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)

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

A Fiction Gift For You

[Two bits of news: First, my fiction colleague Margaret Ball has agreed to become a Liberty’s Torch Co-Contributor. Second, she’s pen...

Are We Rats, Or Humans?

Rats are nasty little critters. They hide in the dark, poking out to attack under cover of darkness. If confronted, they scurry away. Unle...

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Home Nursing a COVID-19 Patient - Please Read and Share

I've been promoting the value of good home nursing. As a kid, I caught EVERYTHING that came around. I missed my first 7 birthday parties...

Ultra-Quickies: A Fine Column On “The Culture Of Corona”

The day promises to be rather busy, so I probably won’t have the time to produce one of my normal encyclopedia-length tirades. However,...

Monday, April 20, 2020

Shrunken Habitats

First a quote whose relevance will initially seem obscure: “At present the universities are as uncongenial to teaching as the Moj...

Recovering From All This Mess

The country, I mean. Getting to the point that we, once again, have a functioning economy, people are once again able to make their bills wi...

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Quickies: The Tactics Of A Disloyal Opposition

How does this sound as the schematic for a “transfer of power” to a government opposed to the current one? The existing governmen...

Modeling: Uses And Abuses

Because of the atrocious abuses Americans have endured under the “authority” of what some computer model says, there have been a spate ...

Protection? Or Blatant Power Grab?

Oh, come on! It's not that hard a question! Of course many of the over the top restrictions on citizen movement are tied to state or l...

Saturday, April 18, 2020

A Few Quotes To Power A Question Of Some Importance

The novel of ideas is a largely abandoned form of expression today. In part, that ‘s because most such books won’t sell. People read fi...

Red alert.

H/t: ZeroHedge .

Friday, April 17, 2020

Concerning Those Who Were Once Called Reporters

From one of the most deeply lamented writers of times past, the late, great Algis Budrys: Time was when men of Horse Watson’s pro...

The New Sheepdom

I am thoroughly disheartened – nay, sickened — by the sheeplike behavior of so many of our countrymen. I cannot believe they think the...

If You Read Only One Thing Today…

…make it this short story. Have the Kleenex ® handy.

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Music Review: “Dreaming City”

Originality is a tough row to hoe. Not only is it appallingly easy to “allow” overused motifs and plot elements into your work without ...

Thoughts on the Sanders Endorsement of Biden

This morning, I finally got around to watching the Sanders/Biden "conversation" on Twitter. Joe's speech at the beginning see...

Desperation R Us.

I believe the market is dead. It is being hit hard by the Powell Fed Bazooka at every negative news headline (jobs, housing, pmi, etc) to ...

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Portraits

There’s a lot to talk about today – as usual at this time, mostly about the Wuhan virus and the reactions to it, both in the U.S. and a...

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Assorted

I’ve had a couple of tough days recently that have left me feeling both tired and uninspired. And you know what happens on such days, d...

Monday, April 13, 2020

Unpleasant Necessities

As some Gentle Readers will already know, I had a Catholic grammar-school education. By and large it was a good one, though the authori...

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