Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Decline of the West

  • Doom and Gloom

    America enters the doom loop. But look on the bright side! We have but one night to spend in this bad inn.

  • How to Tell the Impostor RCC from the Real Thing

    The Roman Catholic Church with Bergoglio at its head is an impostor church. So William Kilpatrick asks: . . . how can one tell the imposter Church from the Church established by Christ? Although there are several indicators, the main giveaway, I believe, can be found in differing attitudes toward sin. The true Church takes…

  • 9/11 Twenty-Two Years Later

    Top o' the Stack. Was 9/11 an 'inside job'? I take no position on this question. Here is a review of David Ray Griffin's latest. To say it again: linkage does not constitute endorsement in whole or in part. UPDATE New York Tony writes: Since I was a kid, I would annually see the demolition of…

  • Are New Yorkers Getting What They Deserve?

    Arguably, yes. If you vote leftism into power, then you are collectively responsible for the destruction and depredation that you ought to know follows leftist policies as night follows day. Here is just one example among hundreds of recent examples of what is happening on the mean streets of NYC.  The video is graphic, depicting…

  • New Yorkers are Getting What They Deserve

    They are paying the just tax for willful self-enstupidation. Vote Democrat, get more crime. The morally decent should leave NYC, and indeed every Democrat-controlled craphole. Of course, some cannot leave for various reasons. I feel sorry for them. But they should have done more to prevent their city from being taken over by leftist scum,…

  • New Yorkers are Getting What They Deserve

    They are paying the just tax for willful self-enstupidation. Vote Democrat, get more crime. The morally decent should leave NYC, and indeed every Democrat-controlled craphole. Of course, some cannot leave for various reasons. I feel sorry for them. But they should have done more to prevent their city from being taken over by leftist scum,…

  • Rod Dreher on the Ben Op and the Bon Op

    One of the few free ones. Excerpt: “The Benedict Option is not available to us; it is either the Boniface Option or destruction,” he writes. “You cannot run and hide from Trashworld. Our only option is to despise it and to fight back.” Leaving aside this inaccurate caricature of the Ben Op, what does Isker…

  • Wokery as Metastatic Managerialism

    This article by the Swedish conservative Malcom Kyeyune from  2022 will enrich your understanding of wokery or wokeness. But first I record an epiphany I recently experienced. I was puzzling over why Anheuser-Busch would so egregiously violate the sensibilities of their Bud Lite drinkers by using the effete and epicene Dylan Mulvaney as poster boy…

  • The ‘Banana Metric’ of Alan Dershowitz

    The USA currently stands at four out of ten bananas as we transmogrify into a banana republic. Dersh in conversation with Steve Bannon.

  • Why Won’t Leftists Enforce Existing Laws?

    A reason, perhaps the main reason, may be gleaned from the following graphic: The above stats are clearly in the ball park according to every study I have read. Heather Mac Donald has done outstanding work on this topic. I refer you to her. One reason why leftists won't enforce existing laws is because (1)…

  • Asian Family Harrassed by Three Black Teens on NYC Subway

    Leftists have something like the Midas touch. Everything  King Midas touched turned to gold; most of what leftists touch turns to crap. NYC and San Fran are prime examples. No surprise that these crapholes are bleeding population 'big time.'  The Asians, bien-pensant 'liberals' apparently, blamc 'society' and not the racism of the black teens.   More…

  • Pride?

    What are you proud of? Your paraphilias? Is that what your 'pride flag' signifies? Does the plus sign at the end of LGBTQ+ signify the inclusion of every paraphilia? Might that be taking 'inclusion' too far? Is every focus of erotic interest legitimate?  Should every mode of (what has traditionally been considered to be) deviant…

  • You may look away . . .

    . . . but it won't make the madness go away. Still, "Out of sight, out of mind" is a way to peace of mind. But is such peace worth wanting if its price is ignorance of imminent threats to your life, liberty, and well-being? Can you afford to ignore the sheer suicidal insanity of…

  • Separation Anxiety

    I hope I don't consume half the day pondering this excellent but disturbing entry by Malcolm Pollack. Important internal linkage. Comments are good too.  A nasty, but welcome, time-sink. Thanks, Malcolm! UPDATE:  Malcolm informs us here that Michael Anton has replied to Anonymous.

  • Leftism Exposed

    The following statement is both well-written and accurate in every particular (emphasis added): Leftism is a totalitarian force. Wherever leftism is in a position of power it tends to invade every private corner and force every thought into a leftist mold. In part this is because of the quasi-religious character of leftism: everything contrary to…