Showing posts with label Establishment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Establishment. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

A Place Along The Riverbank

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     I think I first saw the image that contains the title phrase in Kurt Vonnegut’s early novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. It speaks of...
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Monday, November 2, 2020

Interregnum Or Restoration?

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     This will probably be the last thing I post at Liberty’s Torch until Election Day is behind us. My thoughts this morning center on con...
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Thursday, October 29, 2020

The Fix And How To Get In On It

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     “A managed democracy is a wonderful thing, Manuel, for the managers...and its greatest strength is a free press when ‘free’ is defined ...
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Thursday, August 20, 2020

Objectives And Constraints, 2020 Edition

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     I’ve been trying to minimize my rantings on political and current-events subjects recently. I’ve needed to distance myself from them, l...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Westphailure: A Memorial Day Reflection

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     [This is a repost of a column I wrote three years ago. It seems to me to capture the essential tragedy of Memorial Day better than anyt...
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Friday, May 8, 2020

The Man For The Times

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     First, a few links: The Hounding of Michael Flynn Rat Bastards Outraged Schiff in a Panic      Now, a brief video:      Savor...
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Monday, October 7, 2019

“Not A Member Of The Club”

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     Quoth Roger Simon:      We all know why impeachment is really happening -- and when I say all, I include especially the Democrats and...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Quickies: Establishments Everywhere Are Running Scared

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     Establishments have a unifying characteristic: they want to remain Established. (“The aim of the High is to remain where they are.” – O...
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Friday, May 31, 2019

No Rain In The Forecast

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     The above title both expresses my fondest wish for the coming week, and is coupled to a prediction that, sadly, strikes me as a sure be...
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Saturday, February 23, 2019

Hierarchies And Rebellions

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     Before I get started on the morning’s serious topic, I have a request for my Gentle Readers and anyone else who enjoys reading Web pund...
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Sunday, November 4, 2018

Claw-Back

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     The aim of the High is to remain where they are. -- George Orwell      It is inherent in the nature of things that he who feels what ...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Mask Slippages Dept.

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     The defining characteristic of an aristocracy, a.k.a. “the elite” or “the Establishment,” is the arrogation of one or more privileges t...
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Monday, October 23, 2017

Definitions Of Winning

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     The above is probably Donald Trump’s most famous campaign moment. The people at his rallies loved it – and they loved him for it. He ...
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Sunday, October 22, 2017

Searching For Brownies

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     No, this won’t be about either sweets or the Girl Scouts. Rather, it pertains to Robert Ehrlich’s recent column about the divide within...