thoughts in and out of season
James Kalb Here’s a quick introduction to the case of David Reimer, a boy famously raised as girl after a botched circumcision, who recently killed himself. The Brothers Judd give a longer account with lots of links. The experiment was a colossal failure but was reported as a huge success, with loads of honors for the quack … More ...
Why are people so much more fascinated by the Nazis than the commies? Jean Bethke Elshtain thinks that part of it is that Hitler was actually a rather good artist, and the Nazi state was a sort of a Gesamtkunstwerk that drew people in then and draws them in now. Mark Shea agrees that was … More ...
A commenter writes:
The Brown v. Board decision should not be taken as the last word on the subject. The aim of Normals (Normals are people who prefer normalness, or so-called “conservatism,” to degenerateness, or so-called “liberalism”) should be the overthrow of Brown exactly as it is the overthrow of Roe.
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The state of California recently held back millions of dollars from a local school district because three board members voted against the state’s demand they adopt a policy designed to protect public display of sexual disorder in the district’s elementary and middle schools.
The logic that’s usually applied to such situations today goes as follows:… More ...
PC started out an American thing, but the Europeans have surged far ahead of us in the race to abolish natural human valuations, responses and conduct in the interests of a perfect egalitarian system:
Steve Sailer’s review of a couple of books on nepotism touches on a point that has struck me, that failed totalitarian states become nepotistic because social trust has vanished and other possible principles of cohesion have been destroyed. Since failed totalitarianism seems to be what we’re headed toward (totalitarianism doesn’t work, and advanced liberalism is … More ...
Aspects of diversity worth comment:
It’s remarkable that the New York Times should publish this: Eurabia?, by historian Niall Ferguson. Low birthrates, abandonment of Christianity, and Muslim immigration—symbolized by an Islamic center at Oxford—look like they mean the end of Europe. Not even a silly dig at the “Neanderthal right” does much to change the analysis.
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Mrs. Anthony Lewis, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, has given us “gay marriage” on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. She’s evidently timing her benefaction to stick a moral point to us and wrap herself and her deed in glory even beyond their merits. Not to fall … More ...
The meaning of “liberty,” anno Domini 2004: Following ACLU Intervention, Refusal to Print Invites to Same-Sex Wedding Ends With Printer Apology and Agreement Not to Discriminate. The moral, as stated by the ACLU staff attorney: “Business owners are entitled to their private opinions about same-sex marriage, but discriminatory business practices are not permitted.” Freedom … More ...