“This moral inversion, this celebration of the savage and abuse of the civilized man, is a symptom of the cultural relativism that has infected the elites in Europe and North America today. The cultural relativists have opened their minds so … Continue reading
Do people have a political and legal right NOT to be criticized? That’s what’s happening in Great Britain now. A mother of four who campaigns against “gender identity” ideology claims she was threatened with arrest and banned from leaving the … Continue reading
Facebook is displaying a link to Wikipedia’s smear-job description of Breitbart News next to all Breitbart articles shared on the site. The linked Wikipedia article describes Breitbart as a “far-right site” that publishes “falsehoods, conspiracy theories, and intentionally misleading stories.” … Continue reading
“Police: Woman Shot 3 Victims at YouTube’s San Bruno HQ, Then Killed Self” reads the headline. It’s still a developing story, of course. Regardless, it’s obviously tragic. But already people are asking why someone would do this — kill themselves … Continue reading
As more evidence the world has truly gone mad: The Pope has declared there’s no such thing as hell. In a bizarre yet entirely logical way, it makes perfect sense. Read on. You’ve heard the expression, “Is the Pope Catholic?” … Continue reading
Here are a few things I do not understand about the current gun control debate. On the subject of gun control, we’re supposed to believe the students who survived the Parkland, FL, school shooting. Without question, at least when they … Continue reading
The jury foreman in the concluded trial of Noor Salman — widow of Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen – said jurors were “convinced” she knew of the attack beforehand, but had “no option but to return a verdict of not … Continue reading
Today’s advocates of repealing the Second Amendment are the intellectual and political descendants of those who advocated disarmament and pacifism — first against Nazi Germany, and later against Soviet Russia in the Cold War. In the 1970s and early 1980s, … Continue reading
How do you know if your standard of happiness is realistic? I hear a lot of people asking, “Do I want too much?” I know of two ways to answer this question. Does somebody you know, or know about, have … Continue reading
I define conservative as resistant to change. As reacting against things all the time, and trying to squelch the different, the new, the challenging or the uncomfortable. Liberals of an earlier era—going back to the 1980s or before—used to define … Continue reading
“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will … Continue reading
It’s not as crazy an analogy as you might think. Today’s students are trained in government-run schools. The purpose of a government-run school is to instill what the government deems suitable conformity to the state. During the pre-Hitler years this … Continue reading