Is “out” philosophy of power sheer cynicism or is it brutal historical fact where there is no God but power, imperial Roman power, redux? Appearance, reality. Unreality. We see one thing, reality is so often another. America the fantasy, the American psyche. Consider Los Angeles, where — to cite but one instance— Marilyn Monroe still… Read More Politics As Spectacle: Beyond Good and Evil in America
Elderly pro-life activist sentenced to over two years in prison under FACE Act (CNA) Joan Andrews Bell, a 76-year-old Catholic and pro-life activist, has been sentenced to over two years in prison for her involvement in a “rescue” at a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic. In addition to Bell, three other activists — Jean Marshall, 74,… Read More Elderly pro-life activist sentenced under ‘Freedom’ of Access Act
Jason Whitlock. Jason Lee Whitlock (born April 27, 1967) is an American sports columnist, podcaster, and former football player. He hosts a program for the conservative media company Blaze Media titled Fearless with Jason Whitlock. Whitlock is a former columnist at The Kansas City Star, AOL Sports, Foxsports.com, and ESPN. He was a radio personality for WHB and KCSP sports stations in the Kansas City area. Whitlock played Division… Read More Evangelical Sports Columnist and Activist Call Out “Catholic” President
Note: American “freedom” and “liberty” have always been ambiguous, dangerous concepts. Thomas Jefferson, I’m convinced, crypto-jacobin that he was(1), was happy to have it that way. Well his chickens have come home to roost. There’s enough truth in the following for me to agree with its main thrusts. I will not vote for either of… Read More Neither Biden or Trump
For some reason I thought it was another book about our frivolous TV shows and general culture (Seinfeld, Larry David’s vicious Curb Your Enthusiasm —pick your nonsense— and I already knew this about the culture. But then things got darker. Very recently I somehow bumped into this reading. I listened. I couldn’t have been more… Read More I’ve had the book for decades. But I never read it. “Shows About Nothing.”
America in the balance. Updated. The Supreme Court is poised to take on the unprecedented question of whether a little-known provision of the Constitution, written in the aftermath of the Civil War, can bar Trump from running and scramble the election in 2024. All the polling to date suggests that Donald Trump is likely to… Read More Opinion. Should Donald Trump be Barred From the Ballot? Here is the Argument.
“Political analysts used to say that the Democratic Party was riding a demographic wave that would lead to an era of dominance. But that “coalition of the ascendant” never quite jelled. The party did benefit from a rise in nonwhite voters and college-educated professionals, but it has also shed voters without a college degree. All… Read More Happy Faces. Joe, Mika and Rachel Won’t Admit it Publicly, But Democrats Are Seriously Infighting
Ron Paul. “On the eve of what was to be a highly-scripted visit by President Biden to Israel and Jordan, an apparent bombing of a hospital in Gaza tore the plan to shreds as anger at Israel and the US exploded in the region. The Arab leaders he was scheduled to meet in Jordan all… Read More Biden’s Highly Scripted & Disastrous Middle East Trip.
April 4, 2005 In Defense of John Paul II, Peacemaker Justin Raimondo Antiwar.com Unfazed by the antiwar demonstrations that thronged the streets of London on the eve of war with Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was more concerned with the Pope’s disapproval as he prepared to meet with the Holy Father. After all, this was the… Read More Pope John Paul II’s Opposition to the Iraq War
Catholic Critique 