Election 2024

There Are Other Forces at Work in This World

Politico recently reported that VP candidate JD Vance is an avid fan of J.R.R Tolkien, as well as Tolkien’s colleague C.S. Lewis. During the GOP convention, Vance mentioned to a friend, “I’m a big ‘Lord […]

Election 2024

Divine Providence

There’s been a lot of discussion and speculation that perhaps divine providence played a role in Trump’s surviving his attempted assassination. Though I’m not qualified to speak to that in a religious context, I can […]

Election 2024

Biden/Trump Debate, Dumbest Analysis Ever

“President Biden was hurt badly by the debate, but Donald Trump didn’t benefit on any measure, except the vote.” Jared Mitovich, Politico, June 19 2024 You gotta love the incisiveness of this penetrating analysis. It’s […]

Tales From the Swamp

Better Living Through Government

If it wasn’t so pathetic, it would be hilarious. On March 19, The New York Times published a video titled “It Turns Out the ‘Deep State’ is Actually Kind of Awesome.” Wow. And the subhead […]

Deep State Archives

Sixties Radicals,
A Generation of Pretenders

Back in the Sixties, there was a popular bumper sticker slogan that read “question authority.” In that dubious era of phony psychedelic bohemians and inane pseudo-revolutionaries, it was one of the few pieces of advice […]

Deep State Archives

Confessions of a South Park Conservative

I was one of those annoying kids that always asked why. Trust me, I was annoying. I queried anything and everything. Why should I eat my vegetables? How come I had to dress up for […]