Clifton Duncan is up first with Why Do We Ignore the Arts?
Art can transcend culture & time, even outlasting civilizations. Yet many, including those embroiled in our "Culture Wars", routinely dismiss its power & significance. What is lost by this omission?
Meep at Stump - Podcast: Choices Have Consequences - Pension Obligation Bonds
I look back at why pension obligation bonds were pursued by public pension plans, whether they were a good idea, and specifically what makes them OF THE DEVIL (and what that means). Yes, I hope that got your attention.
The Other McCain - ‘Right Wing Death Squad’? Bizarre Claims About Texas Outlet Mall Gunman
Probably none of this matters, in terms of the overall media narrative, which is mainly about blaming the guns.
John Sexton at Hot Air - 29 scientists wrote a paper defending merit in science. Science journals rejected it.
NY Times columnist Pamela Paul writes today about disturbing evidence that science won’t be spared from the long march of identity politics through our institutions. A group of 29 scientists including two Nobel laureates collaborated on a paper titled “In Defense of Merit in Science,” but major science journals rejected it.
Again from The Other McCain - ‘Smoking Gun’ on Biden Corruption?
Generally speaking, I don’t hold my breath waiting for some scandal to gain enough traction to bring down a Democrat, because the mainstream media are so biased in terms of what constitutes a “scandal” that Democrats are nearly bulletproof in this regard.
American Greatness - The Impending Thermidor Reaction in Jacobin America. With some disturbing thoughts on the French Revolution, and lessons for today.
We have not descended to the guillotine yet, but we are getting there with online cancel culture, doxxing, deplatforming, boycotts, mandatory diversity statements, indoctrination training, ostracism for an incorrect word, and violence redefined as activism.
The Other McCain again - Mauricio Garcia, Incel
What was much more relevant was that he was a chronically underemployed 30-something loser staying in a Budget Inn after he apparently got kicked out of his parents’ house, with no known friends, no romantic prospects and nothing better to do with his time than to plot an entirely senseless mass murder spree. Crazy People Are Dangerous.
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