“But in the society we actually have, in this chaotic place where the Gramscians have brought us, our arbiters of approved speech insist that they be the only ones allowed to shock, and that we be the ones to be dutifully shocked. In response to this proposed arrangement, I cheerfully refuse. I refuse to accept their authority in any of this, and I fully intend to make sure that they get an opportunity to eat their own cooking.”
Dealing With Apostrophe’s
Ladies Present
“You cannot fight for the right of women to swear like weaving sailors, and then, if you find they have heard something untoward, have them pull away their petticoats.”
You Know, That Thing
“In addition, and running concurrently with all of this, we have had unrelenting mockery for those uptight conservatives who have, for decades, been protesting the coarsening effects of all of the above. They are, of course, puritanical . . . They started having their censorious problems back when Elvis swiveling and doing that thing with his leg.”
How Dare You, Sir?
“Lo, another river of lava. The thing that is actually taboo is not the language, but rather the criticism of women by a man.”
Late May Letters Late in May
Letter to the Editor: The catch in all of this AI business is that the bots will be demanding minimum wage and then some in short order.You see, these bots, they have owners, who have investors, ...
A Diamond-Studded Turd
The Occasion for Writing About This: Last week, as we were enjoying another round of "Christ is King" posturing, a thought occurred to me, and so I went ahead and tweeted it. And when I tweet my observations, ...
Two Feather Hobbits
“I don’t mean to pick on English departments today, but if the head of such a department at some soft Christian college has a bumper sticker that says “Not All Who Wander Are Lost,” and the background of the bumper sticker is decorated with stardust, and the driver of this particular Volvo things my language here is intemperate, injudicious, and unbecoming a Christian minister, then what we are actually dealing with is a cowardly refusal to read the situation. And I don’t care if he is published and has tenure. I don’t care if he is a two-feather hobbit.”
And That’s How It Happened
As Swift as Anything
“Shall I praise you for this checklist mentality? Wisdom is pursuing you, friend, but you are fleet of foot.”