Liberty's Torch

(a.k.a. Bastion Of Liberty)

"Keep clear of the dupes that talk democracy,
And the dogs that bark revolution.
Drunk with talk, liars and believers.
I believe in my tusks.
Long live freedom and damn the ideologies!"
(Robinson Jeffers)

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Kindness.

Most Excellent News!

I’ve just been on the phone with Martin McPhillips, and he has assured me that his blockbuster thriller Corpse In Armor will have a sequel!...

Vultures

There is no more dangerous weapon in the hands of a demagogue than a dead child in a puddle of blood. -- David Blount The predictable crie...

Friday, December 14, 2012

Farewell and good riddance, but mostly good riddance.

As the Eurozone flails about to keep its chin above the debt crisis that is drowning periphery countries, and as the European Union struggl...

The New Lunatics

[The following two pieces first appeared at the old Palace Of Reason, on September 8, 2003 and February 26, 2004, respectively. I thought t...

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Deuced savages, Cholmondeley.

The Salafi crusades were never any match for 19th Century policies and weapons, except in the occasional brief conflict. But they are a mat...

Embracing toads.

Europeans, of course, shudder at the idea [of a society that would celebrate Anders Behring Breivik], but they have brought those tens of t...

Continuing the Bush tradition.

It really doesn’t matter if Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim, or an “Islamist”, or has “Islamist sympathies”, or is merely placating his Ar...

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The Tales, Michigan, And Sociodynamics

He who sets out on the adventure of polemic fiction must expect certain sorts of inquiries. I certainly get my quota. No doubt, had there be...

Responsible gun ownership.

We spent weekends at the excellent gun ranges in Guatemala which had what every range should have: a bar. One should always mix large amoun...

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

And here I thought it was because she's a liar.

Could it be, as members of the Congressional Black Caucus are charging, that the [100 Republican House] signatories of the letter are target...

The Time Is Now Part 4: The Critical Battlefields Part 3

I had to let this segment of my mini-manifesto simmer for a while. For one thing, it would be presumptuous of me to counsel other conservati...

Technologies That Will Change Everything

Every now and then, a technology comes along and changes things so radically that it disrupts whole economic structures and ways of life. ...

Monday, December 10, 2012

Politactics 101

The Republicans never seem to learn: A top-ranking House Republican urged President Obama to step "off the campaign trail" if h...

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Beyond clever.

Lydia Callis gave an animated and expressive sign language interpretation of a speech by Mayor Bloomberg on Hurricane Sandy which earned her...

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Our blood, presumably.

One can’t make a revolution in white gloves. . . it will be necessary to pass through rivers of blood and mud to get to the destination. ~ U...

The American Female’s Endemic Addiction...

...gets the attention of Ann Althouse: Why shoes? There's some discussion of how shoes "will transform you into someone else...

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Big Lie Dept.

"Big Lie" theory -- i.e., that a big lie is easier to sell than a small one -- has been attributed to Josef Goebbels, among others...

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Say whuhhh?

Germany's Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, is trying to save the Euro, which task includes trying to get troubled European economies...

Blood Simple

Yes, things change: "Similar Cases" There was once a little animal, No bigger than a fox, And on five toes he scampered Over ...

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