Introduction: I believe it to be generally acknowledged that I am an easy-going fellow. For example, it has been some years now, and I don’t think any one of you has seen me complaining about when we started calling babysitters caregivers. See? Go along get along. And I think that part of the reason I …
The Headwaters of Our Confusion
“Because we tried to eliminate the sin of racial prejudice in public spaces without grasping that central distinction [between a sin and a crime], we have ended up mandating the commission of sin in public spaces. Essaying to stamp out one sin, we have made another sin, one that is far worse than racial prejudice, …
That Seems Important
Back When We Could Carry a Tune
“It is now avant-garde jazz played with the fists, but America used to play its songs in C Major” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 134).
Or Mayo
“So, for the present, now that we are no longer in the grip of ‘anti-gay h8,’ water is commanded to flow uphill, by order of the Supreme Court, and triangles must have four sides, by order of Congress. On top of that, the president has recently signed an executive order determining that ham and cheese …
Idaho Horse Racing
For my Idaho readers, we have a measure on the ballot coming up in a few weeks that would reboot Idaho horse racing. What shall we make of that? The measure (Prop 1) would set a minimum number for horse races, would allow betting on those races, and would allow the installation of horse-race-betting machines …
Meum & Tuum
“We . . . live in a time when the social justice gimme, gimme graspers have a poorer understanding of property rights than a dog with a chew toy does” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 129).
Gayer Than a Stack of Lavender Pancakes
When a local emporium, what should know better, displays a book like what you see there to your right, the public of course gets to take a look at it, and I gets to comment on it. Back when I was young, when you wanted to confuse people about which sex you were seeking to …
Trying to Finish the Letters Feature
A Different Pence Rule: “If your imagination is not up to it, I have supplied a useful graphic.” Has anyone ever seen Mike Pence and Race Bannon in the same room at the same time? No? I didn’t think so. There! Image fixed! ; – ) Jason Jason, except that I don’t know who Race …
Dialing Way Back
“Because there is absolutely no way to get in with the cool kids so long as you remain in any way in clear opposition to the sexual revolution, they have begun the process of dialing everything way back” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 128).