thoughts in and out of season
James Kalb And here’s a characteristically thuggish piece by New York Times diversity hire Brent Staples on the Jefferson/Hemings issue we’ve discussed before. He manages to grind a surprising number of his many axes, which argues a certain skill, but he seems to have no notion that things are true if they’re true and false if … More ...
An interesting article: Genes show Welsh are the true Britons. The historians have gone back and forth on this, but it now appears that the Angles and Saxons did ethnically cleanse the native Britons.
It’s interesting those guys are still there: The Children of Israel. I don’t often go near Times Square these days, and it’s been couple of years since I’ve seen them, but they really are as bad as Mr. Goldblatt says.
In the most basic ways, “Western Civilization” no longer works. Some illustrations: More Englishwomen staying childless to advance their careers, while Sweden looks for social policies to boost the birthrate while keeping female labor fully and equally available as an economic resource. The policies just don’t work—after a brief rise Sweden’s birthrate is back in … More ...
In a very idle moment (I was looking at an interactive map showing blogs located near my subway stop) I ran into the following horrible quote from Peggy Noonan:
… More ...…[T]he essence of American patriotism is a felt and spoken love for and fidelity to the ideas and ideals our country represents and was invented
A new, improved Quasimodo: The Bellringer of Notre Dame. Will the revised PC title stick?
A tempest in a teapot, I think: WERE STUDENTS GLORIFYING HITLER? Yearbook photo flap erupts in Stratford. The New Haven Register apparently reproduced about a tenth of the original photo. Lucky for the boys they already graduated.
Gleichschaltung rolls on: Catholic institutions to be forced to cover contraceptives in their health plans even though the drugs often work as abortificiants. The reporter’s presentation, which deals with the controversy by emphasizing other features of the bill and other uses for contraceptive drugs, is typical.
The president signs the Michal Judge Act, which has the effect of paying federal death benefits to “partners” of unmarried policemen and firemen, while New York City considers giving effect to homosexual unions registered in Vermont and California. It’s “simply the right thing to do,” says the City Council speaker.
The Judge Act can … More ...
Worth noting: LifeSite Canada has a comprehensive collection of articles on the current clerical homosexuality scandals. Their front page, by the way, has a good listing of current news items relating to their areas of concern, including PC suppression of traditionalists in Canada.