Let me state this right off the bat. What Donald Trump said 11 years ago is completely disgusting and beneath the pale. As a Ted Cruz supporter, and also given the fact that Mike Pence is Trump’s running mate, the whole thing is made exponentially more painful to have to endure. But let’s step…
Author: J.J. Sefton
Counter-Counter-Counterpoint
Well, just as in real life, we at CJN seem to be in the midst of a bit of a contretemps about Mr. Trump, Mrs. Clinton, the 2016 Election and the state of the union today and going forward. That’s not a bad thing; it’s in keeping with the spirit of this website as well…
Plus Ça Change, Plus La Même Chose
Despite being what can only be described as a certifiable model train nut, I’ve also been an armchair model airplane enthusiast for most of my life. My dad built and flew them when he was a kid back in the 30s, and, in fact his brother was a partner in a well-known company from the…
“We Renounce Tourism In All Its Forms”
In December of 1988, during the waning days of his administration, President Reagan announced that the PLO “had finally met the American conditions for direct talks after more than a decade.” When pressed, [Secretary of State George Schultz] stated that Yasser Arafat had met the “three-part test for substantive dialogue” to commence. He specifically…
Of Parallels and Wasted Opportunities
As some have rightly postulated, most notably and eloquently Andrew C. McCarthy, there are frightening parallels between the international Marxist/Leftist/Progressive movement and “radical” Islam (“radical” in quotes because most adherents to the faith don’t see the butchery being done by other adherents as radical at all). Both are totalitarian and absolutist, relying on both…
“Don’t Fire Until You See the Whites!”
“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…
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…