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)

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Quickies: The Feminization Of The Military

I hope you can endure one more left-liberal atrocity, Gentle Reader, because if I don’t post something about this, my head might just e...

Quickies: Groupthink Engineering

Given the pieces below, you might be wondering how on Earth the famously individualistic, free-thinking and free-speaking American citi...

Quickies: A Not-Unintended Consequence

Charles Hill brings some, ah, meat for the grill: This turned up over at Interested-Participant, along with the note that “it seems ...

Quickies: The Attack Interview

Tom Clancy put an excellent depiction of this sort of “interview” in his novel Executive Orders. Broadly, the “interviewer” either con...

Quickies: “Whose Side Are You On, Girls?”

If there’s a single certainty about American feminist activism, it’s that the activist will not allow a prominent woman to disavow fem...

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Creeping Totalitarianism Part 2: Present And Future

“Romney didn’t win, did he?” – The Dishonorable Harry Reid Yesterday’s emission was one of many that started from the David French a...

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Creeping Totalitarianism Report

This disturbing article from David French demonstrates factual reporting as it was once practiced: “They came with a battering r...

Conversations

CSO: How’d you like the pot roast? FWP: Terrific. Tender and flavorful. CSO: God bless our slow cooker. FWP: You know, whether animal...

Monday, April 20, 2015

Cage, Convert, or Kill

I am not a smart man. I’m not just quoting Forrest Gump – I’m not a smart man, but I repeat myself. Maybe that is why I appreciate si...

The Political Means

In Franz Oppenheimer’s seminal 1908 work The State, he drew a sharp partition between two means for gaining sustenance and security. T...

Sunday, April 19, 2015

The Decline Of The Emissionaries

The “Battle of the Bulge” effect has been prominent in the entertainment media of late, specifically with regard to the promotion of pr...

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Quickies: Federal Educational Coercion

The indefatigable Sara Noble writes about the heavy hand of Washington descending upon New York public schools: There are 124 publi...

Quickies: “Brothers”

No doubt you’ve heard about the Good Samaritan who, seeing a mob of teenagers descend violently upon an elderly white woman, was then ...

Quickies: SF Pussies

What has become of the once individualist and manly science fiction reader? There's big trouble at Stevenson College in Cali...

Quickies: The Compact And Unified Church Of The Left

Apparently, someone at BoingBoing tweeted the following: I find it hilarious – and penetrating. The Left, however, has no sen...

Friday, April 17, 2015

Repression And Rebellion

Commentator and television host Greg Gutfeld notes an important development today: Hosted by Kevin Hart, guests on the Comedy Ce...

Thursday, April 16, 2015

The Agony And The Irony

No, this won’t be about Michelangelo, and anyway, I’m no Irving Stone. I’ve been working, fitfully, on Statesman, the fifth segm...

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