…and the end of the American Stasi.
[Monday-morning update]
The most dramatic narrative shift in modern history.
Category Archives: Social Commentary
Thoughts
…and a warning, from Blake Powers.
They’re not going to go down without a fight, and it could get ugly.
Airports
…have a strange effect on human behavior.
I change my watch to the time zone of the arrival airport when I get on the plane.
DEI
Is it on its last legs? Let’s hope.
Twenty-Two Years On
Here is what I wrote in the immediate aftermath of the loss of Columbia. You can follow the link to “Next Post” at the bottom to see subsequent posts in the subsequent days. My first speculative guess (TPS damage) turned out to be correct.
[Update a while later]
A golden oldie from that time.
Silicon Valley
How Democrats drove it into Trump’s arms. A long, but fascinating interview with Marc Andreesen.
[Update a few minutes later]
NEW PIECE from Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on Pirate Wires: Trump will get America out of “manager mode”
— Pirate Wires (@PirateWires) January 22, 2025
• While SpaceX put more than 300 rockets into orbit for less than $10 billion, California has built 1,600 feet of elevated rail for $11 billion, and now projects its high… pic.twitter.com/4JdIuWBIsl
For now, I think, salvation.
[Mid-morning update]
Contra Matt Yglesias' newsletter, I really don't think it's all that hard to understand why the kids are shifting rightward, or what cultural + policy preferences this amounts to. When you've been fed an original sin gospel by nature of your status as a white male, you at a… pic.twitter.com/3rk6s5dvLG
— Liz Wolfe (@LizWolfeReason) January 23, 2025
A New Fascist Era
No, this is not the dawn of it.
We did dodge one, though.
A Civilizational Fork In The Road
Glenn Reynolds says seize the day.
It’s Paedos All The Way Down
Is the insanity in the UK going to continue?
“How I Became A Gun Person”
I think that October 7th will result in a lot more gun ownership among American Jews, and Israelis.