I need to make a couple of corrections on things that I know I have said or written over the years, but am not exactly sure where and when. The first has to do with The Webster Bible, one put together by the great American lexicographer, Noah Webster. Many years ago, I had read somewhere …
Brain Glitch and Correction
Important correction: In a couple of responses to the Meet the Press segment, I responded to a comment by Brandy Sullivan on how our candidates were roundly defeated in the last couple of city council elections. In effect, I responded by saying that we didn’t have any candidates running, and so there. But I was …
Quick Retraction
In a recent one of my Plodcasts (discussing the possible overturning of Roe), I said that after the Supremes voted on Obergefell, a lot of pressure was applied to Kennedy, which caused him to subsequently flip. This was a howler on my part. That is what happened in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. I made that …
A Brief Word With My Past Self
Back in 2015, I said this, and it has recently been drawn to my attention by a few of you. For examples of that, see today’s Letters section. In addition, Warren Throckmorton has speculated that I changed my mind because I saw a golden opportunity to ride a wave of conservative discontent. Here is the …
Would There Have Been Civil Government Without the Fall?
Correction: There is an error in the sentence below, which I have struck from the essay: "Rutherford distinguishes “power of government and power of government by magistracy” (Q2, emphasis mine). ...
Devoured by Cannabis
Introduction: The ongoing push to legalize recreational marijuana in all fifty states is a very clever juke move on the part of the progressive left. It certainly looks like an expansion of personal liberty, but it doesn’t smell that way at all. Liberty smells like crisp mountain air, right next to a glacier-fed lake. Legalized …
Postscript
Last Monday I wrote about Minneapolis Burning, and I need to add an additional qualifier to what I said there. The article got a lot of traction, and there was one section in it which was a frequently cited pull quote — which is where the qualification needs to be made. This is what I …
Not That Simple
Introduction: Within the last few weeks, Scott Clark circulated a quote from Southern Slavery as It Was, and then Anthony Bradley retweeted it. As a consequence, that whole business got chased around the ...
Where Cain Got His Wife, and Other Issues Related to the 2020 Election
Introduction: There is a difference between an argument with premises and a conclusion, on the one hand, and an argument with loud voices and no prospect of resolution on the other. Whenever someone is simply committed to their position, facts be damned, it is probably the wisest course of action to save your breath for …
Trump as Chemo Man
Introduction: Now that the Mueller report has been turned in, and it does not appear that any new heads will roll, and we are witnessing a reprise of Election Night Horror with leftists sobbing, I thought that this would be a good time to present my thoughts on Trump that have been gestating for some …