The Daily Poke in the Eye: Notes on the Righteous “Screw You”
In the 1840s, in one of his lectures on "Heroes", Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish philosopher, used the term "skeptical dilettantism" to describe how that army of ne'er-do-well, half-baked intellectuals will collectively move to destroy...
None Dare Calll it “Love of Country”
It has been reported by Josh Dawsey of Politico, (and no real fan of Donald Trump’s administration) that Dana Boente, an Obama appointee, will now be handling the investigation into the “Trump Administration and...
(November Update) 30-day Covid Death-Rate, Not too Bad, Actually
Please see our October 18 Update, here.
As expected Deaths rose over the past 30-day period, October 18- thru- November 16. But nothing compared to the "case" rate which I continue to think are way...
When Madison Avenue Moved Heaven and Hell to Snare Millennials from the Abyss of...
My wife and I stumbled across a 2001-2002 drama series on one of our movie networks. It was called "Nero Wolfe" by Rex Stout, a product of the A&E Network. Stout wrote detective novels...
“It is French”, an Introduction for a Lifetime of Observation and Study
A few days ago I mentioned a comment used by Mark Twain, more than once I'm told, to convey a broad principle that perhaps the French are a people that cannot be trusted. My...
Where is Matt? After a Decade’s Slide into Darkness (Revised)
Matt Harding was born in 1976, a Gen-Xer (1965-1980). That Generation is just as apt to cling to the old ways and standards of their parents (Baby Boomers, 1942-1964) as they are to become utterly nouveau, knowing little, if anything about the shoulders they...