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September 2026

September 21, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 9/21/26

More Americans now support the Palestinains than support Israel. U.K. parliament votes down assisted suicide. ...

September 08, 2026

Tuesday Miscellany, 9/8/26

Should Ontario rename itself "America"? The coverup of research on puberty blockers. And 63% of...

July 2026

July 06, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 7/6/26

What Ukraine has done with drone warfare. Netherlands euthanizes children. And the government releases super-AI...

July 03, 2026

America at 250

The United States of America turns 250 on July 4. But Americans are having a hard...

January 2026

January 12, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 1/12/26

New Venezuelan dictator, same as the old Venezuelan dictator. Free speech for little kids. And...

December 2025

December 04, 2025

Prospects for War

What do you think are the prospects for war? Not a limited "police action" in...

November 2025

November 27, 2025

Thanksgiving, Entitlement, & Grace

The opposite of gratitude is entitlement. But thanksgiving involves a sense of grace. That connection...

November 21, 2025

DISCUSS: War in Venezuela?

President Trump has been using U.S. aircraft to sink Venezuelan boats suspected of exporting illegal...

October 2025

October 13, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 10/13/25

Trump brings peace to the Middle East. Social Media has jumped the shark. And our...

September 2025

September 30, 2025

Classically Educated in Ecuador

In our accreditation visit to a school in Cuenca, Ecuador, I found that not only...

August 2025

August 18, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 8/18/25

The 20 jobs that are safest from AI. Why traffic to the big porn sites...

June 2025

June 20, 2025

Surprises from a Major Study of World Religion

The most Christian region of the world is sub-Saharan Africa. The world's fastest growing religion...

May 2025

May 23, 2025

DISCUSS: Peace & Prosperity or Freedom & Democracy?

The “Bush Doctrine” from President George W. Bush made as a priority for United States...

May 08, 2025

Surprises from a Huge Study on Human Flourishing

An international study of human flourishing has been released, and it is full of surprises.

January 2025

January 20, 2025

Inauguration Day Miscellany, 1/20/25

Giving Trump credit for the ceasefire in Gaza. Sexual discrimination vs. gender identity discrimination. And...

January 06, 2025

Epiphany Miscellany, 1/6/25

Jimmy Carter's genuine accomplishments; independence for Greenland; and indulgences for the Jubilee Year.

December 2024

December 16, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 12/16/24

Bad times for dictators. Hallucinating the news. And the UK completely bans puberty blockers for...

December 11, 2024

The End of the “American Century”?

After World War II, the United States of America dominated the world, spreading its democracy,...

September 2024

September 20, 2024

DISCUSS: Policing the World

The Free Press is sponsoring a debate on the topic "Should the U.S. Still Police...

September 05, 2024

Leftwing Conservatism

To the many different kinds of conservatism today, we can add Leftwing Conservatism. This is...

August 2024

August 26, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 8/26/24

Putin offers conservatives sanctuary in Russia; consciousness detected in 25% of the comatose; and watch...

August 19, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 8/19/24

The UK might extradite us Americans and put us in jail for what we post...

July 2024

July 02, 2024

Cold War II–and We Are the Soviets

Niall Ferguson has been arguing that a new cold war is emerging, with the alliance...

June 2024

June 06, 2024

China’s Ambitions vs. Its Demographic Collapse

China has great ambitions. It hopes to replace the United States as the world's greatest...

April 2024

April 26, 2024

Where Christianity Is Growing the Most

While Christianity seems to be in decline in the United States, Europe, and other industrialized...

April 26, 2024

DISCUSS: Our Approach to Foreign Policy

The U.S. has pursued a "rules-based international order," with treaties and organizations that promote mutual...

April 12, 2024

DISCUSS: The “Pre-War Era”?

"War is no longer a concept from the past," said Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister...

March 2024

March 11, 2024

Monday Miscellany 3/11/24

Another bad idea from France, Colorado's DNA scandal, and world hunger gives way to world...

March 06, 2024

We Contemporary Westerners Are WEIRD

An anthopologist says that many of our contemporary assumptions are WEIRD; that is, Western, Educated,...

February 2024

February 23, 2024

DISCUSSION: Trump and NATO

Donald Trump said that if NATO members hadn't paid their pledge to devote 2% of...