“We are fast approaching the stage of ultimate inversion: The stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission.” (Ayn Rand) That was, and still is, the COVID-19 era. Many … Continue reading
Category: Society & Culture
Freedom Memes
Memes from my Twitter and Facebook feeds over the last several days: The only people protesting freedom are those who live in freedom. If you were ill, would you go to Dr. Fauci for treatment? You have NOTHING in common … Continue reading
American Communist Price Controls Are Coming Next, as Inflation Returns
Here we go again: As inflation returns, so will price controls. In the 1960s, the federal government inflated the currency and spent like there was no tomorrow. The result was double digit inflation in the 70s. In 2020 and 2021, … Continue reading
What Would Reagan Say About Today’s Mess in America?
“Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.” – President Ronald Reagan, 1987 in his famous “Tear Down This Wall” speech at the Berlin Wall. Yet today, 35 … Continue reading
Science Was a Beautiful Thing … Until Tainted by Government
Science is a beautiful thing. Nearly everything comfortable, worthwhile and tolerant about our lives in the twenty-first century is due to science (along with freedom). But when science gets perverted into dogma — into a religion of the most intolerant, … Continue reading
Fighting IS Winning (Lauren Bacall)
You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought. — LAUREN BACALL Other thoughts from my posts on social media yesterday: Civil disobedience and passive resistance: The way of the future. Otherwise, there will be … Continue reading
Tyrants Have Power (if We Let Them), But They Are Not Strong
They are tyrants — but they are NOT strong. Strong people do not need to hold others at gunpoint. Strong personalities know how to persuade — without deception, and without force. Weak, neurotic little souls must have force. They’re drawn … Continue reading
Losing Perspective is now Socially Virtuous … and Politically Mandatory
EVERYTHING is a catastrophe. A thunderstorm is a horrific event where the Coast Guard is called in. The flu is a pandemic worthy of a Stephen King novel, even though about as many die as from the regular flu. Temporary … Continue reading
What Makes Them Sociopaths
The root of psychopathology is the irrational, false belief that a utopian, “perfect” world is desirable or possible. The root of sociopathy is the irrational, false belief that YOU possess the infallibility and right to impose your delusion of utopia … Continue reading
COVID Nazism Takes a New Turn
It took awhile, but vaccine Nazis have now come up with following rationalization: If you don’t get the vaccine, you’ll get the COVID variant. If you get the COVID variant, then you will spread it to fully vaccinated people because … Continue reading
How America Ends — Unless We Rewrite the Ending
In America, the system of capitalism once enabled men to become billionaires. After a time, the billionaires turned around and created a hybrid system of Communism and fascism, with the worst elements of each: censorship, wealth redistribution, gun confiscation, rewarding … Continue reading
Go Right Ahead, Joe
My question: HOW WILL THEY KNOW YOU ARE OR ARE NOT VACCINATED? The Biden administration is launching a new “door-to-door” effort to vaccinate Americans after falling short of its Fourth of July goal of having 70 percent of the adult … Continue reading