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Category Archives: News commentary
Charlottesville
Well it finally happened, sombody got killed at a demonstration. This was not a surprise to some of us. We knew it was going to happen, it was only a matter of when, where, how, and which side. Heather Heyer, … Continue reading
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Adventures in Vloging
I’ve probably lost a lot of readers due to inactivity on the blog. Partly I’ve shifted a lot of commentary over to Facebook – which is unfortunately largely ephemeral. But I’ve also branched into Vloging – video bloging. Here is … Continue reading
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Free Speech
I think as I please, and this gives me pleasure My conscience decrees, this crime I must treasure My thoughts will not cater, to duke or dictator No man can deny, die gedanken sind frei! – Die gedanken sind Frie … Continue reading
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Waiting to watch a man die
Yesterday (Wednesday, Sept. 30) I got up, packed my kids off to school and prepared to drive two hours to see a man die. But for the second time in two weeks he didn’t die, and I’m exhausted. I was … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Israel, idealism, and atrocities
The picture here is from Tunisia. A man is stepping on an Israeli flag. A young lady in Tunisia posted it on a Facebook page called PMWB “People who Want to Make the World Better.” Somebody recently made me an … Continue reading
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Robert Conquest R.I.P.
He is gone where savage indignation can no longer lacerate his heart. Go traveler, imitate him if you can. He served liberty. (Rather free translation from Latin of Jonathan Swift’s epitaph.) George Robert Acworth Conquest, CMG, OBE, FBA, FAAAS, FRSL, … Continue reading
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The sad story of Rachel Dolezal
The head of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the NAACP, Rachel Dolezal has resigned amid allegations she’s been “passing” for years. For people with a sense of irony, this has been the gift that keeps on giving. “Please know I … Continue reading
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Beam him up, he’s leaving Earth
Well another piece of my childhood is gone. Leonard Nimoy died Friday at the age of 83. While not quite the age of a mature Vulcan, he did indeed live long and prosper. Forever associated with the half-human Vulcan Science … Continue reading
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Pants on fire!
Well big shot NBC anchor Brian Williams got caught in a lie. Well actually he got caught telling a lie over and over again for many years and now network execs are looking into a whole series of possible fabrications … Continue reading
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Why I despise SJWs
Social Justice Warriors make my teeth itch. On Sunday the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards got political (Surprise! Surprise!) and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss evidently sang a song about how nice it would be to have a president “who is not beloved by … Continue reading →