Category: Decline of the West
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Rod Dreher on (Loss of) Faith in Institutions
Here (emphases added) I was pleased to see the all-Muslim city council in Hamtramck, Mich., stand up to the progressive sleazebags and say no, they are not going to fly Pride flags over city property. It’s against local moral standards, they say — and they’re right. More and more, we see Muslim parents standing up and doing…
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Of Fox and Fellatio: A Fox News First?
This is the first time I have heard fellatio referred to on a major TV network. The sweet and wholesome Kayleigh McEnany reports. The fellatio reference is around 2:34. Joey B, "devout Catholic" in journo lingo, stars as Porn Enforcer and takes a brave stand against book burning. UPDATE (6/23) Do you remember when our…
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Consolation
There is some consolation in the thought that Rome did not fall in a day. The older you are, the greater the consolation.
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The Assault on Merit
Here: In the case at issue, the leaders of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, or TJ—a highly selective public magnet school in Fairfax County, Virginia—bemoaned the demographic imbalance that resulted from the school’s academics-focused admission policies. (The class of 2024, for example, is more than 70 percent Asian, and Hispanics and blacks…
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‘2A’ a Terrorist Marker?
It emerged in the Congressional FBI whistleblower hearings that the abbreviation '2A' is a "terrorist marker." That came as news to me. (But see here.) I have been using '2A' from time to time as an innocuous abbreviation of 'Second Amendment.' The context, of course, is the Bill of Rights which are the first ten…
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Negativity: The Spirit of the Left
Top o' the Stack.
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Ann Coulter on Daniel Penny
A characteristic of leftists and so-called 'progressives' is that in their typical knee-jerk (reflexive as opposed to reflective) style, they reliably take the side of criminals while attacking the decent and law-abiding. If you don't understand this, you will never understand the Left and how pernicious leftists are. Having infiltrated the Democrat Party, they are…
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Ann Coulter and Heather Mac on the Anti-Civilizational Left
No Biggie, Just the End of Civilization When Race Trumps Merit … Ann Coulter May 10, 2023 Whatever you had planned to do for the rest of the day, please drop it and read this right now: Heather Mac Donald’s new book, “When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty,…
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Trump the Only Way Forward
Conservatives Lost the Culture War and the Trump Agenda is the Only Path Forward Refreshingly realistic but also deeply troubling. I fear the author is right. Conservatives lost the culture war and so now: Conservatives do not have a viable path to political power any other way. The issues of national survival are of primary…
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The Accelerationist Option
I wrote recently that the only way out is through, but Malcolm Pollack's most recent offering is much better; it is indeed brilliant. It divides into three parts. There is first a litany of what ails us. The second part explains why the ills listed are upon us. The general answer is that . .…
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The Demented Dems: Anti-Reality and Anti-Virtue
Anti-reality: House Republicans voted Thursday to ban transgender female athletes from taking part in girls’ and women’s sports by amending Title IX protections to only apply to biologically female athletes. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act passed 219-203, with no Democrats supporting the measure. Anti-virtue: Homebuyers with good credit scores will soon encounter…
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Amerika, the Police State
Have you been paying attention, or are you a useful idiot? America, No Turning Back The Catholic Case for Guns A Maoist Cultural Revolution?
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Why the English Department Died
A Quillette article. (HT: JIO) 'Institutional capture' by anti-civilizational wokesters is fait accompli and we are collapsing on all fronts. Imagine being a English professor facing the daunting task, not of Higher Education, but of Higher Remediation.
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Anarcho-Tyranny in the USA
Here by Auron MacIntyre at The Total State (Substack): The city of Philadelphia has announced an agreement to pay a $9.25 million settlement in connection with the police response to protests after the death of George Floyd in 2020. While dozens were killed and billions of dollars of damage were done during the riots that…
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Academentia in excelsis
DEI and the collapse of the universities. Substack latest.