Author: Christian Twiste

Reminder: Progressives do not get to decide what’s right and wrong, and other lessons from Jackson’s handling of the first nullification crisis

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Andrew Jackson

America has already had this argument and it has already been soundly rejected, legally and at the bloody point of a gun during the Civil War.  In fact, three decades before the war itself, President Andrew Jackson confronted this very same thinking during the first nullification crisis. To hear Democrats and their progressive allies tell… Continue reading Reminder: Progressives do not get to decide what’s right and wrong, and other lessons from Jackson’s handling of the first nullification crisis

Progressives go full Apocalypse Now

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full apocalypse now

It’s hard to believe we are less than six months from the targeted assassination of Charlie Kirk.  Back then, turning down the rhetoric was all the rage, but now everyone loves the smell of napalm in the morning. “I love the smell of napalm in the morning,” exclaims Lieutenant Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now as… Continue reading Progressives go full Apocalypse Now

A modest proposal: Is it time to bring back the Darwin Awards?

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Darwin Awards

If you set aside the politics, picking up a flashbang grenade in attempt to throw it at law enforcement officers, begging them to shoot you, driving cars into them, and putting your hands on them while packing heat are decidedly not smart things to do. Let me start by saying in no uncertain terms that… Continue reading A modest proposal: Is it time to bring back the Darwin Awards?

Either progressives truly think this is a war or they have officially lost their minds

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Are we witnessing “The Battle for Minneapolis” as The New Yorker claimed or “Our Gettysburg Moment” as The Bulwark had it, or are progressives simply so far gone they see no danger in taunting men they described as poorly trained thugs with guns? To hear Democrats and their progressive allies tell it, President Donald Trump’s… Continue reading Either progressives truly think this is a war or they have officially lost their minds

Democrats in Minnesota and elsewhere desperately need a lesson in the nature of power

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Presidential Power

Contrary to the conventional wisdom, President Trump cannot simply allow his political adversaries to dictate his actions.  No President has ever done so, and none ever will.  Full disclosure:  I wrote most of this post before the second ICE shooting left a man dead in Minneapolis less than a month after the first on Saturday… Continue reading Democrats in Minnesota and elsewhere desperately need a lesson in the nature of power

Greenland’s strategic importance has been beyond dispute for decades, the only question is how to secure its future

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Greenland

At this point, if anyone truly believes either Denmark or the broader European Union can be trusted to safeguard Greenland against Russia and China, there’s an old expression about a bridge for sale.  In season two of Netflix’ of The Diplomat, the potential for Russia to launch a sneak attack against the United States by… Continue reading Greenland’s strategic importance has been beyond dispute for decades, the only question is how to secure its future

Democrats against democracy

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By almost any definition, democracies are based on the government implementing the will of the people as expressed in elections, but the people have spoken and suddenly, that will must be denied by any means necessary.  In the history of American politics, few things were more clear than President Donald Trump’s pledge to conduct mass… Continue reading Democrats against democracy

Stranger Things and the limits of the nostalgia mashup

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It’s hard to build a solid foundation culling almost exclusively from other people’s work, then attempting to redefine it as something more than it was ever intended for, transforming the joy of nostalgia into a fantasy epic. I’ll start by being honest:  I always thought Stranger Things was at least a little overrated.  As a… Continue reading Stranger Things and the limits of the nostalgia mashup

Violence is rarely a good strategy, but it’s even worse when facing President Trump

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President Trump Outrage

While politics ain’t beanbag as they say, if you are going to go so hardcore that you demand blood and insist people get shot for the cause, you better be sure it’s going to work.  Earlier this week, I opined that the Democrat’s political strategy was to foment violence and it was the only leverage… Continue reading Violence is rarely a good strategy, but it’s even worse when facing President Trump

David Lynch’s Wild at Heart and the birth of 90’s cinema

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Wild at Heart

While no one was likely aware this almost forgotten, near-masterwork would serve to revitalize the neo-noir genre, the story of a young couple on the run from mysterious forces helped define 90’s movies from True Romance to Pulp Fiction. Two young lovers, one of them with a dubious past, are on the run, traveling across… Continue reading David Lynch’s Wild at Heart and the birth of 90’s cinema