May 30It all depends on who Trump shoots on 5th avenue: JVL is wrong about Americans liking a Tyrant.JVL has recently made a point of suggesting that Americans will support a tyrant so long as he is their tyrant. I doubt this is true. Americans understand intuitively that the power used against others can and will be turned against them. It is why the Miranda Rights exist which…Trump7 min readTrump7 min read
Oct 15, 2022Member-onlyPolitical ignorance or political prejudice, which is it Mr Reno?“Whoever can be trusted with small things can also be trusted with big things. Whoever is dishonest in little things will be dishonest in big things too.” ~Luke 16:10–14 On his 2 June 2022 podcast, RR Reno spoke with Christopher Caldwell about Caldwell’s article from the June/July 2022 print edition…Truth11 min readTruth11 min read
Oct 4, 2021Member-onlyNo, Afghanistan is NOT a humiliating defeat.We have heard a lot of overheated rhetoric about America suffering a humiliating defeat in Afghanistan. Among the many commentators are those who should know better than to characterise the end of the conflict as a humiliating defeat. When compared to *any* previous humiliating defeat, America’s withdrawal from Afghtanistan after…Afghanistan3 min readAfghanistan3 min read
Oct 3, 2021Member-onlyBronze Age Mindset: for the credulous rubes, a waste of time and moneyThe “book” is a waste of time and money. I have read it and now wish I had read something else in the time it took to read it and write about it. Why read it? I read it for two reasons first, people like Mike Anton had reviewed it…Bronze Age Bullshit14 min readBronze Age Bullshit14 min read
Mar 21, 2021Member-onlyPutin is no BidenVladimir Putin is no Joe Biden. Putin, unlike Biden, is afraid to face his political opponents in a free and fair election. He relies on threats, intimidation, and in some cases, assassination, to assure his election. Biden’s democratic mandate endows him with a legitimacy that Putin can neither buy nor…Putin2 min readPutin2 min read
Mar 18, 2021Member-onlyRespect the SeaOn Saturday, I helped to rescue a girl from the North Sea off the Redcar sea defences. Minutes before the rescue, I filmed the sea about 20 metres from where we eventually pulled the girl from the water. Little did I realise when I took this video at at…Rescue8 min readRescue8 min read
Feb 18, 2021Member-onlyNo, the storm will not change politics in TexasThis is what Texas wants. 1. Texas knew about this risk and did nothing to prevent it. A similar storm in 2011 should have changed the industry or the regulators or even the public’s mind, but nothing changed. 2. The politicians who are responsible and the political parties they represent…Texas3 min readTexas3 min read
Jan 10, 2021Member-onlyHillary Clinton advice to Black Lives matter: a tentative analysisForeward: In November 2016, I wrote this after the recording emerged of a meeting between Hilary Clinton and Black Lives Matter. I never got around to publishing it because other events got in the way. I return to it now because it seems to capture issues that remain present even…Hilary Clinton35 min readHilary Clinton35 min read
Dec 30, 2020Member-onlyThe Reichstag is always burning: a commentary on The Flight 93 ElectionBy: A Yeoman Farmer The Flight 93 Election By: Publius Decius Mus[i] September 5, 2016 On 5 September 2016, a writer under the pseudonym of Publius Decius Mus, wrote a defence of Trump which was also an extended meditation on the American conservative movement. Although not aware of it, the…Flight 93102 min readFlight 93102 min read
May 30, 2018Member-onlyAddicted America: Social Media as another opioid.America is addicted. We see this everyday as 100s of Americans die from drug overdoses. The opioid crisis is a national emergency yet the government’s response is insubstantial in comparison to the problem with their most substantial act to declare and reaffirming the national emergency. …Apple8 min readApple8 min read