Monthly Archives: December 2013

The substance of what I have to say to the disadvantage of the theory and practice of universal suffrage is that it tends to invert what I should have regarded as the true and natural relation between wisdom and folly. … Continue reading →

The great Peter A. Taylor asks an interesting question over at Land’s place. Do you have a position statement somewhere on drug prohibition? I’m wondering which way the wind is blowing in these parts, and why. I left some of … Continue reading →

This is a placeholder website for the chronicling of … ‘The PC Inquisition’ isn’t too far off. Bleg from all of you to help me expand it via crowd-sourcing. The dates are not consistent, sometimes it is from the ‘offending … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas Everyone!  My prayers go out to all my comrades in dangerous places and far away from their families.  I’ll see you all on the high ground. UPDATE: SEE BELOW* For the Holiday, it seems as though the Media-Political … Continue reading →

Edward Luttwak is an extremely impressive individual who has led a profoundly interesting life.  I won’t bore you here with his extensive biography except to say briefly that he’s a geopolitical and military strategist, analyst, and adviser by trade (well, … Continue reading →

Bruce Charlton asks how, and with what pace, the West goes down, and Mangan comments. To know the answer, at least in America, it helps if you born in a place during the last phase of its legacy, post-WWII normalcy, … Continue reading →

Mickey Kaus is one of my favorite columnists.  I read Kausfiles for a decade before he left Slate to make a Quixotic run for the Senate in a bid to expand the Overton window with regards to immigration and the … Continue reading →

Over at Foseti’s place, there’s a little discussion going on in the comments which is more abstract and very tangential to his specific subject of Mandela and Progressive Chaos.  So I thought it would be best to move it over … Continue reading →

The progressives want their cities back.  They’ll look the other way to get them. New NYC Mayor Bill DiBlasio, that old supporter of Sandanista Communists (hardly alone among his contemporary peers on that score), has appointed star law enforcement chief … Continue reading →

Interpret at will.  Today, domestic oil consumption represents about 4% of the US GDP, so while a key input to the overall economy, not a great proxy for overall inflation.  Instead, I think this metric (or perhaps its first derivative) … Continue reading →