Saturday, November 30, 2019

The Future is Chicken

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The future is young — unless China says otherwise. DC Comics has removed a piece of artwork from social media that was meant to promote a ...

I Wonder What the American Version of this Poll Would Reveal

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Three quarters of young Britons have never heard of Mozart while one in five think Bach is still alive, poll reveals In the U.S. version, ...

Because Old Europe is Decadent and New Europe is Filled with Hope and Energy

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Why is there more intellectual freedom in Bucharest than Cambridge?
Friday, November 29, 2019

It's a Midwestern Thing, You May Not Get It

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Florence Teeters, 104, Bags Buck To Become Wisconsin’s Oldest Hunter

Not Just in Narnia

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The Prophetic C.S. Lewis Lewis cited an old theological question: “It has sometimes been asked whether God commands certain things becaus...

Sorry, But We Don't Need Any More White Saviors

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Our people have been ill-served by politicians for as long as that elite class has plagued American culture.  There is absolutely nothing...

Maybe We Could Trade Yale Students for Them

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Hong Kong protesters throw red, white and blue bash to celebrate US support
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Ah, Thanksgiving. Another Recipe.

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As noted in yesterday's post, I'm not a big fan of turkey.  I don't mind it in a deli sandwich, in fact I used to enjoy one...

A Thanksgiving Recipe, Part One

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Since people ask me what we do for Thanksgiving [I know you're just being polite, but be careful what you ask for], there is a particul...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Sooth

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Given all this – given the undeniable momentum and power of movements towards fairness and righteousness and equality, given the ubiquity o...

These Guys are Getting Annoying

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The Chinese Govt Is Scanning Churchgoers’ Faces, Fingers
Monday, November 25, 2019

An Obituary of Note

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Fiery theater, film critic John Simon dies at 94 I was acquainted with him through a mutual friend.  Personally, I always got along with h...

Note: This is by a Climate Change Activist, BTW

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Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong

Neo-Marxism is an Ideology for Puzzlewits

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This is what art appreciation has come to: a PC prism through which a painting, a work of literature or even a popular song must be scrutini...
Sunday, November 24, 2019

A Pungent Observation

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Glaciers have been diminishing for the last 12,000 years, so it must be the fault of...(spins Wheel of Blame)...CAPITALISM!

About That Yale vs. Harvard Halftime Protest

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"Activism is a way for useless people to feel important....” -Thomas Sowell
Saturday, November 23, 2019

Tales of the Post-Christian Age

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How app culture turned astrology into a modern obsession
Friday, November 22, 2019

Some of My Tribal Brothers and Sisters are Narcissistic Dullards

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SO LONG, SACAGAWEA

John Updike

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Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home,  wondering why the hell you went. "I seem ...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Thursday's Place: Ashmolean Museum

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One of the fantasies of my childhood was to be locked in a museum overnight.  All by myself, alone with the treasures collected, and able...