Category Archives: Damn rackets

Meritocracy or virtue?

Posted on March 14, 2019 by

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 →

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Clippings & Comments 2/17/19

Posted on February 17, 2019 by

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

Posted on February 9, 2019 by

A little scat with big band, Adidas stumbles, corporate oppression passes government oppression, and more. Continue reading →

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Clippings and Comment, 2/6/19

Posted on February 6, 2019 by

A Trimmer Manifesto of sorts. Continue reading →

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Potpourri 1/16/19

Posted on January 16, 2019 by

  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 →

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Posted on January 10, 2019 by

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 →

Posted in conservatism, Damn rackets, Declinism, Economia, Naked Emperors, Patriotic Correctness, Political Matters, Poverty, State capitalism | Tagged ,

Catching up with Kunstler

Posted on January 7, 2019 by

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

Potpourri, 12/22/18

Posted on December 22, 2018 by

Lacking anything better to do, Senate takes “corrective action” against nation’s dead great-grandparents. More … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread & Circuses, chicken hawks, Damn rackets, Feminism, irony, Legalia, Libertarianism, Naked Emperors, Selma Envy, Senate, Thrown down gauntlet, Virtue signaling, war | Tagged ,

Potpourri, Solstice 2018

Posted on December 21, 2018 by

Mostly clippings, but a wee bit of original thought. Continue reading →

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Clippings, 12/3/18

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

1 [T]he whole Trump operation, now lying exposed on Mueller’s table — the shady business empire, the constant practice of deceit, the dim-bulb hangers-on — screams corruption in a way that few politicians’ circles do. With Trump there is no … Continue reading →

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