In our increasingly Kafka-esque country, the right of a high school student who “identifies” as a girl to use the girl’s locker room in his high school is being supported by the Federal Department of Education. Ignoring the insanity of this support, I am embarrassed that I never thought of this scam as a way…
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Limbaugh: Republican Bipartisanship Has One Goal….The Destruction Of Conservatism
I happened to listen to Rush Limbaugh yesterday as he railed against the Republican party and specifically the leadership’s incomprehensible (to him) rush to the left. His rhetorical flourishes aside, he describes the situation accurately, but as I listened, I kept saying to myself (well, yelling it) “Where the fuck have you been?” Limbaugh is…
“This Is How We Wage War. This Is Why We Keep Losing”
John Schindler wrote this excellent article “Bureaucracy Keeps Doing Its Thing” last year, and posted a link to it recently on his Twitter feed. It’s a depressing analysis of the possibly existential damage that the creaking bureaucracy of the Pentagon, aided and abetted by Congress, has done to our ability to win wars. His perspective…
Shocking News: Carbon Dioxide Is Good For Plants!
In a startling development, scientists have discovered that plants use CO2, and that as concentrations of this gas increase, plants use more of it and actually thrive. While more study is obviously needed, an increase in the amount of plant material, such as human food, as a result of increased levels of CO2 might have…
Sex Reassignment Good: Gender Therapy Bad?
Please, someone explain why these things are different. Actually, gender therapy is essentially talk therapy aimed at pushing gay teenagers toward heterosexuality. Sex reassignment is horribly mutilating surgery and drug therapy aimed at changing something that is immutable: phenotype, which is simply put, the physical expression of one’s genetic makeup. So they are different. One…
Does Campaign Finance Regulation Contribute To Political Dysfunction?
Stephen Bainbridge is a bright guy (with an unfortunately warped taste in wine. Too much Cabernet!). So I was puzzled when he wrote, seemingly approvingly “that campaign finance reforms have contributed in a huge way to political dysfunction by weakening political parties:” He links to an article in The Washington Post by a law professor…
Campus Rape? No…Campus Obstruction Of Justice
In an earlier life, I was a cog in a very large American corporation. As many of you know, much management time is spent in training sessions that address a multitude of potential risks for the company…very few more dangerous than sexual harassment. One point was hammered into us over and over….Once a charge of…
Che Guevara: Hero Of The Left, And Mass Murderer
Over at Ace of Spades, there was a sidebar piece mocking Time’s tongue bath of a psychopathic murderer. Maybe one day Guevara will be recognized for what he was, rather than what the Left so earnestly desires, a charismatic, handsome (I guess) revolutionary leader. The reality is somewhat different. Che was a cold-blooded killer who…
Dear Republican Leadership: Shutting Down The Government Is A Good Thing
In October 2013, A Republican congress chose not to fund government operations and the administration was forced to shut down portions of the federal government, including purposefully chosen departments like the National Park Service. The Democrats won the sound-bite battle, with lots of silly audio of people complaining they couldn’t vacation, and embarrassing video of…
And Now For Something Completely Different: The FN Five-seveN MK2
I have never fired this pistol, but it’s an intriguing idea….20 rounds of a small caliber, high velocity round that has negligible recoil. My self-defense weapons are both large caliber…..a .40 S&W (H&K USP) and the venerable 1911 Mk. IV Series 70 (Colt Gold Cup). Obviously I accept the arguments that large caliber rounds are…