It’s long past time to resign the great Greek philosopher’s vision of government to the ash heap of history, and yet the establishment continues to cling to something eerily close to his vision of a guardian class empowered with the noble lie. Literally everything has changed since Plato’s day, but some things remain the same…… Continue reading Plato’s Republic and the persistence of the noble lie
Month: April 2022
Progressives can’t even legalize marijuana
Democratic governance is so pathetically awful they can’t even pass a slam dunk bill that will simultaneously weaken drug cartels, reduce confrontations with police, and drive new revenue, but why should we be surprised as President Biden presides over a worst of times scenario like we’ve never seen in modern history? It’s taken for granted… Continue reading Progressives can’t even legalize marijuana
Sex Education: Progressives should explain clearly how they want this to work
The so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill should prompt an important conversation about the nature of sex education for younger children, but instead of clearly saying what they mean, as in how young they would introduce topics like sexuality and gender identity, progressives choose to malign and misdirect. Why is that? The progressive world and much… Continue reading Sex Education: Progressives should explain clearly how they want this to work
Elon Musk: Are much needed changes coming to Twitter?
The world’s richest man and self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” is now the largest shareholder of the social media platform after haranguing it as a threat to democracy for limiting speech. This isn’t a purely academic point after the platform blatantly interfered in the 2020 election. In a more rational and fair world, Twitter would be… Continue reading Elon Musk: Are much needed changes coming to Twitter?
Will Smith is whiter than I am
Somehow, some media outlets have decided that white people are to blame for the infamous slap, or at least white people are making it worse, or white people have done worse, or something, so long as everyone understands a hugely successful actor cannot be responsible for their own actions. I suppose it was inevitable that… Continue reading Will Smith is whiter than I am




