Author: CBD

Yeah…not much of a rant because I am currently away from my computer and the thought of composing one of these on a phone is just a little silly. But…commenter “Blake” sent me a link to a thought-provoking blog entry that addresses many of the issues we discuss here every day. You might not like…

The usual suspects are trying to whip up class resentment over the supposedly unequal and inefficient distribution of the Wuhan Flu vaccine. Regardless of whether you will get the vaccine, here’s a bit of actual fact to counter the leftist politics of division. I’ll use Pfizer as an example. Pfizer already has infrastructure in place…

There is no American cultural affinity for China or Chinese culture. We have no deep connections to them, unlike the historic connections to Ireland and Germany and Italy and Scandinavia and other sources of immigrants. Sure, there are large populations of ethnic Chinese in America, but the larger cultural connections are shallow. One can understand…

Ah…SCIENCE! Let’s destroy the restaurant industry based on nothing more than the fascistic desire for control among the nation’s governors and mayors, coupled with nonsensical interpretations of crap “studies.” This “science” is nothing of the sort. Real science…the boring double-blind studies and careful statistical analysis of data and most important, the understanding of the many…

We are supposed to live in a free society (don’t laugh!), and the default among our representatives should be that information is to be widely disseminated among the people for purposes of transparency and accountability. Before something is classified (made secret) there should be a careful examination of who and what is being protected. Embarrassing…

Yes, the perfidy of our “Republican” senators is well known. Mike Lee and Rick Scott are the two latest examples of a breathtaking lack of patriotism and an equally breathtaking loyalty to their masters. Who and what those masters are is academic. China, big corporate donors (but I repeat myself), a side piece who is…

The abject failure of the Republican Party (both the inside-the-beltway whore variety and even the more ideologically rational segments) to communicate its philosophical basis and its basic, readily acceptable platform is a travesty. How difficult would it be to hammer home a few simple points about the preservation of our republic through a robust and…

On Friday’s Art Thread there was an interesting discussion about whether the art should be judged with the artist in mind… Wagner the man was a rat bastard in many ways but the mother could compose. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler And I responded: And that brings up the larger question of whether is…

Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation is the origin of our national holiday that is so quintessentially American. He was spurred on by Sarah Hale, a magazine editor and ardent campaigner for Thanksgiving as a national event. It is a great unifier, so much so that even expatriates will celebrate it as their link to America. I…

The genius of American Exceptionalism is the conscious rejection of the glacial pace of change in the Old World. Royalty was royalty; farmers were farmers; shopkeepers were shopkeepers; and there was very little movement between those rigidly defined classes. America was different. We disavowed monarchists; we set the stage for a truly equal society, and…