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2024 Election Spoiler Alert!
We’re nearing that most cherished of American civic traditions: the dignified, peaceful transfer of power that follows an uneventful, orderly election. It’s a beautiful thing to witness, isn’t it? Filled with civic pride and patriotism, I’ll cast my ballot today … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024 Election, Commentary, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Politics, Predictions, Presidency, Presidential Election
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The Hitler – Trump Hypothetical, Revisited
A few hours after Election Day 2020, with the notion of a “stolen” vote already the hottest topic in politics, I wrote a piece explaining why such an idea wasn’t ridiculous. It wasn’t because I believed that the 2020 election … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, General Culture and News, Politics
Tagged 2024 Election, Assassination, Commentary, Democrats, Donald Trump, General Culture and News, Joe Biden, MAGA, Media, Media Bias, Politics, Republicans
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Ode to Government Efficiency
Allow me to regale you with a tale of government efficiency and wayward contracting. I own several acres of land in King William County, Virginia. It’s a few acres of woods that my grandfather gave me when I was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Commentary, Government, King William County, Politics, Real Estate, Taxes
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How We Got Here. Where We’re Going.
“[A] system of free speech confers countless benefits on people who do not much care about exercising that right. Consider the fact that, in the history of the world, no society with democratic elections and free speech has ever experienced … Continue reading
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Tagged Commentary, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, First Amendment, Free Speech, Joe Biden, Politics
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The Worst Possible Outcome (OR: The Baby Hitler Hypothetical)
A few days ago (which feels like weeks at this point), I made some predictions about Tuesday’s election, and I talked about the “two movies, one screen” phenomenon. That concept is the idea that two people / groups of people … Continue reading
Two Movies, One Screen
The outcome of the 2020 election is obvious. President Trump has never led in the polls. What’s more, the deficit he faces is far larger than the one he faced in 2016. The quiet signs of trouble in key districts … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, General Culture and News, Politics
Tagged 2020, 2020 Election, Commentary, Congress, Donald Trump, Election, General Culture and News, House of Representatives, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, Presidency, Presidential Election, Scott Adams, Senate, White House
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Destroying Unity Is the First Step
I watched this clip the other day, and it made me ponder how much our culture and our media have changed in just a generation. The message here is obvious. The Team that Dare Not Speak its Name used … Continue reading
Washington Examiner Piece on Digital Media and Censorship
I’m shamelessly using this post to promote a piece I wrote for the Washington Examiner. This is a long-form magazine essay that updates and greatly expands some of the themes that I first discussed in this post from a couple of … Continue reading
Buy Physical Media
A generous helping of shutdown-induced free time has allowed me to catch up on my ridiculous backlog of movies on disc. That’s why it’s no coincidence that the last dozen or so posts on this formerly eclectic blog are movie … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Movies, Politics
Tagged Andrew Sullivan, Blu-Ray, Censorship, Commentary, Drew Brees, Free Speech, Movies, New York Times, Peggy Noonan, Politics, The Federalist, Tom Cotton, Totalitolerance, Washington Post
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The Axis of Ego 
On Charlie Kirk and Free Speech
Ours is a society built, in part, on the notion that free speech is both practically beneficial for our culture and intrinsically good. A true commitment to free speech is, however, a rather unusual value. It isn’t merely the case … Continue reading →