…the military tends to wind up as the canary in the coal mine for the social experimentation and draconian rules our Elites hope to perform on the rest of us. That’s because the rest of us are (at present) shielded by the system of checks and balances from the direct dictatorial control our Elites long to weild against us “for our own good”. The military, however, is largely unshielded from such dictatorial control because the Prez is commander in chief.... Read more

I know you must get tons of mail. I hope this question was not offensive in any way. I realize after the last blog that you are becoming more and more political. That’s ok. Don’t get me wrong. But, I prefer the Chesterton-like dissection of the minutiae of the news of the day to the anger/frustration rantlike skewering of Republican politicians. It stirs the pot, I guess. In the comment box, the Democrats applaud you and the Conservatives skewer you.... Read more

The Dutch continue to make the strongly persuasive case that the savage benighted European needs to be evangelized by the merciful enlightened culturally superior Christian missionary from the global south. Read more

…the normal rules don’t apply to you because it is an illusion that we have the same rights as our elites. If somebody exercises their free speech rights by, say, calling me a fat slob who hates America and wants to kill babies (as sometimes happens in my comboxes), I cannot send government goons to arrest and detain them, because I am an ordinary slob like you and am not more equal than you are. I can boot you from... Read more

about the “Charlie Brown Christmas” special. I owe my conversion, in part, to this goofy little cartoon.  God bless Charles Schulz. Read more

…is just part of the hip, edgy vibe. After all, it’s cool, just so long as you are the Right Sort of Roman. Lefty Moral Dudgeon is a Festival of Selective Hypocrisy. Read more

Dave Weigel on what to expect if Paul actually threatens to upset the status quo in DC: Paul is in a curious place—a three-time presidential candidate who has barely been vetted by the media. He’s been the GOP’s proudest anti-war, anti-torture voice for four years. That position has earned him soft interviews with Jay Leno, and countless segments on The Daily Show. If Paul wins Iowa, that stops. The conservative press, which has been bored but hostile to Paul all... Read more

So America needs the sober judgment and time-tested humility of Newt Gingrich.  Here is a new online game that helps to educate people on the stable wisdom and modesty of the GOP’s greatest living elder statesman. Do your civic duty and prostrate yourself before him before he steals the moon, ignites the atmosphere or unleashes his mutant breed of half-human Legions of Terror! Here’s his new campaign theme, which won the hearts of three different wives! Read more

(…assuming I have some) Happy Hanukkah whenever your sundown occurs this evening!  Mazeltov! Read more

A reader was at a hockey game last night: There was a bad hit that sent a boy into the boards.  He was flat out and not moving.   Then his body began convulsing.   It was horrible.   Pray that the boy is ok and recovers.  Pray for the boy that hit him.   Pray for all there. Father, hear our prayer that this boy would be all right and come to complete healing.  Give skill to his caregivers and grace, strength and... Read more