The Nonsense of Consent as Moral Axiom
A recent conversation exhumed a video that went viral a few years back. Given the prevalence of the concept expressed in the video, I think it's worth diving back into,…
Contrasting Outcomes
Everyone remembers Kathy Griffin's infamous decapitation shots, and the career-disaster they turned out to be. But what most seem unaware of -- indeed, what I was unaware of until just a few…
The Deplatforming Takes Heartiste
It seems that WordPress has taken down Chateau Heartiste. I don't know what part of the Terms of Service Heartiste supposedly violated. It seems as though the pretense of objectivity…
The Camera and the Wrench
Everyone wants power, And this is not a sin -- The strength to lift your furniture, The speed and skill to win -- Everyone wants power, For those without aren't…
Leaving Crow-Country: Reflections on Domestication and Suburbia
I didn't always live in hawk-country. I used to live in crow-country. Notwithstanding that crows live everywhere, I am referring specifically to urban suburbs -- the sorts of new developments…
A Story about Trans Culture
I have no commentary on this: My daughter, at age fourteen, spontaneously decided that she is actually a male. After suffering multiple traumatic events in her life and spending a…
Don’t Send Your Daughters To College
There are plenty of reasons not to go to college, for men and women alike. They're outrageously expensive, they host and protect predators, they're full of dumb people who care…
They Really Are That Bad
I had a conversation with an HVAC technician about our university system last week. This guy -- we'll call him Steve -- was happy to criticize and insult the state…
Learning the Wrong Lesson
Perhaps the greatest indictment one can make of modern colleges and universities is simply to observe the almost unimaginable stupidity and lack of creativity in those who make the policy…
On the Wall
About a decade ago, Democrats (including Obama and Clinton) supported the erection of a border wall. Republicans, broadly speaking, were generally uninterested in immigration and highly critical of spending a…