Michelle Knows Best: A Single Name
Barack and Michelle have summoned the brain trust to a three-day retreat at the presidential residence in Martha’s Vineyard. Present are economists, businessmen, politicians, academics, members of the...
View ArticleThe Sobbing Kenyan
Who among us has not been flabbergasted by the fact that half the country still supports our infamous president? We scratch our heads in disbelief, thinking, what will it take to bring sobriety to the...
View ArticleLonging for Some Good Old Marxism
[NOTE: I wrote the following article in September 2007. It is reprinted here as a reaction to some of the convoluted and spineless comments posted here in recent days by our Leftist friends.] Lately...
View ArticleRights and Wrongs
It seems that every other day, somewhere in our civilization gone AWOL, a new “right” is created. The latest contestant in the you-can’t-make-this-up sweepstakes is a “woman’s right to contraception.”...
View ArticleShrinking the Outside
One of the hallmarks of a totalitarian regime is that the “outside” ceases to exist. In every sphere of life, one is restricted to the places, procedures, and ideology ordained by the Party. There is...
View ArticleHeadlines From the Year 2020
Here are some of the headlines we’ll be seeing in the year 2020 if our civilization continues on its present course: Kansas broadcaster arrested for misogyny after airing episode of Father Knows Best...
View ArticleMichelle Knows Best: “Trayvon, My Poor Trayvon”
We join the First Couple in the Oval Office. Barack is seated behind the presidential desk, feet up. Michelle is sitting on the sofa, her arm clutching the shoulders of Trayvon Martin’s mother, who is...
View ArticleThe New Constantinople
One of the more fascinating works of history is Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, written in the eighteenth century. Reading it today, in our situation of advanced decay, one cannot...
View ArticleAn “Axis Mundi” of Our Own
As I watched the spectacle of Florida prosecutor Angela Corey announcing the arrest of George Zimmerman for murder, I was overcome with a sinking feeling. A Stalinist show-trial is taking shape, one...
View ArticleTaking a Break
Hello everyone, I am taking a break from blogging, at least for the foreseeable future. The demands of work and other “real life” concerns are proving to be quite time-consuming. In addition, I am...
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