Affirmation of one’s own superiority by punishing inferiors is an addictive pleasure. It requires ever stronger, purer doses of infliction, and is inherently beyond satisfaction. - Angelo Codevilla“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of…
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Fascinating Explication
Angelo Codevilla is opining on the current moment. And it's fascinating. Progressivism’s foundational proposition—that the American way of life suffers from excessive freedom and insufficient latitude for experts to lead each into doing what is best for all—…
RIP Gale Sayers
Middle school boys are not big criers in movies. But we all cried in the early 1970's the first time we watched Brian's Song. Now Gale has gone the way of his friend Brian Piccolo. May he rest in peace.…
Whatever for?
Black Lives Matter Org Deletes About Page Calling for ‘Disruption’ of Nuclear FamilySocial media users noticed Monday the controversial Black Lives Matter organization — the radical business behind the “social justice” movement […]Tré Goins-PhillipsFaithwire…
Persistence
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated…
So. True.
Being popular with the media: same thing.…
Don't Trust Facebook
Unless you're comfortable being intrusively surveilled, you should not use Facebook/Instagram applications. Go through a web browser if you need to use their services. But don't install their apps.…
Honoring No One Except Ourselves
If every person commemorated for exceptional achievement is to be pulled down from his plinth because he is subsequently found to have been less than a saint (according to current conceptions of sanctity), we shall end up honoring no one…