It’s Not the Economy, Stupid

It’s Not the Economy, Stupid

It's about time someone noticed that Conservatives' exclusive fixation on economic arguments has lost them the culture war. Daniel Bendele writes: If the culture degrades even as the stock market climbs, there must be something else that we are missing?  If the rising tide is lifting all the boats, why…
August 4, 202011 Comments
Like a Lead Balloon

Like a Lead Balloon

As a vindication of yesterday's post, polling shows white support for BLM evaporating. The mainstream media have done their best to memory hole the previous collapse in support for BLM, when a sniper associated with the movement assassinated five Dallas police officers in 2016. It's especially noteworthy that support for BLM…
July 22, 202020 Comments

President West

This July 4th weekend brought a number of surprises, and the most unexpected came courtesy of rapper Kanye West: Now, I understand the temptation to dismiss Kanye's announcement as a joke. But there is evidence that he has in fact been planning a presidential run. This isn't the first time…
July 6, 202014 Comments

Rolling Back Section 230?

If past experience is any indication, it would be wise to reserve belief until we actually see the legislation, but Attorney General Bill Barr has proposed rolling back Big Tech's Section 230 protections. Attorney General William Barr told “Special Report” in the second part of an exclusive interview that aired…
June 17, 20209 Comments
Amicable Divorce

Amicable Divorce

A while back, the Audacious Epigone ran the numbers on the issue of American secession. Here's what emerged. Graph by Audacious Epigone AE's comment: There is no longer any racial, religious, moral, cultural, political, linguistic, or ethnic unity in the US as it is currently defined. The last remaining bond…
June 10, 202021 Comments
The Right Mistakes

The Right Mistakes

The phenomenon of left-wing roustabouts whipping up a social network hate mob against some blasphemer of the Narrative has become commonplace. The latest two-minutes hate target is Wendy's. Their CEO contributed to the Trump campaign, so the Death Cult has issued a fatwa against his company. Of course the boycott…
June 2, 202015 Comments
Trump v Twitter

Trump v Twitter

If you've been paying attention to American politics over the past four years, a couple of observations are inescapable. The first is that Trump is more showman than politician. He likes throwing grenades and then barging into the room to leverage the chaos. This approach usually involves a lot of…
May 29, 202010 Comments
Society Is Not a Social Construct

Society Is Not a Social Construct

Regular readers of this blog know I've devoted a significant number of posts to exposing the faults inherent in Liberalism. That's not merely to say the political shorthand employed by the Generals to mock the Globetrotters. It refers to the broad category of Liberal political philosophy of which Conservatism itself…
May 25, 202026 Comments
Cracks in the Speech Dam?

Cracks in the Speech Dam?

It's been a year since the Trump administration made waves by announcing a DOJ antitrust investigation of Google. Folks in the counterculture who've lived under the looming threat of unpersoning since before Trump took office got their hopes up. But like the Wall and the EO ending birthright citizenship, that…
May 18, 20203 Comments
Corona Kayfabe

Corona Kayfabe

As the Coronavirus lock down drags into its second month, the stress is starting to take its toll. By and large, people are channeling their cabin fever into arguing about the lock down online. Granted, venting to randos on social media is a good way to blow off steam. But…
May 13, 20208 Comments