Paraphrasing Tolstoy, smart people are all smart in the same way, yet stupid people are idiots each in their own special way. I was thinking…
Is Pol Pot under-appreciated? The former Cambodian tyrant is half-forgotten in the long list of 20th-century villains and is definitely absent from the list of…
Nice things are sometimes sadly forgotten. For instance, tomorrow is Michaelmas (pronounced “Mickelmas”). It was once a lovely fall feast, celebrated with daisies and roast…
The Bright Heavens of the Past I recently finished the excellent trilogy Pax Britannica written by the late James Morris (later to become Jan Morris,…
A point I find myself explaining, again and again, is that leftists will ALWAYS vote for the Left. It’s a difficult point for honest, discerning…
Having spent almost half a human life within the ranks of the Deep Right (or whatever), I often forget how what is absolutely obvious to…
This post may be mostly of interest to young American right-wingers who frequent Twitter spaces and are lured into the orbit of Bronze Age Mindset…
In a derivative of a derivative of a derivative, Biden has decided to now remind us that five months ago he made lynching illegal. Lynching…
I noted before that there is nothing like a Jewish conservative woman. When Jewish women become (or remain) conservative, everything is aligned. You see, a…
My main reaction to the recent attack on Salman Rushdie was similar to that of a suburban housewife peeping out of her kitchen window to…