Autor: Intellectual Conservative

American descendants of African slaves have borne a heavy cross upon their backs in past generations—but a similar burden proved far more deadly for certain European groups that would provide stiff competition in today’s Victim Sweepstakes.  Does this sort of contest profit anyone? I had put together most of the material for this little essay… Continuă lectura No Race Has a Monopoly on Suffering

Giving up on issues and abandoning principles in the hopes that the electorate will come to its senses is suicidal for the Republican Party and the nation as a whole. Rush Limbaugh said it on July 31, 2013; the strategy of capitulation is incomprehensible.  His comment was directed at the discussion over whether the Republican… Continuă lectura The Strategy of Capitulation

Favored myths and popular lies. There are developments that do not fit your anticipations if you are socialized by Western values. Reality and our cultural assumptions can clash. Several postulates that are said to be mankind’s goals only express local cultural preferences. Their summary would be a sentence about “liberty”, the “pursuit of happiness” and… Continuă lectura Duly Noted – Wealth, Poverty and Ignorance.

The progressive assault on American society is nearing total victory. The assault was in fact a revolution as it sought to overthrow the governing structures of the United States by undermining and abrogating the fundamental principles that gave birth to those structures. The assault, which began at the turn of the twentieth century, met with… Continuă lectura Who Will Compose a Manifesto for American Revival?

Though relatively few people on Main Street are consumed with anxiety over the unfolding events on Cyprus, a tiny Mediterranean island with a population of barely one million, the chaos there is a grim harbinger of a burgeoning worldwide financial crisis that will ultimately reach U.S. shores. The outlandish nature of Cypriot governmental action is… Continuă lectura America Is Not Immune To EU Calamity

Your correspondent has arrived to inconvenient conclusions. Often, the mainstream media lies. Most troubling is that it does so even when it is unaware that it does so. Ascribe this to the input of trusted “experts” that grind the axe that will decapitate the misled public. Even non-conforming individuals are influenced by “official” versions even… Continuă lectura Duly Noted – The Strategy of Lies

The primitive tribalism into which American culture-especially its intelligentsia-is tumbling may hold the key to understanding how “leaders” like Barack Obama are thrust to the fore.I have almost finished wading through a stack of World Lit Survey papers as my Spring Break ends.  (Spring comes early down South.)  One of the essay options I created… Continuă lectura The Medicine Man and the Democrat Party’s Base: A Return to the Primal Cave

“The popular media narrative is that this country has shifted away from conservative ideals, as evidenced by the last two presidential elections. That’s what they think. That might be true if Republicans had actually nominated conservative candidates in 2008 and 2012.” Governor Rick Perry (R-Texas) drew applause with that line, as he spoke at last… Continuă lectura Obamacare, Socialism, And Rick Perry’s Assumptions

Homosexuality cannot be primarily genetic, solar energy is only a dynamo when applied to agriculture, and literacy enriches life only when it slows and deepens thought: these three unimpeachable propositions have all become political heresy in our insane culture. Cogar leat, as they used to say in Ireland: “A whisper with you.”  Let’s not speak… Continuă lectura Three Grotesque Absurdities of Contemporary Living

Based on the reactions of John McCain and Lindsay Graham to Rand Paul’s filibuster it is fairly obvious that he is afraid of being upstaged on the national scene and losing his influence in the Party as a result.  He is clearly (to use his own terminology) a wacko-bird. Rand Paul’s filibuster performance on March… Continuă lectura Rand Paul Makes Waves