“45 Years Later, the Revolution IS Being Televised.” UPDATE: In the wake of last Thursday’s massacre of police officers in Dallas, I felt it timely to repost this essay from last September. Unfortunately, as the Republican and Democrat conventions approach, and then Election Day, I fear things are going to get worse. JJS. 24…
Author: J.J. Sefton
Civil War, Rumors of Civil War, and Donald Trump
Last night, five police officers were assassinated, and five others and one civilian critically wounded by what can only be described in my view as a coordinated terrorist attack during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas. One perpetrator is dead and another is apparently in custody. The names and other details of the shooters’ identities have…
Stop me if you’ve heard this. A Muslim walks into a gay bar…
As news of last night’s mass killing in Orlando filters in, once again the projections, memes and fantasies of leftists, Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) vanish as the facts present themselves. A gunman killed 50 people and injured 53 in a crowded gay nightclub in the tourist hub of Orlando, Florida,…
Remember.
In case you didn’t know, today is not a day for barbecues, for fun, for baseball or bargain hunting. Today is the day you give thanks for the men and women who gave their lives so you could live yours as fully or as foolishly as you choose. Do not forsake them. Do not forget…
“I Dissent.”
Before I get to the meat of my thoughts, let me just note with a profound sense of loss the sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia. Considering he was 79 years old, I suppose the word “sudden” might not be quite accurate from the standpoint of biological longevity. But in the battle for the life of the…
Why Ignoring An Historic First Is Bad. And Good.
Beyond the idiocy of the risible media and Establishment spin that the big winner of Monday’s Iowa Caucuses was Marco Rubio with his predicted third place finish, what was lost on me and probably most people was that in actually coming in first, Ted Cruz made history by being the first American of Latino extraction to win a…
Hell Toupee
With the Iowa Caucuses now upon us, the phenomenon that has been the candidacy of Donald Trump is about to be put to its first real test. When he announced his intention to run for the GOP nomination last June, no one took him seriously, and rightly so. He’s made a career out of hyping…
Once In A Lifetime
…Now I have precisely the right instrument, at precisely the right moment of history and exactly the right place… This will change too, very quickly. Like a planet spinning off into the universe. A moment like this won’t come again for a thousand years… As I contemplate the dire state of our nation and the world, and the current presidential aspirations…
The Monster That Will Not Die
To promote a recent Royal Albert Hall concert featuring Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in D Major, the BBC commissioned a caricature of famed violinist Leopold Auer for the show playbill. Auer was such a master of the instrument in his day that composers, including Tchaikovsky himself, wrote music specifically to highlight his mastery of the instrument. So, of course,…
Wait, the Word “Muslim” Is An Insult?!
Yesterday, at a town hall in New Hampshire, someone (probably a Democrat or GOP-establishment plant) asked Donald Trump this question: “We have a problem in this country — it’s called Muslims,” the man said. “We know our current president is one.” To this, Trump responded, “right.” The man continued: “You know he’s not even an…