What we can learn from it. “If there’s any lesson in this for Washington, it must be to ask: how much of America’s power is myth like Russia’s? Dare we collapse the wave function? If too much is spin then put it not to the test, but keep on bluffing until the reality is restored. You can’t live in the narrative forever.”
Category Archives: History
What Is A Woman?
The Freeport question of our time.
Republicans need to be asking the Democrats that question in every debate this year.
The Silence Of The Lambs
Thoughts on “transgenderism” from Michael Walsh.
The women should have all refused to swim against him. I hope that the next time this happens, they’ll have more courage.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Sorry, link added…
The Dumbest VP In History
That could be stiff competition, but I’m not going to argue with Newt about it. She’s certainly the dumbest one in my own memory.
But here’s my question: Why does a vice president have a national security advisor? In fact, why does she have a portfolio at all? There is nothing in the Constitution about this. Her only duties are to be president of the Senate, break ties with her vote, and to be available if the president leaves office. How did we get to the point at which the media are so ignorant of the Constitution?
Complete Lack Of Self Awareness
Dick Durbin is worried that the Republicans won’t keep the Supreme Court nominee hearing civil the way the Democrats do.
Let The Hate Flow
A hater’s guide to Woodrow Wilson.
He can’t be vilified enough.
The End Of The Age Of Fragility
People in Europe seem to be coming to their senses more than here, but we’ll see what happens in November.
Government Schools
How they came to America. A useful history of American education.
They’re un-American, and they’ve made a major contribution to the destruction of the Republic.
Generation Jones
Why I’m not a Baby Boomer. I do have a vague recollection of Howdy Doody, though.
Basque Cuisine In The American West
An interesting history of an interesting people. There was a Basque restaurant on Redondo Pier that we never tried, but I think it fell victim to Covid; it wasn’t there the last time we went there a few weeks ago. Thirty years ago, on a road trip, Patricia and I ate at a Basque family-style place in Reno, and it was exactly as described.