Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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Five years before anyone imagined a holiday, the Great Strike of July 1877 was the largest of its kind before or since, closer to pitched battle with dozens dead on both sides. President Hayes, however, charted a moderate course, establishing views about worker’s rights and the role of the federal government that continue to this… Continue reading Labor Day, Rutherford B. Hayes, and first battle for worker’s rights
Is your beloved dog really excited about a treat or is looking excited simply an evolutionary strategy to get more treats? How about our own emotions, can they be as selfish or even more so? Our greyhound, Rosie, is by all outward appearances a very happy dog most of the time, literally hopping with excitement… Continue reading The dogs we love, the emotions they might or might not experience, and what it means for ourselves
“The oldest hath borne most; we that are young. Shall never see so much nor live so long.” It might be easy to believe that we’re beyond these challenges four centuries later, but how many times have you heard that the future is going to be worse than the past these days? William Shakespeare’s King… Continue reading Shakespeare’s King Lear and the limits of power in the modern world
Why would any rational human being planning a political campaign believe people outside the Democrat bubble are feeling anything resembling joy? This is joy as some kind of mass delusion or projection, a mind virus rather than a serious political movement. Previously, I have opined that describing political matters as joyous or infused with joy… Continue reading This new “politics of joy” is extremely weird
Perhaps it was compiling a collection of unreleased songs in 1998 that inspired Springsteen to enter the second half of his career, rejuvenated and reinvented after what most consider a moribund 1990’s. There’s a lesson here, about life’s ups and downs, finding the future in the past, letting things go, hoping they come back, and… Continue reading Springsteen’s “Loose Ends” and the songs that got away
Under anything resembling normal circumstances, the spectacle of a massive protest by members of the Democrat Party outside the Democrat National Convention would garner at least a few words, but the need to buttress the largely false narrative of joy and unity overwhelms honesty and integrity. To hear the mainstream media tell it, the Democrat… Continue reading The DNC’s prevailing narrative is so far from the truth it might as well be a broadcast from another dimension
Sherry won’t abandon her mother, and the speaker is either stuck with the three of them jammed into the same small car, or he can move on, hoping to catch the eye of one of those “girls melting on the beach,” but the Vice President doesn’t have that option when it comes to casting off… Continue reading Biden’s “Sherry Darling” moment at the DNC because Governor Walz is such a Springsteen fan
The media wants you to think of the current race as something akin to a prime 2008 Barack Obama battling a beleaguered 2016 Donald Trump. The one is the candidate of all our hopes, dreams, and aspirations. The other is completely unhinged, bitter, angry, and unfit. Both are serious cases of projection... “The lady doth… Continue reading The Democrats and the media are still scared shitless of Trump
Our ancestors were complete bad asses that remained confident even a country torn by war would be reunited under our established principles. They bequeathed this history to us, but we can’t figure out how to do something as simple as balance the budget or come to a meaningful compromise on abortion. Rutherford B. Hayes isn’t… Continue reading Rutherford B. Hayes and the crazy bad asses we are descended from
It can’t be a coincidence that one of the most famous and revered actors of his generation made a name for himself playing three different versions of the same character in less than five years. What was the audience – and critics – at the time responding to that such a character resonated so well? … Continue reading Jack Nicholson and the modern tragedy of the misfit who shouldn’t be in Five Easy Pieces, The Last Detail, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 