Seven-year-old Natalia Wallace was shot to death in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend. So was 14-year-old Vernardo Jones, Jr. They were joined by 17 others, 16 of them black, who were gunned down in the Windy City over the long weekend. Another 70 were wounded during the same period. Do these “Black Lives …
Category Archives: Politics
Green Idiocy
Sooooo…. The Wizards of Smart in Nevada’s state government will now “study” mandating that Nevadans buy more electric vehicles. Never mind they cost more – sometimes a LOT more – than comparable conventional fuel vehicles. Never mind that their range is – at least in OTT (other than Tesla) vehicles – is somewhat limited and …
A Thought Experiment
I love thought experiments: they cost nothing but time, involve no complex instruments, can be run in a variety of permutations, virtually instantaneously. Here’s one: Let’s say Seattle is home to a very large and restive group of businesspersons. Call them the “John Galt Society.” One Sunday (they’re busy working every other day of the …
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 …
A Thought on Joe Biden
People might be a tad too cruel to Joe Biden, accusing him of hypocrisy for calling President Trump a fomenter of division and racism. I freely admit I was one of those who had a negative reaction to the Democrats’ newly-minted presidential candidate going on so gushingly about Black Lives Matter and the whole “need …
The Floyd Riots
God, I hate to repeat myself. But in view of the utter lunacy of last night’s nationwide riots, supposedly provoked by the death of George Floyd, there isn’t any choice. So here goes. I’ll begin with a question: before George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died at the hands of the police, who was the …
“Racial Battle Fatigue”
That’s IT! I have “racial battle fatigue.” Just not in the way that Professor Monnica (sic) Williams of the University of Ottawa means it. I am fatigued by people who have never met me calling me a racist because I am white. I am fatigued by media that unfailingly and fawningly spreads that sort of …
Thought for Today
The handsome fellow in the picture is Kenneth Queen, shortly after his induction into the US Army Air Corps in December, 1941. An uncle of my wife Patricia, Kenneth was a bombardier in a Mitchell B-25 of the 12th Bombardment Group, flying missions in North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia and Italy – 56 in all. He …
Medical Issues
So Dr. Nancy Pelosi, fresh from serving up the largest helping of pork this nation has ever seen, calls President Trump “Morbidly obese?” Sorry, Fancy Nancy. Go back to giggling about your chocolate ice cream diet. After producing that three-trillion-dollar lard-bomb of a spending bill loaded up with safety nets for the indolent, payments and …
The Relevance of Aesop
This is what happens when classics such as Aesop are removed from the classroom in favor of the more-attuned “Heather Has Two Mommies:” instructions in common sense and good behavior are neglected, resulting in adults who are significantly more ill-mannered, credulous and gullible. Current proof can be found in revelations from Shaun Henry, president of …
