After I linked to “why women live longer,” someone helpful sent this picture-spread riposte on women drivers. But all I can see are the cars. Don’t see any drivers at all.
Important Update
I am quite pleased with how the archives feature works now. As I added categories over time, my cyber-basement turned into quite a rats’ nest. But now (although the archives by date feature still works the same way), I have placed the posting categories into broader categories which should make navigation a breeze. Although I …
French Fries and Diet Coke
Just got a card in the mail that breathlessly announced to me that a bunch of Bill Sali’s campaign war chest, not to mention that of Robert Vasquez, comes from “out of state special interests.” Whoa. That’s bad, we are supposed to think. Then the thought comes, who was kind enough to get word of …
Gluttony
As we address the subject of gluttony, we must begin with an important qualificataion. This short essay is not about that second helping of mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving. At the same time, the issues here remain important ones. Gluttony does not refer to a desire to eat and drink, but rather to an inordinate desire. …
They Feel Good All Over
“Like most modern tyrannies, the dictatorship of the politically correct has freely used and abused the rhetoric of virtue in its effort to enforce conformity and silence dissent. This is part of what makes it so seductive. How gratifying to know that one is automatically on the side of Virtue simply because one espouses the …
The Idols of Pluralism
“Properly understood, pluralism is simply another name for polytheism. When we say ‘pluralism,’ what does the plurality refer to? The answer is, to a plurality of authoritative voices, the Babel of competing divine voices, all saying what we ought to do. Because this situation creates a potential for civic trouble, the powers that be impose …
No Such Thing As Art In General
“Art is a discipline rooted in a specific culture.” [E. Christian Kopff, The Devil Knows Latin (Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 1999), p. 24]
And Kind of Obvious Too
I am greatly indebted to Sister Toldjah for a fantastic Thomas Sowell quote. “It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.”
Free the Goldfish!
“Creativity is possible only as the final stage in a long, rigorous absorption of the teachings and discoveries of the past. The last thing we need for the future of our country or of our young people is one more lunatic smashing goldfish bowls in order to free the goldfish” [E. Christian Kopff, The Devil …
Trying to Fit In
“In the nineteenth century, secular education was established because many Christians were fatally persuaded of the myth of neutrality. They were told that there were many areas of life that could be studied apart from any reference to the authority of Scripture. They accepted the pluralistic nature of American public life, not as a social …