Author: CBD

Look up the term “Useful Idiot” in the dictionary, and it is illustrated with a photograph of Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut. Normally I would assume malign motives when a politician is so doctrinaire and so willing to spout the tedious and predictable progressive cant that can be summarized in a few sentences by any…

The Houthis, or Anṣār Allāh (“Defenders of God”), have been around in one form or another for many years. The name derives from their founder: Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi, who was killed by the Yemeni government in 2004. The origins of the terrorist movement follow the tired pattern of so many Muslim terrorist groups…some religious…

James Talarico, of six biological sexes fame, is moderating his insane rhetoric in advance of the general election in Texas. Apparently suggesting that abortion is in the Bible, that transsexualism is normal and in fact needs to be celebrated, and that poverty is violence, might not resonate with Texas voters outside of his district in…

Oh good! Another plan to pass voter ID laws! This time it’s going to work! Really…promise! Just send $25 to the RNC to keep the Republican Party fighting against the Democrats! The problem is glaringly obvious, and one that the corporate wing of the GOP is unwilling to admit…because it is part of the problem….

This week’s Art Thread choices (at Ace of Spades) have been focused on the glories of motherhood. Yes…there has been a theme! And that theme has been the importance and, actually, the superiority of women in our culture. Why superiority? Because the unique ability of women is the bearing and rearing of children, and that…

Transfer payments? MORE transfer payments? That is the last thing on earth the United States of America needs, and for the administration to suggest more welfare — because that is what it is — suggests that they are unserious about the deficit and the debt. And for JD Vance to spearhead this wrongheaded policy just…

This is an absolutely moronic take on a massive degradation of our civil liberties. It’s difficult to underestimate the stupidity of this author, who seems to think that there is some balanced equation between our God-given, natural rights, and the destruction of those rights on the altar of safety. Do Flock Cameras Actually Work? It’s…

Cultural suicide is all the rage in Europe these days, with the UK and Germany busily destroying themselves, and France, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Spain not far behind, all fighting for primacy in the race to surrender to the left and to Islam. They have also run full-tilt towards a “carbonless future,” even though the…

A college education used to be a useful thing. At its most basic, it confirmed that the holder of a degree was minimally capable of some complex thinking, and had a basic understanding of history and literature and science and mathematics. It also indicated some skill at planning and prioritizing and communication, in particular in…

I have been consistent in my denunciation of the tired and discredited idea that American boots on the ground is a reasonable response to Iran’s 47 year war against the West, in particular America and Israel. Would it work? Probably, especially if it was run by war-fighting generals with a healthy disdain for our previous…