Showing posts with label political combat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political combat. Show all posts
Thursday, November 5, 2026

The Bloodbath

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     Good morning, Gentle Reader. Happy Guy Fawkes’ Day. Do you feel like burning someone in effigy? I do.      Needless to say, the result...
Monday, October 26, 2026

Uncivil War: A New Phase

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     What, you didn’t know that we’re in a civil war? Of course we are. I wrote about it ten years ago. It’s waxed and waned, but hostiliti...
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Saturday, October 24, 2026

The Disadvantages Of Certainty

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     The recent, brilliant movie Conclave has Thomas Cardinal Lawrence, sermonizing to other Catholic cardinals before the inception of the...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Last-Ditch Tactics

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     Apologies for the lack of a piece yesterday. I had to go to one of the most forbidding places in America: the New York State Department...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

2026’s Most Inconvenient Question

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     In the philosophical realm, arguments about meaning can go on forever. Meaning arises from interpretation, which makes it a personal m...
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Monday, July 27, 2026

A Word About Parliamentary Systems

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     There aren’t many polities structured as is the United States. Most other First World nations have parliamentary systems, which vary fr...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

A Little Peace On The Side

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     [The following first appeared at the old, much lamented Eternity Road site on September 12, 2006. I’m reposting it as a memory refresh...
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Saturday, October 4, 2025

Remember The Curmudgeon’s Carbohydrate Aphorism!

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     I’ve been saying this for a while – well, yes; I’ve been saying many things for a while – but it seems to need repeating more often tha...
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Thursday, January 21, 2021

Guidelines For Survival In A Socialist America

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     My secret sweetie Adrienne has posted a brief list of points that strike me as exceedingly good advice for the four years ahead:     ...
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Sunday, January 17, 2021

Fears

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     Many fear. Few are entirely aware of why.      Three things determine all human action: Desires, Fears, Beliefs.      These are th...
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Friday, January 15, 2021

The Guerrilla’s Tocsin

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     What’s that? You think the cautionary sentiments in the pieces you’ve read here are excessive, alarmist, hyperbolic? You say we shoul...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Recapitulation

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     The Fortress is having its entire heating and hot water system replaced today, which will make it a cold, waterless, generally difficul...
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Friday, January 8, 2021

You Can Unscrew A Lightbulb...

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     Can you unscrew a country? A country that’s just been hijacked by a gang of Usurpers who lack all sense of morality and restraint?   ...
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Thursday, January 7, 2021

Nice People (UPDATED)

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Two all-important checklists: 1. Nice People Dos: Nice people do as the police tell them. Nice people are always polite and orderly. Nic...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

After The Fall

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     "For centuries Galactic civilization has stagnated and declined, though only a few ever realized that. But now, at last, the Perip...
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Sunday, January 3, 2021

A Resolution For 2021 And Beyond

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     Shamelessly stolen from Bookworm:      That’s a New Year’s Resolution I’m sure I can keep.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020

For This Time Of Tumult

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     The Feast of the Nativity is two days away. Most people “prepare” for it by shopping. We do things a little differently here at the For...
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