Showing posts with label trust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trust. Show all posts
Friday, August 14, 2026

Ultimate Trust

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     Yes, America has a trust problem. That’s hardly news. But the extent of the thing needs to be probed more deeply than it has been by t...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Chronicles Of The Low-Trust Society

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     Good morning, Gentle Reader. It’s a lovely day here on Long Island, New York: bright sunshine, gentle spring warmth, a sweet breeze red...
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Thursday, January 15, 2026

The Era Of Universal Distrust

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     Regard this, from CBS News: BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered inte...
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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Giving Thanks 2025

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     It’s here once more: Thanksgiving Day. Also known as the Feast of St. Gluttony here at the Fortress. I’m of two minds about this holida...
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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Sad Patterns

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     Among the things that are saddest about being what I am is my inability to turn certain mental functions on and off. Sometimes that mak...
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Thursday, October 9, 2025

And All Of Us But Players

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     It isn’t often that I read anything anywhere that makes me re-examine fundamental convictions. I’m sure that’s partly because I’m old. ...
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Sunday, September 21, 2025

A Brilliant Explication

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     The following tweet offers a penetrating analysis of what happens when migrants from low-trust societies enter a high-trust society: W...
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Thursday, April 9, 2020

Nostrums

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     These days it seems as if everyone’s got one.      We know so little. No one is particularly knowledgeable outside whatever he’s made ...
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Thursday, December 5, 2019

Status Quo Ante Uber Alles

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     Yes, yes, I mixed languages in the title. It was deliberate. Most of what I do here is deliberate. Consider the title to be a summation...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Attacks And Defenses

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     First, a brief citation from another blogger that expresses the sentiments of many on the Right today:      I am exhausted of having ...
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Saturday, October 6, 2018

Now That The Preliminaries Are Over...

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     ...the Left can get down to what it’s held in reserve ever since Donald Trump denied Hillary Clinton the presidency. Make no mistake: i...
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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Some Sad Thoughts On Our Nation’s Birthday

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     I know, I know: A birthday is supposed to be a happy occasion. I’m supposed to celebrate, not mope. Anyway, these past eighteen months ...
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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Weaponizations

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     No forest of hyperlinks today. No citations of news stories about which you’ve already read or heard more than enough. This will be one...
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

More On NIRP And The War On Cash

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     Articles addressing these threats have been multiplying. An increasing number of commentators are treating them as real possibilities ...
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