I thought I’d take another break from politics to muse a bit about my current position. I have reflected on the changes in my life before on the blog. I want to stay by saying, it’s been a great joy to be have the luxury to stay at home 4 days a week and take…
Month: June 2016
The Liberal Conceit That Their Ideas Are All Brilliant: Writ Large In The Failed Experiment Of The EU
It is one of the axioms of good science (a rare thing nowadays) that while ideas and hypotheses and theories are great fun, and often fantastic intellectual challenges, they are all pretty much mental masturbation until they are tested and found to be valid or, just as important, found to be crap, and tossed out….
The British Are Leaving, The British Are Leaving!
CBD graciously gave me permission to stomp his post. Sadly, I’m in a hurry, so you’ll get a drive by: https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/746311106604445696 The media wasted no time into turning the Brexit vote into RAAAACISM. Because they don’t want to admit that the EU is rapidly falling apart, and central government by fiat is a disaster. As…
Self-Determination Is A Grand And Glorious Thing…
Maybe @repjohnlewis’s Proposals Don’t Go Far Enough!
John Lewis is a stopped clock who’s right every now and then. And he’s right that we’ve lost too many people to gun violence. But his solution (tying background checks to the terrorist watch list) is weak sauce. At best it might have stopped the Orlando shooter from legally obtaining a gun. But several variations…
An Open Letter To Senator Chris Murphy
.@ChrisMurphyCT said it right: The @SenateGOP have decided to sell weapons to ISIS. — Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 20, 2016 Dear Sen. Chris Murphy, I have no doubt that no one on your staff will ever read this, much less you. However it needs to be said. I am, notwithstanding the tone I’m about to…
An Open Letter to Donald Trump
With apologies for my (lengthy) sabbatical here, I’ve decided to break radio silence in an open letter to Donald Trump containing a suggestion that would probably make him a lock in November. The suggestion is simple: make the Democrats and their retainers eat their own cooking. Announce that if he is elected President, he will…
If I’m the @GOP Heads Right Now…
I’m watching poll trends like a hawk. If they aren’t moving very much in Trump’s direction, then this election is all but over. This isn’t a call to politicize Orlando, rather an acknowledgement that events shape political elections and this one is in Trump’s wheelhouse as it were. But what if polls aren’t shifting? The…
Let’s Not Lose The Forest For The Trees Here
.@realdonaldtrump: "Remember this: radical Islam is anti-woman, anti-gay, and anti-American." Fact check: True. — Jake Tapper 🦅 (@jaketapper) June 13, 2016 I’m noting a lot of media coverage is focusing on the LGBT angle of this attack and how we’re going to protect members of the LGBT community from future attacks. (The local station even…
Xbox E3 Thoughts
So, you may not know this since I mostly post politics, but I’m a gamer every now and then when I’m not dissertation writing or raising a daughter. This means I haven’t picked up a controller in almost 18 months (though I’m hoping to finish Dragon Age 2 by the end of this year. Xbox…