Question of the Day: If we had a country, what would it be like?
For example, would we allow people from Third World Islamic nations that hate Christ and despise the West to immigrate, become citizens, vote, and hold office?
Category: Access
Matter Matter Matter, Part I
I am frequently asked, sometimes more than once a day, what I think of an article in a conservative magazine or some oracular pronouncement from the guru of the moment, whether the guru of the moment be Jordan Peterson or Bernard-Henri Lévy, Greg Mortenson (co-author of Three Cups of Tea) or Tucker Carlson, Bill Maher or Noam Chomsky. When I have something better to do, I dismiss the question by saying I have not read enough of the writer or guru to form an opinion.
Two Books Blast Bush and the Neocons’ Iraq and Afghan Wars
It’s hard to think of anything more disastrous that U.S. foreign policy by the current regime, Democrat and Republican.
A Brief Account of Siena, Part II
In Tuscany, as in ancient Greece, neighborhoods and religious associations played a major part in the organization of everyday life. In Tuscany the church Parishes and the neighborhoods that grew around them, whether known as quartieri (quarters), sesti (sixths), or (in Rome and elsewhere) rioni were the locus of many activities, including the repair of roads and walls.
Wednesday’s Child: The Philosopher Fools
Jean Baudrillard, who died some twenty years ago, was a French intellectual, and this, perhaps, is all the gentle reader wants to know. But in fact, the species Baudrillard represents is not indigenous to voluble France.
The Revenge of the Woke
On rare occasions the pop news stream accidentally allows a slight glimmer of light to shine through a small chink in its masonic, demonic armor.
Amoral Leftists Wallowing in Trump Trial’s Salacious Alleged Details
Those who most hate Trump and are wallowing in every alleged salacious detail are the most amoral in our society, beginning with being the biggest backers of abortion.
Wednesday’s Child: Sunless
When asked to name the writer who best described daily life in the United States, my father invariably answered, “Chekhov.”
The Government We Deserve: Postscript
If we can trust a recent Rasmussen poll, nearly half the eligible voters in the United States believe the republic established by the mythical founding fathers has crumbled. Predictably, Republicans are more inclined to this gloomy opinion than Democrats, and perhaps surprisingly, women more than men.
Siena: A Brief Account, I
If access to the sea determined the future of Pisa as a race of sailors and adventurers, Siena’s location in the arid mountains was equally significant. Despite the great beauty of the landscape, the fact is that Siena lacked water and was subject to serious droughts.
