Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
I don’t care if Trump gets convicted. He’s not going to, because Republicans in the Senate won’t break ranks, but if Trump were to be convicted, that would be fine with me. I’m sick of what he represents: the fatmouthing idiocy, the mob spectacles, the utter incompetence. I was not a Never Trumper, and I … Read more
Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World – Full Video Joe Biden says he’ll “advance racial equity” by making “bold investments” in “Affordable Housing,” aiding “businesses owned by Black and Brown people,” establishing an “Equity Commission,” etc. Gosh, that’ll do it. Others demand reparations for slavery, more social programs, and defunding the … Read more
Watching the video, and also preparing for our event on Campus Cancel Culture next Sunday, it struck me that the harassment and image were a perfect metaphor for campus culture. The D.C. mob wasn’t on campus, but it was the same dynamic. It’s something I’ve discussed before, the migration of campus culture into the larger … Read more
The Americans who confess other people’s racism absolve themselves inexpensively by a moral mechanism common to humanity: the more I profess to hate evil, the more I showcase my own goodness. Such confessions, however, have a particular history of tragedy in Christian civilization. Again and again over the centuries, persons who have imagined themselves cleansed … Read more