“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men [and women] to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke When President Trump flew in for a photo-op after…
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The loudest dog I’ve ever heard is the often-neglected Labrador of the lunkheads living behind me. Their roofline slopes in the opposite direction most houses do, which means there’s a…
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Few would argue that there is a political ‘failure of imagination’ in the Western world. Without putting imagination first (contemplative insight is primary), imagination, whether in art or politics, obviously…
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If I had any doubt that woolly-headed Democrats are just as responsible as heartless Republicans for America electing this cretinous president, it was removed by a young 40-year-old man from…
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Pause and reflect on the following passage. It’s a disturbingly clear statement of a Hobbesian view of human nature, and it comes from a leading progressive commentator. It feeds into…
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As dawn broke in the east, the moon, emerging from eclipse, neared the western horizon. Across the surface of our perpetual celestial partner was etched the sharp shadow of a…
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The “path of totality” slashed across the United States from Oregon to South Carolina. In the aftermath of the celestial hype devoid of terrestrial hope, it feels like the eclipse…
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I said in a recent column that if Bernie Sanders had spoken of the urgent necessity of psychological revolution rather than incessantly calling for a political revolution, he would be…