Friday Post: Pithy Memes

Online memes aren’t always funny. Sometimes they are serious, and instructive. Below are some from this week that stood out for me. Socialism has no redeeming social value for civilization. No one knows it better than Sowell Too many bad bills passed recently. Truth Another good one from Sowell Truth And finally: I am still …

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On the Decline of Europe: Chad Crowley

This post, a very long one with many sections, is one that everyone should read. Everyone, even those of us who are paying attention, can learn something from Chad's well-thought-out exposition. Read this, and take it to heart. I am posting it in its entirety here, for those who are not on X/Twitter, and I …

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Let’s Play “Demoralize the Population”

First, you have the Washington state governor, who has been Ruling by Decree since March, say that "Outdoor Sports Will now Be Allowed, With Restrictions". Then, after reciting all the restrictions, you publish a statement by an All-Powerful Medical Expert: Dr. Jonathan Drezner, director of the UW Medicine Center for Sports Cardiology and a team …

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Coarsening the Culture

It started with an essay in the (supposedly) high-minded publication for Wall Street Journal subscribers, WSJ Magazine.  This comes out every other month in the print edition, and is a slick magazine designed to appeal to high-income readers.  It is filled with ads for expensive clothing, watches, and jewelry, and features stories about people and …

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What Societal Permission of “Homosexual Marriage” Really Means

In case you have not noticed, more states in the USA are re-defining Marriage to include two people of the same sex. For approximately 5,000 years, the concept of Marriage has meant one Man and one Woman, joined by a ceremony in either a civil setting or a religious one, and sometimes both. When one …

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Liberal versus Conservative world view

The Conservative sees the potential in each individual. The Conservative believes that with the proper education (academic and moral), each person can achieve whatever he sets out to do, and when times are difficult he can find ways around the difficulties. The Conservative believes the purpose of government is to protect the individual's Liberty and …

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The Single Most Destructive Slogan in Recent Memory (updated in 2022)

Some time back in the 1960's, the radical feminists came out with this slogan: A Woman Without a Man is Like a Fish Without a Bicycle. Their viewpoint then, and now, is that woman do not need men in their lives (except maybe for sexual pleasure). The implication is that a woman can, and most …

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