America
Critical Race Theory and Hussein Obama
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi. I was reading the words of probably [more…]
Politics
America
An Antidote to Political Correctness in Schools – WALK!
We’ve all heard about the newest insult to our lives and our children. I refer, of course, to the growing adoption of “Critical Race Theory” as part of public school curriculum. Why should we be [more…]
Authoritarianism
Veg Growing In A Pandemic (Is Enough Ever Enough)
Firstly, let’s get something out of the way. I never was a violent man. Even in my youth, when a “scrap” was seen as a rite of passage, I did my level best to avoid [more…]
Arts
Book Review: Honest, Not Invent
Stanislav, a young Polish plumber, in reality a creation of blogger Ismael Smith, now sadly no longer with us. His comments first appeared below the line in the place we don’t speak of, and subsequently [more…]
America
Ashli Babbitt – Remember her name
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. [more…]
Arts
Film Review: The Third Man
The Third Man is a wonderfully evocative, innovative, and fascinating film, directed by Carol Reed with the screenplay by Graham Greene, set in the dystopian ruins and chaos of immediate post-WW2 Vienna, which at that [more…]
Authoritarianism
So……….. Why do our Political & Corporatist Classes love Chyyyyna?
In a recent Spectator article, Niall Ferguson worried about the infatuation that the ruling class of the West have for the Chinese system of governance & their clear desire to imitate it. Unfortunately, he fails [more…]
America
Victory or Surrender?
“You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth.” Winston Churchill. I love a lot of Winston Churchill’s sayings, but the one above fits the subject of this blog today pretty [more…]
America
Notes from a briefing paper discussed under Chatham Rule
Chatham Rule Named after Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs), which introduced the rule in 1927: “When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to [more…]