Category: Political Morality
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On Lame Appeals for Civility
Trey Gowdy issued one on his show last night. The man needs to stiffen his spine and realize that our political opponents are enemies with whom we share insufficient common ground for productive debate. They don't need debating but defeating. He did guest a Dem pol who talked some sense and seemed decent, but the…
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The Dems, True to Form, are Lying
About so much. About gutting the 'safety net' for example. WSJ rebukes the mendacious shites. (Ought we be polite to such brazen liars?) As for multi-'colored' Kamala, she is like unto Traitor Joe not just in her moral obtuseness, but also in respect of her intellectual vacuity, as explained here. Here and here for two…
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Is ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ a Concentration Camp?
It is according to the author of a TNR article. I don't disagree. After all, the bad hombres are being held against their will in one place prior to their deportation. The conclusion to draw, of course, is that some concentration camps are morally justified. This one is also legally justified. President Trump is merely…
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Ronald Radosh on David Horowitz: A Critical Appreciation
On very rare occasions, something surfaces at The Bulwark worth reading. Radosh, who is well worth reading, gives his take on Horowitz's flipping of his ideological script, and takes him to task for his late extremism. But how is this judgment by Radosh not itself extreme: What David is being celebrated for is the opposite…
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Rod Dreher on J. D. Vance of “Live Not by Lies”
Here Perhaps the most despicable feature of our political enemies is their penchant for mendacity in all of its many modes. There are so many examples. Here is one: Pelosi's Orwellian Mendacity: A STFU Moment
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Leftists as Political Retromingents
A retromingent is an animal that urinates backwards. Posturing as 'progressive,' the leftist pisses on the past, seeking to erase its memory by destroying monuments and redacting the historical record. There is no piety in the leftist, no reverence. Try using those words at a Manhattan or Georgetown cocktail party and see what happens. This political retromingency helps explain the leftists'…
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Political Enemies and Political Tactics
I had an interesting exchange with Dr. Caiati about political tactics in the comment thread to Haitians, Cats, and Red Herrings. Here are some further thoughts. When our political enemies use our virtues against us, we should use their vices against them. Call it the Converse Alinskyite Tactic (CAT). I used to say to them:…
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Live Not By Lies
Alexander Solzhenitsyn Related: Trump is Going to Win. I must add: only if we don't become complacent and we each do our bit.
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Trump’s Dobbs Strategy
I'd say it's the right one. You are free to differ. Related: Abortion and the Wages of Concupiscence Unrestrained and Slavery, Abortion, and 'Skin in the Game'
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The Charlottesville Lie
The only sure way to stop a leftist from lying would be by stopping him from talking. The Biden administration is one of the most, or the most, mendacious in our history. Copycat that he is, Biden saw the Clintons and Obama get away with it and resolved to go them one better. A brazen…
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The Politics of Abortion
Ron Paul and the principle of subsidiarity. Top o' the Stack.
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Misplaced Moral Enthusiasm
I would have thought that stopping the influx of Fentanyl would have priority over banning menthol cigarettes. Here is a curious argument: If it sounds a bit nanny state-ish to ban an otherwise legal product used by consenting adults, consider this: In 2009, Congress gave the FDA authority to ban all other flavors in cigarettes,…
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Political Opponents or Political Enemies?
If you are among the sane, reasonable, and morally decent, then you ought to consider leftists, and this includes today's Democrats, as political enemies. Here is one reason among many: Earlier this year, RCP [RealClear Politics] learned that it was one of many news sites that appeared on an advertising blacklist put out by a…
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Robert Kaplan on Henry Kissinger
Robert Kaplan: Kissinger’s beliefs, which emerge through his writing, are certainly not for the faint-hearted. They are emotionally unsatisfying, yet analytically timeless. They include: Disorder is worse than injustice, since injustice merely means the world is imperfect, while disorder tempts anarchy and the Hobbesian nightmare of war and conflict, of all against all. It follows,…