Robert Kennedy, Jr was born Jan 17, 1954. He’s 70. Donald Trump was born June 14, 1946. He’s 78. I was born Dec 5, 1945, and I’m 78. (Note: I got this information online from Wikipedia, and it is the…
Category: American Exceptionalism
“Papismus Lucifugus”; the Advent of Tribalism is Not Just in Our Politics, but in American Conservatism
A hat-tip to J D Vance’s heritage. I actually had this book, Papismus Lucifugus, one of only a few surviving. Dated 1668, it’s a record of a disputation between John Menzies of the (Church of Scotland) Divinity School at Marischal…
The Hanging of Jake Spoon, a Cautionary Tale
I first wrote this in 2010, as a warning to Democrats that they were running with outlaws, and that certain natural laws apply when they do that. Well, today, ten years later, the Democrats have all but acknowledged that they…