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Explaining why he was already disappointed by the forces of modern political “conservatism” way back in 1951, the great satirical English novelist and Catholic convert Evelyn Waugh once observed that there was no point in voting Tory (as the UK Conservative Party is also often called) anymore, as, whenever returning back into office following any previous period of socialist or liberal rule, the organization had consistently “never put the clock back a single second.” (more…)
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There is a deep, hermetic lore known only to cultural insiders, a small circle of academics, and a handful of social rogues[1] — namely, the lore of the often-tense relationships between white gays and blacks in those urban neighborhoods that exist in the liminal realm between “ghetto” and “gentrified.”
I first noticed this as a child going to work with my dad in the early 1990s. Several neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio were undergoing a sort of transformation. (more…)
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This is a continuation of the debate on one white state or many between Greg Johnson and Gregory Hood. Greg Johnson’s opening statement is here. Gregory Hood’s is here.
Dear Greg,
I decided to collect into a single document my responses to your debate statement together with some afterthoughts and treatments of issues we did not have time to deal with during the debate itself. (more…)
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The recent overwhelmingly hostile public response to this year’s Pride Month is encouraging. Pushback against the LGBTQ agenda should not be entirely surprising, as it’s been a long time in coming. Two years ago, governors from socially conservative states were vetoing anti-trans legislation, but nowadays, they’ve changed their outlook. (more…)
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Jim Goad has produced a short video to accompany his latest essay, “June Is the Gayest Month,” on the signs that the Pride coalition is sparking a backlash by inundating America with ever-more ridiculous propaganda for the LGBTQ agenda in relation to Pride Month. See below. (more…)
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Audio version: To listen in a player, use the one below or click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save link as” or “save target as.”
“April is the cruellest month,” wrote T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) in his 1922 poem “The Waste Land.”
As we all now know — whether or not we’d rather forget it, they won’t let us forget it — June is now federally designated as Pride Month, but I doubt that on the surface, Eliot would have had a problem with the abstract notion of pride. (more…)
Vikki Spit and her fiancée. Spit has become the first person in the UK to receive compensation from the government for a death — her fiancée’s — resulting from the Covid-19 vaccine.
Vikki Spit and her fiancée. Spit has become the first person in the UK to receive compensation from the government for a death — her fiancée’s — resulting from the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Beware the Ides of June
Under British parliamentary rules, a vote of no confidence in a Prime Minister is similar to a recall vote in the United States, but it is the members of the incumbent PM’s parliamentary party — 359 Conservative MPs, in this case — who vote, and not the people. The peons only get to vote in general elections, where their choice is essentially between two brands of the same soap powder. (more…)
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It’s Gay Pride Month, and I’m casting about for ways to celebrate this awesome event. Even as early as three years ago, I observed shampoo and mouthwash coming out of the closet at Target stores. Yes, really! And now that Burger King Whoppers are turning fruity, that really got my attention. Fast food without sociopolitical messages is way too twentieth century, after all; it’s the Current Year! Fine, I’ll get with the times already! What better way to commemorate the joys of same-sex attraction than with a movie review? (more…)
US Senate candidate Charles Booker of Kentucky tried a novel approach in a recent campaign add to let the 8% of Kentucky voters who are black know what will happen to them if Rand Paul is reelected.
US Senate candidate Charles Booker of Kentucky tried a novel approach in a recent campaign add to let the 8% of Kentucky voters who are black know what will happen to them if Rand Paul is reelected.
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In case you were unaware, June is Pride Month. It’s a well-known psychological principle that if you’re actually secure in your identity, one day won’t suffice — you need to announce it to the world non-stop for an entire month. (more…)