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My Case For Trump
A while back, some anonymous troll on X attempted to “roast” me for writing on January 7, 2021 that “Donald Trump has every right to be bitter and resentful.” He lifted a screenshot with those words from this piece and argued that, therefore, “your opinion has no value.” It’s a peculiar person indeed who distills…
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Let’s Cut Spending And Start Paying Down Our Debt
You know we live in wretched times when during the entirety of the current presidential election cycle our national debt, which is after all approaching 36 trillion dollars as of this writing, gets nary a mention from the two candidates vying for the job. The media, too, seem wholly disinterested.
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The “Manchurian” Candidate
I dislike imprecise analogies. But there’s something profoundly disturbing about the Kamala Harris presidential candidacy.
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About Cats, Dogs, Ducks, and Haitians
Trump clearly underperformed in this week’s debate, a view already expressed by yours truly on X during the event. That said, one topic in particular stood out as the sole exception, and that’s the issue of Trump accusing Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio of eating the locals’ pets there.
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No, Trump Won’t Bring About Authoritarianism — But Biden Might
In this clown world of street riots, critical race theory and cancel culture, Trump represents normalcy. He’s the last man standing between America and a further erosion of its Constitution and its culture.
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Continued Lockdowns Will Tear the Country Apart
I lost business today from a person who was in fear of me having to enter her house. After all, she conveyed, she would need to let the entire place air out for 48 hours before she could set foot in it again herself, so I was told to come back sometime when the novel…
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America’s Weimar Moment?
The United States could be witnessing the early stages of its own Weimar moment.
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Mass Shootings: The American Mind Gone Nihilist
If the horrendous acts of terrorism in El Paso and Dayton this past weekend made me angry and sad, reading the empty-headed commentaries on social media within all but seven minutes of the respective events proved even more of a mental challenge. The usual culprits emanating from them are a) President Trump; b) the NRA;…
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A Remarkable Exercise In Inanity. Review of Arthur C. Brooks’ “Love Your Enemies”
It has been my conviction for a while now that social media and the daily phony outrages they help spur are rewiring our brains as we speak and make us more stupid. (Ever been on Twitter? Yeah.) Moreover, reading the drivel passing for political insight on our feeds makes us desperate to avoid the latest…
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