Peter Zeihan recently released one of his daily videos entitled Delusional Biden and Demented Trump. He fairly accurately captured what many of us are concerned about – “this is the best we can do?” The electorate is divided into three groups (at least) – people like Vivek Ramaswamy and MAGA Republicans who are going to…
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Trump’s Guilty Verdict
As the entire world knows by now, Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts this week. The internet is blowing up as both sides of the political divide are attempting to leverage this event into political advantage. More Spock attempts to look at things rationally rather than emotionally, but I’ll admit that one human…
Continue ReadingAdditional Thoughts on Climate Change
I recently returned from a trip to the Netherlands. When traveling around that country, one can’t help but notice the wind turbines. They are everywhere! I don’t believe there was ever a time when I couldn’t see a cluster of them on the horizon. A quick Google search revealed that there are 2,144 turbines on…
Continue ReadingThe Threat of a new Dark Age
In 409 AD, the Visigoth King Alaric began a siege that would lead to the sacking of Rome. It was the first time in 800 years that Rome had been occupied by a foreign army. Alaric didn’t stay long, choosing to move further south into Italy to continue sacking and pillaging. But another Germanic tribe,…
Continue ReadingThe Trump Bible Effect?
In 1517 Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in Wittenberg, Germany, criticizing what he considered to be corrupt practices of the Roman Catholic Church. This event would cause ripple effects in Western Civilization that are still being felt today. From the middle of the 16th century through World War I, the European royal lineages were…
Continue ReadingIs Donald Trump a Fascist?
One of the favorite narratives of left leaning media personalities is that Donald Trump is a Nazi Fascist determined to make himself America’s dictator-for-life. He does make it easy for them to paint this picture of him. Language he uses to describe illegal immigrants is not unlike Hitler’s language describing non-Aryans, especially Jews. He enjoys…
Continue ReadingImitation is Flattery
Whenever a sports team becomes dominant in its league, other teams seek to figure out the secret sauce and replicate it. When the San Francisco 49ers began to execute what they called the “West Coast offense” in the 1980s and went on to win three Super Bowl championships that decade, we began to see multiple…
Continue ReadingSome thoughts on Anti-Semitism and Islamaphobia
The Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 began another war between Israel and representatives of the Islamic world. This conflict goes all the way back to the 7th century when Muhammed began to attract followers in Mecca and Medina in what is today western Saudi Arabia. What makes this conflict a little different is…
Continue ReadingIs Ron DeSantis Right?
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida and the University System of Florida recently banned a student group called Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The pro-Palestinian group has shown solidarity with Hamas in its conflict with Israel. It has also been organizing anti-Israel protests at universities across the U.S. Is cancelling this group the correct approach?…
Continue ReadingThe Politics of Drugs and Guns
I always enjoy discovering that a political party’s platform includes obvious contradictions. The most obvious is abortion v. capital punishment. The Republican base tends to be pro-life, but pro-capital punishment. The Democrat base tends to abhor capital punishment, but is staunchly pro-choice. Life is precious…sometimes. I’ve recently come to realize that positions on 2nd Amendment…
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