a rapid pace.” — Justin Danhof, National Center for Public Policy Research With the ever-growing frequency of American corporations adopting and pushing “woke” Left agendas, it becomes increasingly frustrating for […]

The Gathering Storm

Posted by on May 30, 2021 at 6:35 pm

“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 […]

The New ‘Master of Disaster’

Posted by on May 23, 2021 at 7:52 pm

“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 […]

Out with Cheney, In with Stefanik

Posted by on May 16, 2021 at 7:54 pm

“[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 […]

Legalizing Voting Fraud II

Posted by on May 2, 2021 at 7:27 pm

“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 […]

Infrastructure

Posted by on April 25, 2021 at 11:24 pm

“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 […]

Say “No!” to DC Statehood

Posted by on April 18, 2021 at 7:52 pm

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 […]

A Controversial View on Freedom of Religion

Posted by on April 11, 2021 at 7:29 pm

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 […]