After three long months it sure is cool to see the Yankees right back where they left off last season, pummeling the hapless Orioles. Sometime around the fourth or fifth inning of today’s game the topic turned to how badly players wanted to play this year, in spite of the[…] Read On
“What good is the truth if we never use it.” – Tracey Bryn ICYMI, a new poll by the Cato Institute says most people are afraid to say what’s on their minds because they might lose their friends – and their jobs. So what’s new? It’s been that way since[…] Read On
Whether you realize it or not, you’re on a path. You can look back and see exactly how you got to where you stand today. The path ahead is far more nebulous, of course, but it’s still a path. Your actions and decisions help to define it, as do all[…] Read On
I used to joke about how we’re getting to Idiocracy 500 years ahead of schedule. Now it’s no joke. Seriously. I’m almost sure that people used to have more intelligence, or at least more common sense, than they do now. Now that I look at what I just wrote, I[…] Read On
There are remarkable similarities between the Hong Kong Flu outbreak of 1968 and today’s Covid-19 pandemic, but almost nobody talks about them. Why? Things are very different today than they were back then. Things that have nothing to do with science. The National Review’s John Fund says, “ubiquitous media coverage,[…] Read On
Otter: Mrs. Wormer, I’m so glad you could come.Marion Wormer: Cut the crap. Give me a drink. The term ideology used to bring to mind great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, rare individuals who embodied a sort of purity of vision we rarely see anymore. Sadly,[…] Read On
From Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 to Idiocracy and Zombieland we’ve seen countless depictions of depressing dystopian futures. The greatest imaginations in history have told some horrific tales of what the world might someday become. They ain’t got nothing on 2020. You know how I’m always saying, “you just can’t make[…] Read On