Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Current Affairs

  • Chutzpah

    The leftist mayor of one of our most crime-ridden cities demanded police protection en route to a demonstration at which she joined in the vilification of the police.

  • The Fix We Are In: How Should We Respond to the ‘Woke’ Revolutionaries?

    The difference between paleo-liberal and post-liberal responses to the 'woke' Left is well described in a recent Substack entry White tribalism is a third response. I have been entertaining (with some hospitality) the notion that whites may need to go tribal pro tempore, for the time being, in order to defend themselves and their interests (which…

  • For the Left, the Subject is not the Subject: Why Math is ‘Racist’

    It has often been noted that for the Left, the issue is not the issue.  David Horowitz: As President Obama’s political mentor, Saul Alinsky, put it in Rules for Radicals: “One acts decisively only in the conviction that all of the angels are on one side and the devils are on the other.” Here is another…

  • David Gordon Reviews Michael Anton’s America at the Point of No Return

    Excerpts: Anton notes that the founders believed that the American Revolution was grounded in universal truths, “but they did not expect their declaration to revolutionize the world—nor were they under any illusion that it, or they, had the power to do so….America is—in the words of John Quincy Adams—‘the well-wisher to the freedom and independence…

  • George Will and Other ‘Conservative’ Castrati Back Biden

    Here

  • Trump Delivers Once Again and Ends AFFH

    This is a major victory against the Left.  Stanley Kurtz: I am pleased to report that President Trump and Secretary Carson have together put an end to the Obama-Biden administration’s wildly radical Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. President Trump has delivered on this issue in a way that will preserve American liberty in general,…

  • Red Bull ‘Wokesters’ Purged

    Here: Red Bull just reminded their ‘wokest’ employees who calls the shots in a total massacre of “social justice warrior” employees. Not only were the top two North American executives fired, but so were entire marketing teams and “culture” teams that were dedicated to pushing the lie of systemic racism. Red Bull has just shown…

  • Democrat-Run Cities: The Case for Letting them Burn to the Ground

    Marc Thiessen presents, without endorsing, the case for allowing the social experiment in lawlessness to proceed: Trump declared that enough is enough and that he and Attorney General William P. Barr will soon unveil a plan to “to straighten things out.” But maybe he shouldn’t. The genius of our federal system is that states and localities serve…

  • Chess is Racist!

    Not only is chess racist, it is also sexist and patriarchal. The fact that the Queen is the most powerful piece on the board proves nothing to the contrary. The powers allowed to the Queen are in truth nothing more than so many sops thrown to the feminists to keep them quiet. The sexism and…

  • When the Crunch Comes, Who is Important?

    My man Hanson: In a sophisticated society under lockdown, is it more existentially valuable to know how to fix a toilet, replace a circuit breaker, or change a tire, or to be a New York fashion designer, a Hollywood actor, or a corporate merger lawyer? At 9 p.m., when you go downtown in need of…

  • Peter Hitchens on the Shutdown in Britain

    Here R. R. Reno, Questioning the Shutdown

  • The Chinese Virus Wake-Up Call

    Good will come of the current pandemic. People will learn how to be more self-reliant and less reliant on government.   They will learn how to prepare for emergencies.  They will learn how to slow down, prepare their own meals, stay home, travel less, read books, be more thoughtful and introspective, repair things, and anally cleanse…

  • SOTU #3: President Trump in Fine Form

    Donald J. Trump did a great job with his third State of the Union address last night.  He took the high ground and demonstrated that he can rise to the occasion when necessary.  He made no mention of his impeachment by the House or his expected acquittal by the Senate which will be fait accompli…

  • Poem of the Day

    THE WRATH OF THE AWAKENED SAXONby Rudyard KiplingIt was not part of their blood,It came to them very late,With long arrears to make good,When the Saxon began to hate. They were not easily moved,They were icy — willing to waitTill every count should be proved,Ere the Saxon began to hate. Their voices were even and…

  • Elizabeth Warren: “That’s not Who We Are!”

    This stock leftist exclamation, silly as it is, is sillier still coming from the mouth of the Cherokee Maiden, Fauxcahontas herself, who doesn't know who she is!