Elizabeth Warren has decided to lower the bar on censorship. No longer do we need to find some keyword or "dog whistle" to characterize something as worthy of being purged from the public discourse. Now, this paragon of truthfulness has decided that even this vague standard is not a fuzzy enough criterion to determine who... Continue Reading →
Is Ultimate Democratic Candidate Not Yet On the Ballot?
Joe Biden is crashing. Bernie and Lizzie are unelectable. So who is there? No one else seems to be getting any traction, although there are still some clinging to the hope that they will catch fire somehow and win the hearts of the Democratic electorate. Super Tuesday is usually the day when a clear frontrunner starts to... Continue Reading →
It’s Springstein! It’s Bon Jovi! No! It’s Donald Trump!!!
Folks, this is Wildwood, NJ. In January. This scene is deep in the heart of a reliably Blue State in January. Bi-partisan incompetence in the State House keeps the governorship see-sawing back and forth between the major parties, but it has been decades since NJ glowed red on presidential election night. These were not 100,000 diehard, redneck,... Continue Reading →
Adam Schiff Shares His Takeaways. I Share Mine.
Schiff: Trump’s lawyers cannot, and did not defend him on the facts. Me: There were no facts. You produced not one single witness with direct first-hand knowledge of anything even remotely impeachable. But this wasn't about facts. Schiff: Their defense has evolved to this: he did it, so what? Me: What he did was entirely... Continue Reading →
To Deprive a Free People of Their Rights Part III
When the Nazis came to power in Germany in the 1930s, they had numerous ways to suppress any dissent. One was to assign Blockleiters to spy on their neighbors. They were to report anything ant-Nazi at all to the local Gestapo office. People who were denounced in this way more often than not wound up... Continue Reading →
Kobe Bryant
I was just scrolling through my twitter feed when I saw the first mention of the tragedy. There was nothing yet on the news feeds I follow so I was able to briefly hold out the hope that it wasn't true, that it was just another twitter bomb set off by someone looking for likes and... Continue Reading →
To Deprive a Free People of Their Rights Part II
A case in point of how fear can make an otherwise free and reasonable people surrender their rights is in the area of the Second Amendment. I have to admit that this has never been a big priority for me because I do not own a gun. I have never even held, much less fired a... Continue Reading →
To Deprive a Free People of Their Rights Part I
If you want to take away such fundamental rights as speech, the press, religion, and political association, the formula is quite simple. You don't need to force new draconian laws on the populace and send out the military to enforce them. You don't need to change the Constitution or elect a totalitarian government headed by a dictator.... Continue Reading →
May The Farce Be With You
Is anyone buying this "solemn and serious and prayerful" charade being put on by the Democrats? Watching them process into the Senate Chamber stone-faced, I felt like I was watching some Satanic ritual in a lousy sequel to Rosemary's Baby. Remember when the articles of impeachment were approved in the House vote, and some of the Democrats... Continue Reading →
OK, Boomer!
A new term has surfaced in our culture, which I had heard before but not understood previously, and that is, "OK, Boomer." Apparently, this is now the younger generation's catchphrase to dismiss any argument, suggestion, or observation we might make. And I find it amusing that some of my fellow boomers are so shocked at this... Continue Reading →
Mike's Musings 