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America’s Fabian revolution: Prelude to a Second American Revolution
We are in the 7th decade of a slo-mo socialist revolution in America, but there are signs it will be followed by a successful Second American Revolution. One of my favorite books is Daddy-Long-Legs, an epistolary novel that Jean Webster wrote in 1912. The letter writer is Judy Abbott, a [Read More]
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Jack Phillips, Public Accommodation, Monopolies, and Social Media
Thinking about Jack Phillips’ martyrdom at the hands of the QueerBorg leads me to a proposal for ending Leftist social media and search engine monopolies. Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker, is rapidly being forced into martyrdom thanks to rabid Leftists intent upon making him an example of the need to [Read More]
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The Oberlin verdict, town v. gown, and the urban schism in America
The verdict against Oberlin is emblematic, not just of a town versus gown schism, but of a much larger schism between urban America and the rest of us. As you all know, a jury in Oberlin, Ohio, concluded that Oberlin College and one of its deans had behaved very badly [Read More]
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Trump threatens the very scary Leftist God complex
Trump is the avatar of an American reformation, for he is destroying the dangerous Leftist edifice that has turned our constitutional government into a god. A few quotations to begin. The first is from Charles Lipson, writing about Mueller’s sinking reputation (and I guarantee that my ellipses are honest): Republicans [Read More]
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D-Day, T-Day, the Coup, and the Deep State
Here’s a big post offering a celebration of toxic masculinity, D-Day squared; two anti-Trump coup updates; and the deep state’s entanglement with the media. D-Day & Toxic Masculinity: Today is June 6. Today we celebrate toxic masculinity — twice. One thing we celebrate today is the 75th anniversary of American, [Read More]
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Virtue signaling in Minnesota should stay local
St. Paul, Minnesota, excels in Leftist virtue signaling — which would be fine if they’d keep it in Minnesota and not try to force it on the rest of us. A few days ago, I put up several photos showing the extreme virtue signaling that one finds in St. Paul, [Read More]
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Progressives collude to prevent investigation of attempted coup
By resisting an investigation of the apparent attempted coup against Trump, Progressives reject a core Anglo-American doctrine that no one is above the law. By Wolf Howling The “collusion investigation” — 2+ years, $30+ million, and using all the investigative resources of government — is over. Given the specificity and [Read More]
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California turned this Democrat into a conservative
My California upbringing shows that people will cling to ideas long after the facts reveal those ideas are flawed — a scary thought for the 2020 election. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, one of America’s bluest of blue regions; attended UC Berkeley, which once was the [Read More]
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THE DIMINISHING POWER OF THE MEDIA, PART I
Vassar Bushmills Keep this simple set of facts in mind when the subject of the strength of the Democratic Party base comes up. And keep a constant visual of this map in your head when the subject of the power of the media comes up. There are 3,141 counties in [Read More]
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The Dems’ impeachment demands are Heaven-sent manna for Trump
Trump’s impeachment battle with Pelosi — he wants it; she doesn’t — and his negotiations with Iran and China, highlight his strategic and tactical genius. Of late, Trump has put me in mind of two very funny videos. But before I get to the videos, let me explain what I [Read More]
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Leftist politics and the power of visual images
Leftists know that people respond strongly to visual images and use them to great effect. If Republicans want to win, they need to start doing the same. A picture is worth a thousand words. — Newspaper/advertising adage. Some years ago, in a post I wrote about the Second Amendment, I [Read More]
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Immigration, character, welfare, and economic destiny
America’s economic growth will benefit from an immigration policy that sees people with skills come to work, not to latch onto America’s welfare benefits. A few decades ago, when I was getting my history major at Cal, something very rare and special happened: I had a brilliant professor. Every lecture [Read More]
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A few thoughts about the trade war with China
China has been slowly sucking America dry through unfair trade. Trump is right to demand that it treat us fairly and I think he’ll win this trade war. When I graduated from high school, a family friend, recently widowed, sold me her deceased husband’s eight-year-old car for a price I [Read More]
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Bookworm Beat 05/09/19 — the Russia collusion never ends illustrated edition
Russia collusion is still roiling the Left, to the great amusement of sane Americans. Indeed, thanks to Leftists, there’s a lot of silly stuff to laugh at. I check and, as best as I can tell, the following is not from a Twitter parody account but is from a person [Read More]
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Part II of the Mueller Report is a singularly dishonest political document
This post offers you five reasons to view Part II of the Mueller Report as a purely political document without any supporting legal rationales. Part I of the Mueller Report conclusively found no evidence that President Trump or anyone close to him ever conspired with, or attempted to conspire with, [Read More]
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Bookworm Beat 5/7/19 — the Vanishing Conservatives on Social Media edition
There are reasons for you to be very afraid of the social media crackdown on conservatives (even fringe ones), plus other scary stuff in today’s world. Democrats prepare for 2020 by silencing conservatives. If I had to identify the scariest news today, it would be Twitter’s purge of conservatives, which [Read More]