Were George Orwell alive today, he would, once again, warn of the dangers of the deliberate distortion of language for political gain. Take for example the honorable word “liberal.” It used to mean one who advocated personal liberty. Now it means a proponent of statism — the antithesis of personal liberty. And conservative? “Conservatives” used […]
My Dear Friend, (Name withheld on request.) It seems we’ve come full circle since the Kavanagh nomination ripped the wheels off our initial friendly discussions. It’s easy to get along when the only disagreements are over favorite rock guitarists and classic cars. Looking back, our differences over the Blasey-Ford accusations nearly nipped our friendship in […]
Victor Davis Hanson perceptively pointed out that President Trump is being impeached for his thoughts rather than his actions. For instance, he thought about withholding military aid from Ukraine, but he didn’t do it. He didn’t withhold it in exchange for an investigation into Burisma or anything else. He didn’t withhold it all. Ukraine received […]
“Sometimes I think the world is going crazy. The rest of the time I KNOW it.” – BT magazine CHOOSING THE BEST NIHILIST QUOTATIONS OF ALL TIME ISN’T EASY, but here goes nothing: “The era of big government is over.” — Wm. Jefferson Blythe Clinton “No more deficits; no more debt.” — Nancy Pelosi (2006?) […]
In choosing the headline for this essay, I realized that it peripherally applied to me. I hope that I am still relevant in a world gone crazy with endless nonsense conjured up by those seeking absolute power. Revolutions purporting to establish a Utopian society to solve all perceived problems, likely solve none of them. “From […]