Dems Are Afraid

Reader Durandel comments on yesterday's post: Republicans show their demoralization by being quiet. Libs show it by having histrionic displays of emotional incontinence. Republicans are “fired up” when they express righteous indignation and post dank memes. Libs do the same by telling dumb jokes and mocking their enemies on tv…
October 3, 201812 Comments
Democrats Play with Fire

Democrats Play with Fire

And are getting duly burned. As of now, in the wake of the testimony, only 37 percent want Kavanaugh confirmed, but only 44 percent say he should not be confirmed. But… Because “corroboration” is the only standard a wide majority of Americans care about, if this FBI investigation clears him,…
October 2, 201817 Comments
SCOTUS Held Hostage

SCOTUS Held Hostage

In a twist so on-the-nose that no self-respecting fiction author would have written it with a straight face, the US Senate and Supreme Court find themselves at the mercy of a single political hack named Flake. The latest curve ball in a harrowing committee process that has seen Judge Brett…
September 28, 201817 Comments
Liberalism in Slow Motion

Liberalism in Slow Motion

Catholic blogger Peter Kwasniewski observes that Conservatism is Liberalism, only slower. A conservative is one who wishes to conserve the good at hand, which means maintaining the status quo while correcting notorious deviations. But the conservative has no principled motivation to return to and recover what has been lost, for…
September 27, 20188 Comments

Fighting the Void Once More

The fine folks over at Fighting the Void invited me back to their live stream. Loyal readers will know I've been making the podcast rounds lately to promote Combat Frame XSeed, but these guys approached me some months ago to come on and discuss my political views. It was a…
September 25, 20183 Comments
Which Constitution?

Which Constitution?

A common refrain from Conservatives is their stated desire to return to the principles enshrined in the Constitution. What they never consider, and what no one ever asks, is which Constitution? Many of them claim to be constitutional originalists, but it's doubtful they'd relish going back to the original Constitution.…
September 22, 20189 Comments
The Internet Is Over

The Internet Is Over

Yesterday, the European Parliament passed a widely reviled scheme to line the pockets of big business while throwing the door wide open to Stalinist internet censorship. Most of the new Copyright Directive's critics single out Articles 11 and 13 as the most onerous provisions. Article 11 is a tax designed…
September 13, 201820 Comments
The Twilight of Conservatism

The Twilight of Conservatism

The following was originally a response to a comment on yesterday's post that I thought deserved a post of its own. The current orgy of blue falconing exemplifies the convulsions you see when an established ideology slips into decline and new ideas start to supplant it. For instance, the whole…
September 5, 201815 Comments
#ComicsGateGate

#ComicsGateGate

This is why we can't have nice things. First, let's turn back the clock to Friday's post, wherein I warned the memebrs of #ComicsGate that they were repeating the same mistakes as #GamerGate and Sad Puppies. A couple of comments seem downright prescient in light of yesterday's turf war. First,…
September 4, 201841 Comments
The Virtual Wall

The Virtual Wall

Reader Man of the Atom comments: My bet is on a balkanization of the Internet, with major powers setting up their own ICANN and YP master servers (ICANN is nothing special or unique). Smaller nations would align under the larger nations -- an Internet NATO, Warsaw Pact, and Sino-Soviet Bloc…
August 30, 20184 Comments