August 1, 2021

Feelings don’t care about your facts

I am more and more convinced that Ben Shapiro's adage that "facts don't care about your feelings" is really an inversion of reality which is that "feelings don't care about your facts." This covers the entire political...

May 5, 2021

You may not want socialism, but you're getting it anyway

For several years now, those on the political right made standing against socialism, especially extreme forms of international socialism, a key plank of their political beliefs.  They have been very outcome-oriented — that is, they tr...

January 5, 2021

For leftists, it's not about the money

In many ways, the Tony Blair administration helps reveal an important point about how leftists ultimately operate.  Blair was clever to adopt many of the right-wing economic policies of Thatcher, realizing that economics wasn't the majo...

February 11, 2020

New Obama-produced Netflix documentary makes a pitch for nationalism

For those unaware, American Factory is an Obama-produced documentary that was released on Netflix in late summer 2019.  Although undoubtedly those who rendered this documentary sought to show the pros and cons of Chinese corporate involveme...

January 22, 2020

China’s Colonial Transformation of Africa

It is clear that China is now the new great colonial power; albeit mostly via economic colonialism, rather than necessarily some late Victorian model. Whether it is its virtual vulture capitalist snatching up of numerous European corporations during ...

December 25, 2019

Nobody cares about freeing Tibet anymore

For those old enough, cast your minds back to when Tibet was a hot-button topic among the truly "Progressive" members of society.  Remember all those "Free Tibet" bumper stickers?  You may still see them, but it's us...

December 12, 2019

Western civilization's battle for survival and 'The Oath of the Horatii'

Jacques-Louis David's "The Oath of the Horatii" is one of those great works of art that spoke of true masculine valor, self-sacrifice, and fundamental willingness to defend one's nation.  Although David came out of the rad...

November 24, 2019

Will America suffer the same fate as other empires?

During the 1830s, American artist Thomas Cole painted five great works collectively known as "The Course of Empire." Although seen from a decidedly American idealized understanding of Anglo-European pastoralism that elevated the still quite...

October 11, 2019

Three policies the West could learn to follow from Israel

As many in the West, especially in the United States, have great esteem  and support for Israel, I decided to survey and speak to some key things we in the West can learn from Israeli policy.  These are the policies I believe we s...

September 12, 2019

Why won't the right go after the porn industry's leadership?

When it comes to the touchy subject of pornography, the discussion invariably gravitates to all the porn consumers.  Although the number of women has really spiked in recent years, the narrative in society, from media to churches, everyday ...

August 21, 2019

Should everyone be permitted into the West?

This is a crucial question and one that tends to make many uncomfortable, but it is legitimate: should everyone from outside the Western world be permitted entry to the West as an immigrant?  Is there no point where such nations may be allo...

August 13, 2019

How whites became pariahs in academia

Likely you've never heard of Noel Ignatiev, yet he's been influential in much of what is going on in culture and politics today.  A left-wing Jewish American author and historian, Ignatiev has been one of the main voices in helping ...

August 10, 2019

The crime of noticing

It's all too prevalent, this "crime" of noticing.  You start looking at things.  Digging into statistics.  Monitoring trends.  Delving more deeply into the historical accounts and data. ...

August 6, 2019

Is in-group preference really so bad?

We all do it.  Whether it's social circles, education or economic status, or beliefs, we tend to gravitate to those closest to us.  So why would this be considered problematic as regards ethno-cultural factors?  It h...

May 25, 2019

Boomers: Stop pining for the '90s

Recently, someone I know spoke to someone else I know about various socio-political issues.  As the conversation reached its climax, the latter person involved (an older Gen X person), realizing the state of things, moaned how he wished it ...

May 17, 2019

Should the West stop trading with bad actor nations?

We have been repeatedly told, especially by neo-liberal, neo-conservative, and libertarian proponents, that we need to knock down barriers to trade as we seek as much free trade as possible with all players.  Part of why this is said is bec...

May 8, 2019

After the Boomers Are Gone, the Bloodshed Begins

The Boomer Age is drawing to its close.  When one speaks of this group, it tends to mostly focus on white Boomers (not that others are outside the group, but to such a great extent, it really does mean those of mostly European background, i...