We who live in anglosphere North America — that is, the United States and Canada, and not Mexico — are the fortunate recipients of the world’s most valuable inheritance. This legacy has been granted due to works noble and low, efforts voluntary and coerced, by intent and by accident, and through the interplay … MORE…
On a scale of one to ten for meaningful questions, this one goes to eleven. What will replace the current order? And by order, I mean the relationship of man to institutions. A citizen to his government, and a people to another. The one thing we know for sure is … MORE…
People like to say that Reagan beat the democrat-media complex by going “over their heads” straight to the American people. Well that doesn’t mean just stepping in front of a microphone and holding forth. Any fool can do that. McConnell and Boehner are made of microphones and they never seem … MORE…
The recent case of the student who brought a fake bomb to school is an obvious PR stunt. From the incongruous and obviously coached statements he makes to the confluence of his father’s political agitation and the nature of his own sudden fame, this is a set-up. “If you see … MORE…
[brought back from the archives at ctlaw’s “request.”]
I dare say we’ve reached peak Trump. He will continue to be a factor, but will no longer dominate. I think within two weeks he’ll be contesting second place.
I adore Croatia. I have a good friend there, and he never shuts up about how beautiful it is there. Cro Cop is my favorite MMA guy. My smallest pistol is a Croatian-made Springfield Arms imported XD-S 9 (3.3) and I adore it, too.
One of my favorite stories about … MORE…
I chopped up some numbers and rolled them into a graph. As the numbers themselvesa re not actually important, I have left them off the graph. Why? One set of numbers has been churned to accentuate differences, so the actual value does not answer an intelligent question. It is only … MORE…
I ran some numbers on the whole Real Clear Politics Republican Nominee 2016 dataset. This chart shows how much one candidate’s number move in accordance with each other candidates. Technically, it shows each answer twice, but that makes it possible to read each of the left-to-right, instead of some triangle arrangement.
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Mr. Devereaux & I sometimes say unkind things about Germans, so let’s all take the time & enjoy it done well!
Noel Coward made war movies & records & whatever he could to bolster morale & amuse the troops–but this, I think, is the best satire of the pacifism that … MORE…
Today is the 14th anniversary of the trashing of the Twin Towers in NYC. Today, as then, I am at work.
I remember the day. It was a moderate day, so we had a few rooms open. George, the tech, came scooting in and claimed an airplane had crashed into … MORE…