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Book burnings next? Why not?

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A cogent short piece yesterday prompted me to ask this question of the serious thinkers among the Ricochetti (which seems to encompass most of the members of this site, I must add), and I can do it no better than to just simply quote the title of the column: “Confederate statues today, book burnings tomorrow?”  Will […]
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…”You’re Political Pawns Now,”…

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There has always been a certain amount of political interference at the local level involving the mayor’s office, and the city council involving a police department. It rose to a new level with President Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ). Attorney General Eric Holder was handing out DOJ Consent Decrees as fast as he could to […]
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Monuments

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I live in southeastern Pennsylvania. Last week, my wife and I took our kayaks to Wrightsville, PA, a small town on the Susquehanna River about 12 miles east of York. The Susquehanna River is about a mile wide there. On this gorgeous day in our kayaks, we saw incredible wildlife, including 2 mature bald eagles […]
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QOTD: Lawrence of Clouds Hill

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“You wonder what I am doing? Well, so do I, in truth. Days seem to dawn, suns to shine, evenings to follow, and then I sleep. What I have done, what I am doing, what I am going to do, puzzle and bewilder me. Have you ever been a leaf and fallen from your tree […]
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Undermining the Thought Police

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In the wake of the Google employee defenestration, there has been some discussion recently on the Implicit Association Test (IAT). Apparently the IAT is being used as a method of thought control even though its caution that …these Universities, as well as the individual researchers who have contributed to this site, make no claim for […]
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Warning: Blind Cats Ahead

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Just a quick post to bring you up to date on the madness reigning in the country of my birth. While the rest of Britain reels from the implications of the Brexit vote and the decision to silence Big Ben for four years while restoration work is done (this seems to have necessitated a special […]
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Impeach Trump, Get our Moon Colony!

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I think it’s become clear that Trump must be impeached. It is obvious that misuse of Twitter is an act of high crimes and misdemeanors. Actually, an earlier draft of the Constitution clearly stated that the President could not misuse new forms of communication. James Madison decided to scratch that idea, however in a letter he wrote to Dolly he made it clear that misuse of forms of communication should be an impeachable offense. A certain history buff has uncovered this letter and will use it for the good of the Republic!

We agree that Trump must be removed. Does that mean that we get President Pence? Not so fast! Pence is guilty by association. We must also impeach Pence once he’s elevated to the presidency. So, are we stuck with President Ryan? Think again!

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Will Ziploc Wombs Make A Difference?

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According to an article in The Atlantic, researchers have been able to transfer premature fetal lambs from their mother’s bodies into what look like heavy duty Ziploc freezer bags but are, in fact, artificial wombs filled with lab-made amniotic fluid. The lambs continue to develop, kick, dream, grow wool… The hope is that, within a […]
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We Don’t Care What You Think

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Been working since 4 am and that, combined with SJWs on Twitter, I may be a little testy. I apologize, sort of, if this offends anyone, but for those of you that want to rip down our monuments, take down flags and/or whatever other symbols in the South offend people’s sensibilities now, here’s the deal.

If you don’t live here then we don’t want your damn opinion about our monuments, etc. You’re not here, so guess what? You don’t have to look at it! Go about your day and try to forget about us honoring our war dead or people we think were heroic, if not perfect leaders. After all, in the SJW world view, Lincoln himself was racist as well, so it won’t be long before we tear down the Lincoln Memorial. We know now that history began with Obama’s election, so why even acknowledge the past has been a bit more complicated than today’s college student at Evergreen may understand.

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Today I Became a Five

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I used to be a 3.5, puking over the side of the caboose of the Trump Train … not any more. He might be very far from ideal, but at least he fights for the people who voted for him … while the Establishment, if National Review is any indication, has instead chosen to actively […]
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How to Become a Conservative Author: Marjory Ross, President at Regnery Publishing

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Marji Ross, Regnery PublishingWhat do William F. Buckley, Donald Trump, Newt Gingrich, Dinesh D’Souza, Sen. Mike Lee, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Ann Coulter, Mark Steyn, Michelle Malkin, and David Limbaugh all have in common? They, along with dozens of other best-selling authors, are all published by Regnery Publishing. Marji Ross shares with Ricochet how to become an author and have the best chance of becoming published in the hyper-competitive conservative literary space.

Marjory Grant Ross (Marji) has been President and Publisher of Regnery Publishing since 2003. She currently serves on the boards of the National Conservative Campaign Fund, the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, and the Beth Chai Congregation. In February 2005, she was named the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute’s Woman of the Year.

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Fascinating Video On “Helicopter Commuting”

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Here’s the link. Having once taken a (complimentary) ride from one of New York City’s airports to a Manhattan heliport decades ago, I was keenly interested in learning about the history of helicopter travel in New York and other cities. More
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Is Generation X America’s Last Hope?

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I’m a proud member of Generation X, the oft-forgotten demographic between the utopian Baby Boomers and the self-adoring Millennials. Granted, not all the members of any generation fit their stereotype, but the culture spawned by these groups defines them in aggregate.

After the Greatest Generation survived the Great Depression and returned from a bloody world war, they sought a quiet sanctuary in suburbia, sparing their kids such pain. The Boomers decided that life was boring and inauthentic, and tried to replace it with a Summer of Love that would usher in the Age of Aquarius. That experiment didn’t go too well.

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The DNC Was Never Hacked

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Did anyone see this interview last night? Pay close attention to what he says about download speeds. Tucker cuts him off when it sounds as if he’s saying the download speed was 1970 Mbps. Anybody here getting that kind of speed on their Internet connection? Because if you are, I’d be interested to hear about […]
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I’m so tired of the Confederacy!

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I just can’t wrap my mind around anyone, including white Southerners being so enamored with the Confederacy. What really gets my blood boiling is the connection of the Republicans to it. I can see Southerners who had loved ones killed on the battlefield holding those brave men up in homage but what of the actual […]
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Trump and the all-importance of guilt

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Awhile ago, I wrote a post explaining why Obama led to such racial pessimism. In summary, whites thought that they wouldn’t reflexively be called racist after a Black President and blacks thought that Obama showed that they could further their progress in the USA. Neither turned out to be the case which led to growing […]
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