THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS
/ SEPTEMBER 19, 2023. Say what you want about “War On Christmas,” but the record shows Christmas fired first.
CALVIN LAW
Remember the classic Bill Watterson comic strip Clavin and Hobbes and the immortal game of Calvinball? This joyous anarchic contest had only one rule: there were no rules. You made up laws as you went along, and the only limit was what you could imagine. So, what this have to do with current politics? Simple: the Democrats are playing legal Calvinball. The latest round of Trump/GOP indictments are out. The Fulton County Georgia Grand…
WHOSE FREEDOM IS IT, ANYWAY?
Whose freedom is it, anyway? The recent US Supreme Court decision 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis is out, and you’d think it was Dred Scott 2. The case is simple: —303 Creative is a web design company, owned by Lorie Smith. Ms. Smith accepts all possible clients, but refuses to design sites for gay weddings, because she says it violates her Christian beliefs. —Aubrey Elenis is the Director of the Colorado Civil Rights Division. The State of…
Ukraine Counteroffensive, Russians Blow Dam.
June 6th, the 70th Anniversary of Day—and it’s looking like the long-awaited Ukraine Counteroffensive is beginning. Exhibit A: the Russians have blown the Kakhova Dam. It’s like blowing up the Hoover Dam, if the Colorado ran through cities and farmland. This is the Russian Way of War. It’s what they do, it’s what they are. Scorched Earth. If we can’t have it, nobody can. Yep, it’s an ecological and human disaster, to unleash floods all down the…
NO-BULL DURHAM
No-bull Durham. The “Report on Matters Related to Intelligence Activities and Investigations Arising Out of the 2016 Presidential Campaign” is out. “Thriller” it’s not. The Durham Report is three years late, it pulls back from accusations, it’s long on perspective and short on legal accountability. But make no mistake, the Report is a bombshell. In plodding detail, it lays out what happened in 2016 and who did what. It’s all there, in detail. KEY TAKE AWAYS: –There was no…
MIDNIGHT IN AMERICA
It was five minutes to midnight in America. I was having a glum drink with my buddy Willie. “Midnight in America,” he said. “In more ways than one.” “Lots of ways,” I said. “I wonder if the US will see another New Year’s Eve.” He took a sip. “Everything’s gone to hell and looks like it’s no way up.” “Things look bad,” I said. “We have a loser for a President running for reelection, next…
THE GOOD GUY TEST
“Are we the baddies?” That’s the famous line from the classic Mitchell and Webb video about two German soldiers on the Eastern Front. Preparing for a Russian attack, one German asks the other “are we the baddies?” You see, their uniforms all have skulls. Now, just wearing an SS uniform should be a clue you’re not the Good Guys, but it’s still a funny bit. Question: are you one of the Good Guys? Everybody will answer “YES.”…
THE ELITIST-NORMIE WAR
Looks like the Culture Cold War just got hot. Does Bud Light mark the Concord Bridge moment of the Normies’ fight against the Elitists? Is Bud Light’s embrace of transgender the high-water mark of Elite’s roughshod ride over Normal America? Or just a quick Prague Spring to be stamped down by the Elite’s commanding heights? Hard to say. Either way, the battle has been joined. And over Bud Light… of all things? Revolutions spark over the weirdest stuff—think…
COLD BLOODED FUTURE
Forward into the past! Recently, the new redistricted Democrat majorities in Michigan’s House and Senate voted to repeal the state’s 2012 Right to Work law. Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer proudly signed the bill. It was a bell-ringing triumph for some of Michigan’s most powerful progressive players, who celebrated after their victory, at that noted hangout for Lansing insiders: DinoTroppo’s. “Three cheers and raise your glasses!” shouted the Stegosaurus. “Hip! Hip!” “Hooray!” the Diplodocus stomped his feet and…
WHERE HAVE ALL THE LIBERALS GONE?
Where have all the liberals gone? Sounds like a plaintive 1960s anti-war song. But for years Americans talked about liberal-this and liberal-that. The Democratic Party was proudly liberal. They were everywhere, but guess what? I’m looking around and I don’t see any. Bloom County, 1982 First let’s get the terms straight. The term “liberal” originally meant something like today’s “libertarian.” In the late 18th, early 19th Centuries, “liberal” meant liberty. Liberal philosophy and government were distinct from the authority…