Category Archives: Social Commentary

The Left

…is angry at democracy.

Again.

This is all to distract from the fact that the EU is a failure.

[Update a few minutes later]

If the EU ends, Merkel will have herself to blame.

[Update a few more minutes later]

“Vote properly, you virulent racist!”

Call me crazy, but I’ve never found being called a racist or a xenophobe or a homophobe or an Islamaphobe or an anythingphobe a very compelling argument.

The Free State Of Jones

Patricia and I went to see the movie yesterday. I agree with the critics that it was too long, and tried to pack too much history in a single movie (though it could have been tightened up just with some editing). Here’s a typical review.

For those unfamiliar with Reconstruction, it was nice to see that they didn’t try to whitewash the Democrats. But this is a point that I haven’t seen anyone else make:

I’d also note that, sad as it was that they received no help, Sherman was right; southeast Mississippi was not strategic at that point, after the fall of Vicksburg, and he couldn’t spare the resources for it.