(Bruce Deitrick Price) The life of the mind. This lovely phrase states what education is supposed to be about. All things bright and cerebral. Play chess. Write a story. Devise a plan for any goal. Weigh evidence for and against any proposal. Note that you could be perfectly still. These activities occur inside the brain.
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Exposing Liberals’ ‘Tiny Fraction’ Lie
(Judy Wallen) In a recent podcast, Michelle Obama, as she continues to shed her “no red state nor blue state America but just United States of America” skin to reveal a ruthless, myopic partisan looking to settle scores from fights unknown while making clear to those paying attention how America became so much more divided after the Obama presidency, complains that the opposition to the protesters is “once again patently false, morally wrong, and racist.” After all, she insists, the violence is committed by just a “tiny fraction” of the protesters. This tiny fraction concept has become as virulent a propaganda tool as the selective edit. Those incidents fortunate enough to be deemed a “tiny fraction” are isolated incidents, outliers that can neither be enlarged to represent any other larger group nor be enlarged to foreshadow a growing trend. So when leftist groups advocating for causes that leftist leaders ardently support demonstrate, leaving destruction and mayhem in their wake, the left insulates itself from any responsibility by invoking the “tiny fraction” clause.
Conservatives Need to Defend High Culture [Protect What’s Objectively Good and Right]
(Paul Krause) It is no secret that art, sacred art, and beauty more generally, are under assault. New “multicultural” guidelines are dictating how art is to be constructed and rewarded. Artistic talent is shunned in favor of diversity quotas. The way to be an artist and art critic, nowadays, is to cry racism or sexism.
Marxism: A Breeding Ground for Useful Idiots
(Warren Beatty) “Useful idiot” is a pejorative term for a person who propagandizes for a cause without fully understanding (due to naïveté, stupidity, or on purpose) the cause’s goals, who is cynically used by the cause’s founders. It is used to describe otherwise sensible people who become, due to misrepresentations or outright lies, susceptible to Marxist/communist/socialist propaganda and manipulation.
Figures Don’t Lie, But Liars Figure: Unemployment Figures Dramatically Favor Republican-Led States
(Ned Barnett) August’s unemployment figures, just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, paint a remarkably consistent picture that correlates – almost uncannily – between low unemployment rates in states led by Republican governors and high unemployment rates in states led by Democratic governors. Drawing national conclusions from the unemployment statistics for all fifty states, those Republican-led states that have tried to follow President Trump’s lead in reopening America are doing much better in terms of unemployment than are states likely to support Biden in November. Former Vice President Biden, while repeatedly complaining about President Trump’s actions in fighting COVID, has yet to articulate a coherent COVID policy.
Donald Trump and the Mandate of Heaven
(J.R. Dunn) The Mandate of Heaven is a concept that goes back a long way:
The ‘Black Problem’ in Television
(Parker Beauregard) It was recently reported that Patrissa Cullors, a founding woman of Black Lives Matter, was signed by Warner Brothers to a multiyear deal across all of its programming platforms that “encompasses scripted and unscripted series, longform series, animated and kids programming, as well as digital content.”
Living Without Justice
(Deana Chadwell) Justice may well be the very first inkling of moral law that blossoms in the human soul. Siblings at a very young age are quick to note discrepancies in parental approbation, quick to recognize any inconsistencies in rewards and punishments, quick to imagine any injustice. As I write this I’m remembering my youngest granddaughter at a mere 18 months of age, tearfully objecting to her sister enjoying a lollypop — “Julia lolly!” Her sister had saved hers from the night before; Violet had wolfed hers down, so she had no case to prosecute, but she certainly thought she did; her moral conviction was strong.
The Covfefe Revolution Is Real, and It’s Glorious
(J.B. Shurk) No group of Americans has been more misunderstood by the political chattering class than the alliance of Trump voters. Until Donald Trump stepped onto the political stage, this voting bloc didn’t exist. Now that it exists, it will not go away. A quiet revolution has occurred in America.
There’s a Reason Why Trump Keeps Telling Voters He’s Immune to COVID-19
(Michael G. Zey) Early in the final debate, President Trump made a comment, almost an aside, about his personal battle with COVID-19 that the media have largely ignored but that could have considerable impact on the election results.
The Polls Shift Toward Trump
(John Kudla) You can call me Pollyannish, but I am beginning to believe I may have underestimated the silent Trump vote in my previous posts. This is why.
The Democrats’ Abuse of Children in 2020
(Parker Beauregard) In a single year, Democrats have abused more children than all of Epstein’s Orgy Island would have in one hundred. Epstein was going to serve life behind bars for crimes against potentially hundreds of young people; what will happen to Democrats that continue to destroy the innocent lives numbering in the millions?
Donald Trump is Poised to Become Among the Most Transformative Presidents in American History
(Steve McCann) The nation stands on the cusp of the third and perhaps most notable political realignment in the past 160 years, as those on both sides of the political spectrum recognize that the 2020 election has evolved into a watershed moment in American history. Since 2016, the Ruling Class has recognized the existential threat Donald Trump poses to them. The power structure of the Ruling Class and the objectives of the left have been upended by him and his ongoing transformation of the Republican Party, threatening their status and sinecures. The Democrat party’s leftist political allies have acknowledged that he is a dire threat to their grand scheme of radically transforming the United States.
Trump Continues to Hurl Monkey Wrenches into the Gears of the Democrats’ Political Machine
(William Sullivan) Going back to (at least) the technocratic and ambitious FDR, American Democrats have believed that federal government eggheads are best suited to manage most things, including mundane things like ensuring healthcare or housing, for everyone. But as a rule, Democrats have always had a very nuanced way of presenting such policies to the American people. In other words, socialists in America have been most successful when they don’t tell Americans that what’s being offered to them is socialism.
Are Recent Reports of COVID Surges an Attempt to Suppress In-Person Voting?
(Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.) Back in March, the COVID mantra was, “15 days to slow the spread”, meaning flattening the curve. The purpose was to avoid overwhelming the medical system as no one really knew what we were up against with the Wuhan virus.