The Revenge of the Buzzwords (Part 2: Angry White Men)

Now that Ole Joe and the band have opened the show with “Conspicuous Consumption”, and now that the fans in the front row have dutifully begun to scream enthusiastically at the familiar opening notes, the band is planning to bring the house down with a big encore performance of “Angry White Men.” Except this time… Continue reading The Revenge of the Buzzwords (Part 2: Angry White Men)

OK fine, it’s not Genocide… now what?

Last week the Economist spent a thousand words explaining to us why, techincally, what the Chinese are doing to the ethnic Uyghurs is not genocide. Their argument is that a genocide requires that the offending regime be actively slaughtering people. Otherwise it’s just (gasp!) “persecution.” On the one hand, I think this a weird hill… Continue reading OK fine, it’s not Genocide… now what?

Treason: A Matter of Dates

UPDATE: Thanks to Kurt Schlichter for yet another Schlichter-lanche! While ya’ll are here, be sure to bookmark the main page and come back often, y’hear? Since we suddenly find outselves on the subject of Domestic Terrorism, I find myself thinking of a quote by Alexandre Dumas… or, at least, the version delivered by Colonel Stewart… Continue reading Treason: A Matter of Dates