Introduction: To hear some people talk about it, the rambunctious state of politics in the English-speaking world is merely about the various presenting issues—as in, whatever the next vote is going to be about. And of course, in some sense we have to grant that the issue, whatever it is, is the issue. But the …
Viewing the NQN 2019 Game Film
Introduction: Well then, we have completed our second edition of No Quarter November, and with none of the support staff being hurt or maimed in any way. And as you may recall, last year I followed up all the NQN doings with a post mortem, which you can read here. The salient questions were, at …
Electronically Dispatched Missives
Letter to the Editor: Last day of NQN coincides with last day to hunt with a rifle where I live. Coincidence?! Jordan -- Doug responds: Jordan, total coincidence, or ...
Exceptions and Loopholes
Introduction: The downward spiral we are now riding when it comes to sexual ethics did not begin with Obergefell. It did not begin in the homosexual enclaves and bath houses. Homosexuals did not want ...
The Voice of Modest Experience
“Rourke had delivered at least three babies in the back seats of cars and taxi cabs, and thought he was qualified to assert that there was nothing whatever that was natural about it. It was the craziest thing in the world. Women were the kind of people that people came out of, for crying out loud, and he thought it was the kind of thing best monitored by world-class doctors and sophisticated electronic gear, maintained closely by teams of nurses with graduate degrees in astrophysics. But that was just his opinion.”
Tuesday Again?
Letter to the Editor: When I read your post “Idiocracy,” the first person to pop into my mind was Bart Ehrman. Maybe it was his recent discussion with Peter Williams that brought ...
On Making a Duck
This installment on chapter 5 of Beyond Authority and Submission will be quite brief. It should be sufficient to point out that not only is Rachel Miller not laying any groundwork that will help establish her thesis, but she has gone above and beyond the call of duty, and has been kind enough to blow …
Preeminently Stampedable
Introduction: The inimitable Iowahawk recently tweeted this: “Campuses today are a theatrical mashup of 1984 and Lord of the Flies, performed by people who don't understand these references.” ...
Letters from the Four Corners
Letter to the Editor: Amen, and amen!! I used to be white, but then I did some work outdoors. Now I'm a redneck. In all seriousness--which is hard to do after that laugh-inducing piece--have ...
So Many Bowls of Tapioca at Room Temperature
Introduction: I believe that perhaps I should start with the least controversial part of my thesis here today, which is that a good deal of what we see around us in today’s culture is the result ...