What Fox is reporting, but MSNBC is being assiduous not to acknowledge, is that one of the reasons behind the Democrats’ defeat in November is the growing rejection of wokeism. Why has the left gone silent on this? Because to… Read More ›
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THE STATE OF THE RACE
According to MSNBC, if Trump wins America will be a fascist dictatorship. According to Fox, if Harris wins it’ll be a communist dystopia. I suppose that without this hyperbolic awfulising American politics would be about as boring as, well, Canadian… Read More ›
WHY IT’S A GOOD THING I CAN’T VOTE
The propaganda war isn’t over what we’re being exposed to. It’s over what we’re exposing ourselves to. So there’s a strong element of complicity in what we believe, be it about global warming, vaccination safety, Gaza, of what have you…. Read More ›
THE LAST TO PASS JUDGMENT
There’s a word that needs to be coined – it should probably be an ism – to capture the following pattern. If you tune into CNN or MSNBC, you’ll note that they often give voice to Republicans who complain they… Read More ›
A HOUSE DIVIDED, AND KEEPING IT THAT WAY
In one my first entries in this blog, “First to the Tribe”, posted on September 14, 2016, I noted – not as a criticism but as a simple observation – that none of us can afford to do all of… Read More ›
RE LAST NIGHT’S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
When people talk over each other, neither can be heard. But the fault that neither side was heard last night lies not with Donald Trump. That was his well-rehearsed strategy. Rather it lies with Chris Wallace. What he should have… Read More ›
THE PREVIOUS INVESTMENT TRAP
My wife isn’t just a pretty face. Behind it she’s got a sit-up-and-take-notice brain, i.e. one not to be trifled with. So in response to my query at the end of my last post, she’s offered the following answer. Not… Read More ›
LESS IS MORE
If you want to know whether you’ve been reporting or commenting, count your adjectives and adverbs. The most effective commentary comes across as reporting, because it lets the facts speak for themselves. If they can’t, and so they have to… Read More ›
Paulosophical Vimplications 