Socialism’s Lonely Eden: Chad Ashby deals with the edenic longing that–though distorted–is hidden away in the socialist worldview. Many good observations are made here, although I would want to take it a few steps further. I don’t believe that socialism deals ineffectually with murderous Cain; I believe socialism is murderous Cain. What is the ‘Peculiar’ …
Content Cluster Muster (6.9.16)
: So What’s This About?: Lord willing, and the crik don’t rise, I hope that this will be a new weekly feature here at Mablog. At lot is going on around here, and it is sometimes easy to assume that everyone knows about what everyone actually does not know about. So everything else being equal, …
Prolegomena to Re-entry
Nancy and I just got back from a two-week vacation in Ireland late last night. We had a glorious time, and I wanted to register just a few thanks before we get back to a semblance of normal around here. And you know that by “normal,” I means posts that address the overpopulated monkey cage …
Okay, Here’s the Deal
I need to explain a few housekeeping details for the blog, information that will be relevant for the next couple of weeks. Nancy and I are getting away for a few weeks of vacay, and we may or may not have an Internet connection, I may or may not feel like blogging, and I may …
Geopolitical Trash Talk
Let me tell you a story. My ultimate purpose is to talk about the Russian jets buzzing one of our ships in a strafing formation, but first I want to tell you a story. When I was in the Navy on the USS Tusk (SS 428)– the picture attached is one of me obscuring the …
Snakes in the Arms
If you are among those who follow my son Nate’s writing, or if you are among those who ought to be following it, I have some news to roll out. Our presidential campaigns have lost their old allure, and so it is time for some diversion. Nate’s newest book, Outlaws of Time (HarperCollins), is set …
Hey All
A number of months ago we had some trouble with our Mablog app, powered by Wovax. But those problems have been addressed, and the whole thing seems to be running smoothly. If you head on down to the bottom of the right side bar, you will see that you can go to the App store …
Outlaws of Time
Very nice to see Entertainment Weekly featuring Nate’s next book, Outlaws of Time. They have an impressive book trailer posted there, along with an excerpt from the book. Coming in April. Check it out, that’s what I say.
Important Request for Feedback
All, I have heard from several of you that your subscription notices to this blog have konked out, that they are, as the French say, le dead, and are now lying on their backs in the pasture with all four hooves toward the sky. I wanted to see if this problem were limited to a …