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Category Archives: Damn rackets
God bless the socialists
We’re all deeply in debt to some cantakerous socialists for doing work nobody else thought, or cared, to do. Continue reading
Mission Creeps
I got a thickish mailing today from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. The envelope trumpeted that “You won’t believe what younger Americans think about socialism.” To my surprise and delight, the return envelope was postage prepaid. I just live … Continue reading
Posted in Damn rackets
Tagged Communism, Congress
“Now what?” How about National Conservatism?
This morning, I sincerely suggested that there’s no sense in my (or anyone’s) mere rehearsing and re-rehearsing the core evils regularly reflected in our President’s rhetoric, even on the pretext of a new Presidential utterance confirming that he does, indeed, … Continue reading
Posted in conservatism, Damn rackets, Duly noted_stay tuned, Economia, lifeworks, progressivism, realignment
Meritocracy or virtue?
I’ve noticed something odd about the (still relatively early but) angry commentary over the college admissions scandal, whereby celebrities, “ethical fund” managers, parenting book authors and others crossed legal lines to get their slacker children into elite colleges (or at … Continue reading
Posted in Damn rackets, deathworks, Education, Virtue signaling
Tagged anthropology, virtue
Clippings & Comments 2/17/19
The highlight is some Socratic dialogue snippets, which alone are worth the price of admission.
Oh, wait! This is a blog – like free. Continue reading
Posted in Arts and Music, Capitalism, Damn rackets, Economia, Education, Protestantism
Clippings & Comment, 2/9/19
A little scat with big band, Adidas stumbles, corporate oppression passes government oppression, and more. Continue reading
Posted in Corporatism, Damn rackets, Internet, Journalism, Plutocracy, Roman Catholicism
Tagged AOC, Cultural Marxism, David Pecker, Jeff Bezos
Clippings and Comment, 2/6/19
A Trimmer Manifesto of sorts. Continue reading
Posted in Abortion distortion factor, Culture, Damn rackets, Discrimination, Heckler's Veto, Journalism, Legalia, Protestantism, Religious freedom, Sexualia
Tagged Christian Reformed Church, Donald Trump, GOP, racism, SCOTUS, SOTU, Title IX, Trimmers
Potpourri 1/16/19
1 When I’m looking for guidance in my life I always turn to a Dow 30 company … P&G (Gillette) for my relationship with women. Goldman Sachs for child rearing. Chevron for a mid-life crisis. Walgreen’s for spiritual insights. … Continue reading
1 Holy Smokes! Tucker Carlson lit a long fuse and Michael Brendan Dougherty just ignited! Carlson pointed to the real molten fissure that is burbling sulfur on the American right. By doing so without ever mentioning the name, the character, … Continue reading
Catching up with Kunstler
For a while, I tired of James Howard Kunstler’s blog and stopped following it. Maybe it was because he focused so much on Democrat wrongdoing against Donald Trump, which seemed very odd — and which has not ceased. But I … Continue reading
Posted in Damn rackets, Miscellany, Political Matters, Senate