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Fred’s Utterly Necessary New Books
A tale of woe, though not very woeful, but I believe in straining for an effect: After decades of inciting insurrection, sedition, and the corruption of youth, thus maintaining journalistic tradition, I went into retirement, at least until as such measures as might improve my vision had worked any magic they might. In these years …
Joan Baez: “When Will They Ever Learn?”
November 9, 2010 This, written sixteen years ago, I stumbled on in the Lew Rockwell archive. While not brilliantly written, it illustrates that the more things change, they more they don’t. Oh good. I see that Senator Lindsey Graham wants to attack Iran. The US, he says, should “sink their navy, destroy their …
The Events in Mexico
This is not a column, but a correction to silly assertions that the Guadalajara airport was in flames, that President Scheinbaum has fled the country, and suchlike nonsense. For those interested, the following link is to Mexico News Daily, an American-run daily published for the expat population: MND At the same time there is a …
The Rotting Cadaver of Europe: Letter to a Borning Backwater
Dear Europeans, In the international prints I see that you are outraged and upset and have your innards in an uproar because, in that Davos meeting where billionaires decide how to mismanage the world, Mr. Trump was all contemptuous of you and you can’t figure out why. Let me help you. He was contemptuous of …
Epistolary Excitements, Likely to Start Revolution
Having written a longish letter to my friend Vick, with whom I engage in considerable philosophizing, it occurred to me that simply posting the letter would involve less effort than recasting the same thoughts as a column. Since the choice as between considerable work or going down the road to the Brew House for …
Geography and the Underpinnings of Confusion
Americans, including many of the intelligent and schooled, have little grasp of geography and, since geopolitics rests heavily on where places are, their understanding of events relies on moral fables of good and evil. They are thus subject to manipulation by the news media and unscrupulous politicians, which is to say almost any politicians. Consider …
Aphoristic Granularity, or Perhaps Granular Aphorisity. It’s hard to Tell
“Congress, 535 commoditized temple monkeys pawing through the ruins of America in search of bribes. The bicameral whorehouse on Capitol Hill works like a vending machine. You put coins in the slot, select your law, and the desired legislation slides out.” ~ “Voting in particular is an embarrassment, being a public display of weak character …
Latinos and Life Without Milk
Oh help. I am told that some still believe that diversity is our strength. These people are powerful believers and probably could believe a hole into a bank vault or believe an anvil into flying. The fact is that diversity has been the cause of unending hostility, bloodshed, misery and social malfunction since Nordic white …