…is not going nuts. According to Joe Biden.
Because who is a better judge of whether or not someone is crazy than the crazy person?
I wish he wasn’t collapsing so fast. I wanted him to hang on at least through the convention.
Category Archives: Social Commentary
Hong Kong Update
How the protests remaining leaderless has put the Chicoms in a box. They also have to continue to be non violent.
[Update Friday afternoon]
Is the thirty-year engagement with China coming to an end? This is a separate national-security issue from Trump’s more general trade wars (which are good, and easy to win, so he says).
[Saturday-morning update]
How to defend Hong Kong? Start by defending Taiwan.
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[Monday noon update]
Beijing is manufacturing circumstances to justify a crack down.
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The History Of Slavery
Yes, the Founders are being unjustly vilified here, and as Glenn notes, “Most of the people loudly criticizing western civilization over race today would happily have been slaveowners themselves.”
The desire to be part of the ruling class of a socialist society is essentially the yearning to be a slavemaster.
Dave Brubeck’s “Time Out”
How it changed jazz.
Yes, a classic album. My sister went to music school in Ann Arbor with his son, Chris.
[Afternoon update]
I had not realized that Joe Morello started out as a violinist. How often does someone go from violin to drums?
[Monday-morning update]
The top 100 jazz albums you should own. With a meditation on the art.
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The Apology Culture
“I apologize for this article.”
And I apologize, with absolute insincerity, for linking to it.
I do think that, for many, part of the appeal of Trump is that he never does this.
Antifa’s Apologists
How they fell in love with street violence.
Fascists gonna fascist. As Glenn says: “The left favors violence only under certain circumstances: When it’s out of power and feels frustrated, and when it’s in power and feels unstoppable.”
In other words, it’s always appealing, for one reason or another.
AOC
Was Chakrabarti the power behind the throne (and the Twitter account)?
I have to say that if he was the brains of the outfit, the outfit is only slightly more brainless now.
David Koch
RIP.
And as usual we have to provide a corrective the media morons and other freedom-hating leftists:
A non-leftist has died, so of course the left are acting like the soulless ghouls they are.
[Saturday-morning update]
Thoughts and links about the Evil David Koch.
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All The people Who Think They Are Better Than You
…are much, much worse.
Yes, I’ve noticed that. I’m no saint, but I’m a lot better than most of those people.
Nuclear Power
What Hollywood scripts would look like if the scriptwriters understood it.
Now do space.