Iris Chang began her introduction to The Rape of Nanking with: The Chronicle of humankind's cruelty to fellow humans is a long and sorry tale. But if it is true that even in such horror tales there are degrees of ruthlessness, then few atrocities in world history compare in intensity and scale to the Rape …
Looking Back a Dozen Years – Death of a Contrarian
Twelve years ago tomorrow morning I posted on my member diary page at that long ago lost (and nearly perfect) version of RedState about the passing of Christopher Hitchens. (That post from a much younger me is created below in its original from.) As of that posting, his Why Orwell Matters had already sent me …
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Midnight in the Republic – Mock Justice and Judicial Shame
I believe this belongs under my old "Midnight in the Republic" series***. So that is where it will go... Madam Althouse directed us to the following passage earlier this week. It comes from an interview posted under the title Derek Chauvin Did Not Murder George Floyd. You should go read that link in its entirety …
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A Nagging Disconnect…
The following is the third of three posts published directly to the legacy site over the last two months. (That is a bad habit that I need to get away from once again.) This one was from November 27, 2023: …that seems to be begging for a larger post. The following two bits of information keep (almost) …
Given Enough Time, Most Candidates Eventually Prove Unworthy of my Vote. Today’s Entry is…
The following is the second of three posts published directly to the legacy site over the last two months. (That is a bad habit that I need to get away from once again.) This one was from November 14, 2023: Nikki Haley Calls to Outlaw Anonymous Social Media Accounts in Troubling Comments When I get into office, …
Observing the Threshold Between ‘Merely Useless’ and ‘Actually Harmful’
The following is the first of three posts published directly to the legacy site over the last two months. (That is a bad habit that I need to get away from once again.) This one was from November 10, 2023: Much has been said here already this week about our times and the relevant event …
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One for the Archives – ‘Never Forget’
My parting with the intellectual (overall) and operational (regarding the charade as a legitimate component of a two party system) farce that is the Republican Party establishment became rather final in the summer of 2014. Events around that time - specifically, the Republican runoff for the U.S Senate seat in Mississippi - exposed so much …
A Montage on Budding Totalitarianism – ‘The Hour is Getting Very Late’
The relevant view of the events on or about October 3, 2023 as they passed across my computer screen earlier today are presented in three acts below for your entertainment. Enjoy. ACT I: A wise commenter calls out the common stoolie-types in the neighborhood: ...I welcome the anti-Trumpers comments, but try to make a compelling …
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Tuesday Surprise (That Wasn’t) – Pre-Planned Pseudo-Event Comes Early This Week
It seems that the puppet masters over at the Obama place sensed something in the air that pushed them to call up the pre-arranged news-cycle-oxygen-sink a bit early this week: Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire I will leave any "details" beyond the title of the article for you …
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The Althouse Files: The ‘Perfectly Legitimate Shell Companies’ Edition
It has been a few years since I have returned to this series...it being a (very imperfect but sometimes informative) touchstone into the ever shrinking world of the moderately intellectually honest Democrat. Some of you with ties back to Ricochet may remember the August 2020 offering titled The Althouse Files: When Anti-Intellectualism Becomes Just Plain …
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