Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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No one should be under the illusion the debt ceiling deal does anything except increase spending. Even if Congress follows the terms of the bill, spending will continue to grow every year and total debt will continue to increase with no viable prospect to achieve anything near a balanced budget. Last week, the Great Debt… Continue reading Debt ceiling winners, losers, and random thoughts on our fiscal future
The past is memory, memory is a ghost and also a dream, the dream is a lie, and yet we still cannot stop ourselves from trying. “The River” isn’t a happy song, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility of redemption in some unforeseen future. Bruce Springsteen’s “The River” isn’t a happy song. The music, complete… Continue reading Springsteen’s “The River” and the ghost of redemption
There are always going to people who have things you don’t, whether by birth or achievement. There is value instead in being grounded – knowing who you are, what you are capable of, your strengths and weaknesses and the like. The Bulimia Project recently asked three Artificial Intelligence Image Generators to create their vision of… Continue reading Unpopular opinion: Beauty standards are supposed to be unrealistic, that’s the point
Adidas chooses men to model women’s swimwear, Target has Satanists designing Pride apparel and another company pushing children’s swimsuits with different crotches for potential trans kids, and the LA Dodgers invite an anti-Christian drag show to perform before a game. What are us “normals” missing? These days almost every day brings with it a new… Continue reading Corporate America seems intent on committing suicide by woke
The Florida Governor officially enters a Republican field completely dominated by President Donald Trump, putting himself in the spotlight while remaining at the mercy of events, left to hope some outside force fells the former President because there is nothing he can say or do to change the dynamic. I was wrong: I always figured… Continue reading Did Ron DeSantis just make a huge mistake? A couple of lessons from Teddy Roosevelt in that regard…
Sometimes, you can learn a lot about yourself, your country, and the world at large on vacation in what might as well be half a world away, but the lessons aren’t always positive. Paris in particular and France in general has never been high on my list of countries to visit. This is not based… Continue reading Springsteen in Paris, a Fiat 500 Hybrid in the Alps, and an America that no longer works
From the highs of a jury finding the former President guilty of sexual assault without any evidence to the lows of a Justice Department report that found no evidence and a lot of bias in the Russian collusion investigation, Trump-haters operate under the assumption that the man deserves it no matter what. What will happen… Continue reading Trump-haters beware, the revolution will eat its own
There are few places on Earth where you can arrive in the wrong city in the middle of the night and still find a nice hotel room and a hot meal in less than twenty minutes. India is one of them and much, much more. After well over 20 hours of travel, I arrived in India… Continue reading The magic of India, the world’s largest country and democracy, home of some of the world’s oldest languages
Poets may claim that love conquers all, but back in the real world there are forces beyond your control that can easily tear a relationship apart. Many people fear the future, fueled by jealousy and doubt, but sometimes things simply work out if you’re only hopeful enough to see it. My wife and I didn’t… Continue reading Livin’ in the Future: The first Springsteen song for me and my wife
This will likely be my last post for several weeks, not because I am abandoning this project, far from it. Instead, I will be undertaking a hopefully epic journey that is only possible in the modern world, covering some 25,000 miles in less than a month. This will likely be my last post for several… Continue reading The miracle and madness of travel in the modern age
Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 