It’s not a democracy

Again, I repeat the statement I first made in 2003. Hillary Clinton will be the next president. Those who point out that she can’t win because she can’t get enough delegates don’t understand that the entire purpose of the superdelegates is to shut down the democratic primary process: With neither candidate able to get the […]

Of red flags and cows

A Voice From the Herd moos about the end justifying the means… because it’s for the children, of course: I went at Vox Day for his inhuman attitude towards a phone call from an abused teenager. It appears that the call could be a hoax, even so I think the authorities had to err on […]

Vaccininity

A cow emotes fearfully about insufficient herd immunity: Of course, I recognize that people have a right to abide by their conscience, and I would not want public health officials to force children to be vaccinated. I just think that people who are unvaccinated, unless they have a legitimate medical reason for same, should not […]

The Fed and the Depression

Ben Bernanke defies the common Keynesian position: It was in large part to improve the management of banking panics that the Federal Reserve was created in 1913. However, as Friedman and Schwartz discuss in some detail, in the early 1930s the Federal Reserve did not serve that function. The problem within the Fed was largely […]

Secular dogma

In case you still can’t figure out how purely secular dogma can be every bit as repressive and bizarre as religious dogma, here’s what the good Chinese atheists are up to now: Offending content included “wronged spirits and violent ghosts, monsters, demons, and other inhuman portrayals, strange and supernatural storytelling for the sole purpose of […]

This is Vox Day

Yesterday, David Frum asked “Who is Vox Day?” The answer is: “The guy who is going to metaphorically kick your impolitic and economically ignorant ass, my dear sir.” It’s nothing personal, of course, that’s just how we roll. Frum has no economics training and it shows, as his charge that Ron Paul is “too lazy […]

Can’t keep a good book down

In China it is known as the “sacred doctrine” and it has become one of the country’s bestselling books. Yet it has nothing to do with the thoughts of Chairman Mao and its teachings have been in conflict with the forces of Communism for generations. Demand for the Bible is soaring in China, at a […]

The Tawana Principle

If a member of a self-declared minority reports a “hate crime” that is enthusiastically covered by the mainstream media, it is a hoax perpetrated by a member of that minority, usually the “victim” who reported it: A firefighter who reported finding a knotted rope and a threatening note with a drawing of a noose in […]

Deport them all

The elite are never going to convince Americans that transforming themselves into North Mexicans is desirable. The more non-Americans that are forced on the citizenry, the more likely it is that extreme measures will eventually be adopted. History suggests that the choices are to either a) deport them now, or, b) do very bad things […]

Scrub, scrub, Lady MacAtheist

The defensiveness of atheists about the most obvious, easily verifiable historical facts is really quite striking. Consider Ed Darrell’s absurdly ignorant statement here: Then please show us where Lenin ever said anything about Darwin. It’s more likely Lenin was simply following the example of the Spanish Inquisition, having learned from Christian history the value of […]