Prolegomena to the Preamble to the Introduction: I suppose I need to say, right at the outset, that this blog post is something of a beast. You might say it is a little hefty. But this happened for ...
Coming This Summer
I will have a good deal to say about this in the weeks to come, but I wanted to make one crucial point before the day was over. It is a point that will have to be made repeatedly, so we might as well start making it now. All the conservatives who condemned this last …
Illegitimate Times
Introduction: So it is looking as though one way or another we are going to have to learn how to live under a government we believe to be at bottom illegitimate. And that looks to be the case no matter ...
The Bat Guano Chronicles
Introduction: Remember when you were a kid, and your sister was going to have a birthday party, and you wanted to help by blowing up balloons? But you weren’t that good at it yet, and so occasionally you would get one up to the requisite size, but then your fingers would slip, and the balloon …
Why Believing the Election Was a Fraud Can Be Key to Your Future Prayer Life
Introduction: Yes, I know. This one should hold your interest, at least for a bit. A metaphor for an incoming Biden administration . . . Among conservative Christians who are politically ...
Reflections on a Pig’s Breakfast Presidential Maneuver
Introduction: If you will allow me, I would like to share a few snapshot thoughts of where we currently are. As I write this, the president has not conceded, the Electoral College has not yet done its thing, although they are about to, and the inauguration of Biden has not occurred. The disputing continues, in …
On the Lookout for a Sane Lesser Magistrate
Introduction: It will no doubt be said, by some observers anyhow, that I can’t quite make up my mind. It will be said by others that I have adopted as my motto “the dwarves are for the dwarves,” and have taken to shooting both Calormene soldiers and horses. And a third group will speculate that …
A Grease Spot on the Garage Floor
A Round-Up on Electoral Fraud: Introduction: Last Friday, I tweeted this little something: Pennsylvania reportedly issued 1.8M mail-in ballots, and in the presidential race they took in 2.5M of them. I believe that the conclusion is undeniable, which is that I am doing that white supremacy math thing again.— Douglas Wilson (@douglaswils) November 27, 2020 …
7 Reasons Why the President Would Be Out of His Mind to Concede Anything Right Now
Introduction: Math is hard, but only for some. Math doesn’t care about your feelings, and math feels free to mess with anyone’s deluded opinions as much as it wants to. I am speaking here of “math,” but being a math bigot from the old school, I hasten to add that I was referring of course …
A Primer in Basic Electoral Skepticism
As you entertain doubts about the integrity of this last election, as well you should, you should not be looking at those things which you cannot see, but rather at the things you can see. Don’t be that guy who thinks that a loss for his candidate necessarily means the other side cheated. It doesn’t …