Adios, Adam Smith
Once again — and at the risk of sounding like a whiny liberal — I’m gonna pre-apologize here. I have no idea if what I’m about to say is as obvious to everyone else as it is to me. That’s the thing...
View ArticleIf Lovin’ This is Wrong, I Don’t Wanna Be Right
Breitbart (if you can get past the autoplay adware kludge): A Morning Consult poll, released Friday, surveyed 504 registered voters who watched Wednesday’s Republican primary debate and has only good...
View ArticleWhere’s the Freakout?
We have a category of posts called “The Grasshopper Lies Heavy.” Pretentious, I know, but it’s the shortest tag I could think of on the spur of the moment to describe a very weird phenomenon: Stuff...
View Article“Working Towards the Fuhrer”
Y’all probably already know this, but for the amazingly large number of people who somehow think Hillary Clinton is going to be indicted, here’s a quick primer on how these things work: One of Herr...
View ArticleWil Wheaton is Not Leon Trotsky
Wil Wheaton, of Star Trek: The Next Generation fame, has been called out by other Progressives for being insufficiently Progressive. Via Vox Day: Like many of you, I’ve been aware of Wil Wheaton’s...
View Article“We Were Beaten by the Best, Boy”
Spud: Hey! They just ran into the house! That Homer fella grifted you good, Dad. Cooder: Well, there’s no shame in bein’ beaten by the best. Spud: But he didn’t seem all that… Cooder{brusque}: We were...
View ArticleDetails, Details
There are no Ace of Spades types among the Four Regular Readers — we’re Not His Class, Dear — but if there were, I’d love to ask them: How, exactly, is Hillary going to beat Trump? I don’t mean...
View ArticleHaidt’s “Righteous Mind”
I see this cited frequently in cultural/political stuff. This Jonathan Haidt* guy wrote a book arguing that politics is an expression of our morality, and our morality has several dimensions: Care:...
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