I recently toured the Stewart Indian School in Carson City, Nevada. Like its many counterparts around the United States, it was founded in the last decades of the 19th century. Like them, it was created to save Native Americans by forcing them to assimilate to the predominant culture, like it or not. Early on, children …
Category Archives: On Society
Unity and Other Lies
Well that didn’t take long. We now know what Democrats, including Joe “Mr. Moderate” Biden and Fancy Nancy Pelosi, the Ice Cream Queen of San Francisco, mean by “bipartisan.” Roughly translated, they mean “Do what I want, or fuggetaboudit. And we’ll lie about you in the bargain.” Republican Congressional leaders, understanding that there were still …
“Whataboutism” and Other Fibs
I was accused of “whataboutism” a few days back. This, I found after a bit of poking around, is the disreputable tactic of pointing out the faults of an opponent in a debate which are similar to those faults one is accused of having. It was, we are told, a favored gambit of Soviet propagandists …
Let the Show Trials Begin
For all you authoritarian lefties scampering about and cackling with glee as the overlords of technology initiate their plan to erase Donald Trump. For all you pols, Democrat and yes, Republican, who think that by eradicating all trace of the man your problems will ease and your path to permanent power will become smoother. For …
Pushing Back From the Brink
There can no longer be any argument about the nature of Facebook, Twitter and the plethora of other, similar sites and services lumped into the basket called “social media” and owned by the Overlords of Silicon Valley. They are no longer forums for the free exchange of ideas. When one enters a true forum – …
Do Black Lives Really Matter?
Do all black lives really matter? Before the indignation causes an embolism, consider the following: Most of us attending to the news have heard the name David Dorn, and remember that he was a 77-year-old black police captain gunned down on Martin Luther King boulevard in St. Louis in late May by a looter wanting …
Corruption
Anyone remember Michael Flynn? Come on – shake the fumes of Corona-panic out of your head; you remember: lieutenant general, president-elect Trump’s National Security Advisor for about 15 minutes before the FBI went after him for perjury. Awaiting sentencing since 2017. Ring any bells? It should, because it seems now that his verdict may be …
