J.J. Sefton has, over the last two days expounded on something that has been percolating in my consciousness for a few months. Today he eviscerated (but gently!) Karol Markowicz for the admittedly pie-in-the-sky idea that we can’t have a national divorce, but We Can Work It Out! But, apologies to The Beatles…No We Can’t! Whether…
The Morning Report 9/28/21
Good morning, kids. Tuesday and I suppose I’m not quite finished with yesterday’s theme of being akin to Bruce Willis’ character in The Sixth Sense — trying to interact with the world but not realizing you’re dead. Not quite the same metaphor as Tom Lea’s “The Last Step” but close enough for government work. Pun intended. And…
The Morning Report 9/27/21
Good morning, kids. Start of a new week and I’ve been thinking about a painting done by World War 2 artist/illustrator Tom Lea. Though best known for his work “The Two Thousand-Yard Stare,” it’s an equally haunting work he created during the battle for Pelelieu, which coincidentally was in its opening phase 77 years ago, that I…
Round And Round It Goes; Where It Stops Nobody Knows (Except For The People Who Read History)
The time is long past when the mere presence of American troops was a robust deterrent against incursions from bad actors. That deterrence ended on January 20th, 2021, when President Donald Trump left office. It is laughable and naive in the extreme to assume that any agreement made by the current administration (junta) would be…
The Morning Report 9/24/21
Good morning, kids. The weekend is here and a quick survey of the links fills me with both a sense of dread and believe it or not, one of hope. For sure we are heading at “warp speed” (pun intended) for catastrophe. At this point, with the Afghanistan bug-out disaster disappearing from the headlines (undeservedly…
The Morning Report 9/23/21
Good morning, kids. Thursday and the law of totalitarian physics is certainly in evidence. To wit, the more ruin the Left inflicts and the more it is rejected, the louder and more vituperative the vitriol hurled back at us, and the tighter the screws are turned. At the risk of mixing metaphors, only two things…
The Morning Report 9/22/21
Good morning, kids. Yesterday, while riding a bus out in the hinterlands of Staten Island, feeling a bit disconnected from the current multiple insanities engulfing the world, I clicked over to the HQ and was stunned by the news of Angelo Codevilla being struck and killed in some sort of traffic accident. It’s even more…
The Morning Rant
The United States Constitution is clear. The President is the commander in chief of the armed forces. The framers of the Constitution knew what they were doing…ensuring civilian control of our military, which meant ultimately that the people controlled the military. Article II, Section 2, Clause 1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of…
The Morning Report 9/21/21
Good morning, kids. Tuesday and first up, a clarification. The headline for yesterday’s post, “#HaitiHasNoHomeHere” came from the fertile mind of commenter “Joe Biden,” not me. Apologies for not giving proper credit with the post. Now on to the meshugas and dissolution at hand. Well, our borders have been erased and we’re being flooded with…
The Morning Report 9/20/21
Good morning, kids. Start of a new week and the autumnal equinox. As usual, there are a number of things popping all at once, each in its own right that under normal circumstances would be major news, so it’s difficult to try to zero in on just one thing. That said, the catastrophe at our…