On Historical Responsibility

So let me get this straight. The Dixie Chicks had to change their names because “Dixie” has a historical association with slavery. Confederate flags are banned because of a historical association with slavery. A fraternity can’t have an “antebellum” party because of a historical association with slavery. Statues of Robert E. Lee are being toppled…

Things Look Better With Gaslight

People have been pushing the claim below, that BurnLootMurder and the Auntie Fascists (the fascists who are ludicrously calling themselves “Antifa”) are mostly holding peaceful demonstrations, NOT riots. They say the demonstrations are “93% peaceful” … However, it wasn’t clear to me what “peaceful” meant and thus what the numbers meant, hence this post. And…

Black Lies Matter

On this lovely Juneteenth day, I’d like to celebrate how far-sighted and prescient Mr. Booker T. Washington was. Over a hundred years ago, in his 1911 book My Larger Education, he perfectly described the situation today with Black Lives Matter and other related movements: “There is another class of coloured people who make a business…

A Letter Smuggled Out From The Berkeley Gulag

I present the following letter as I found it. I cannot verify its authenticity. However, it was also sent directly by the author to two people I follow online, Thomas Sowell and Wilfred Reilly. I believe it is genuine. Regardless of authorship, I can absolutely verify its veracity. Read to the end. Best to all,…

Inactivism

I gotta confess, I enjoy watching sports of all kinds. I like to see people doing things that even they might think are impossible. And as a result, I’ve been saddened by the recent controversy with football players refusing to stand for the National Anthem. It started with Colin Kaepernick, shown below, and has spread…