The Big Tech Challenge to Free Speech
I think it's beyond question now that our tech giants had a significant effect on the 2020 election. Their throttling, shadow-banning, and outright censorship of selective stories and outlets is…
How to Win a 4th Generation Civil War
Two years ago, I wrote that we were already embroiled in a kind of Civil War (elaborated upon by an expert here), one which few people were equipped to recognize,…
On Critical Race Theory
I think it's worth saying a word about "systemic racism," now that recent politics has brought critical race-theory into the public eye. The concept of systemic racism is a creation…
The Politics of Truth
...the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.John 18:37 I had a conversation about…
Prior Restraint and Compelled Speech
The First Amendment is not what a lot of people think it is. In fact, "the Freedom of Speech" doesn't mean what a most people imagine it means, though its…
Speaking the Warpath
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.George Orwell, Politics…
The Citizen and The Barbarian
Sane people don't want to police their neighbors over their own health choices, like whether or not to wear a mask. And sane politicians would never shut down their entire…
Deputizing the Citizenry
My home state of Washington recently implemented a mandatory mask law. As has become customary, the law is passed with an initial insinuation that it would not be enforced: The…
Progressivism, the Rise of Authoritarianism, and the Destruction of the Four Olds in the United States
History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.Mark Twain If you're anything like me, you have had nothing but an insatiable urge to turn off the news, get off social…
Political Hypnosis
Hypnosis is generally defined as a "mental state of highly focused concentration, diminished peripheral awareness, and heightened suggestibility." It goes without saying that someone in a hypnotic state is not capable…