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Category Archives: populism
Clippings and commentary, 12/1/18
Andrew Sullivan was on fire yesterday. On this lousy grey day, I’ve found other bright spots on the net. Continue reading
Friday Politics 9/14/18
Political potpourri Continue reading
Posted in alt-right, Built Environment and Infrastructure, conservatism, Jeremiad, Naked Emperors, Political Matters, populism
Tagged post-truth, shibboleth, tribalism
Populism and corruption
What Trump and the Pope have in common. Continue reading
Posted in Bread & Circuses, Political Matters, populism, Roman Catholicism
Tagged corruption, Donald Trump, Pope Francis
Trimmer callout
In foreign policy at least, Donald Trump is playing autocrat. What are we going to do about it? Continue reading
Calming the discord
A “Kavanaugh Court” should overturn the Roe line of cases — but might not. Continue reading
Another sign of major realignment
More interesting … was Mrs. Clinton’s commentary on the role of economic concerns in the 2016 contest. “There’s all that red in the middle, where Trump won,” she said. “But what the map doesn’t show you is that I won the … Continue reading
Posted in alt-right, Economia, Plutocracy, Political Matters, populism, realignment
An Antidote to 45
There are times when I genuinely wonder whether I can hold up psychologically in our current politics and culture. My shrink tells me I am far from alone in this, and that everyone she listens to is consumed with a … Continue reading
Posted in alt-right, Christianity generally, Poetry, Political Matters, populism
Tagged W.H. Auden
Gun Control
I began this blog many weeks ago, forgot it, but now finish in pared-down form. I wonder to what extent the visceral anger at “thoughts and prayers” is a way of expressing fear and anger at our inability to control … Continue reading
Posted in alt-right, Anodynes & Nostrums, grievance mongering, Legalia, populism, progressivism, solidarity, statism, terrorism
No true conservative …
I was pondering this quote, probably just going to put it in my personal journal with a pithy remark or two: Conservatism is what conservatives think, say, and do. As conservatives change—as much through the harsh fact of death and … Continue reading
