Month: January 2020

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Trump the Alpha Male to John Bolton

Trump. Love him or hate him, he’s so alpha. The guy wowed at the March for Life, bitch-slapped John Bolton and will soon be acquitted after impeachment–all in about 10 days! Trump proved (even after he fired him) that he’s still Bolton’s boss! Wild. I especially liked that Trump recognized how dangerous and war-hungry that…
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Frédéric Bastiat and the State-breakers

Brilliant. Consistent. Principled. As a true liberal or libertarian of today’s stripes, Frédéric Bastiat warred against the state in 19th France wherein there were few allies for him to find. He was to liberty what Jimmy Hendrix was to American rock-and-roll; a virtuoso who died way too young. Still, he lives on though his masterpieces.…
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The Question No One Ever Asks… About MLK

  While the Left does the Clinton two-step (Well, it’s permissible if he abused women because of what he stood for…) and the Right is sure to point the hypocrisy finger (What happened to #MeToo?) all of tomorrow, you know what is never asked and certainly has yet to be answered? If the FBI knew…
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Where, Oh Where Did Stephen Colbert’s Talent Go?

When was the last time Stephen Colbert was actually funny? I can’t bring myself to watch his monologues anymore, but I am subjected to some one-liners on promos and YouTube adverts, and man is this guy unfunny. If you can’t be funny in the age of Trump, dear Lord, when can you? I mean, Showtime…
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The Most Dangerous Place

N.B. The following are selections from my talk at St. Mary’s Church, Riverside, Illinois, January 12, 2020. When they had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going…
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Screening Screens

I am loathe to give parenting advice, because oddly enough–unlike theology, history, philosophy and economics–most of the time as a parent, I am lost in the woods. One of my biggest, if not the biggest, challenge with my kids is screen usage. I’m not going out on any limb here either (a lot of tree…
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Bloomberg for Abortion

Great football Saturday was almost ruined by Michael Bloomberg political ads, one of which caught my attention. I should say, part of one which caught my eye. There’s Whiny, Paternalistic Mikey trumpeting his support for “women’s reproductive rights” amid pink Planned Parenthood signs. Come on, Mikey! You and the rest of the abortion killing machine…
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Honestly Not Abe’s Stuff

This is incredible even for Illinois. The curators at the Lincoln Museum spent over $22 million for a collection of Lincoln artifacts to lure more drones obeisant to the Lincoln Myth to Springfield. Not only did these dunces not authenticate the pieces before the purchase, but the most prized artifact (second-class relic for most Americans,…
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Hawks By Any Other Name and Clothing

“Soleimani” from the Farsi via the Arabic means “man of peace”. I don’t know what “Trump” means from Old Nordic, nor do I much care. What I do care about, and the rest of the world ought to care about, is that these men and their aggressor cronies, vacuous neo-cons and lap-dog yes-men talk about…
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Pot Legal in Illinois–God Save the Right; Other Not-So-Lit State Laws

Q: A blunt and a blintz then for you Governor? Gov. Pritzker: Why, yes! I’ll have the double order. I sure hope that these dopes in Illinois don’t pay attention to the inordinate taxes I’m taking out from sanctioned pot now. I’ll tell them it’s all going to fund state pensions and the prisons, I…
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