Praetorian “Conservatism” “I took an oath to the president, and I take that oath very seriously.”This declaration was offered as a pious summation civic duty by former White House Political Director Sara Taylor. She stated this without irony or self-awareness. Clearly, she was someone who had been immersed in a culture of fuhrerprinzip, in which […]

Briefly Considered: A “Weimar Moment” Approaches “We are in danger of having … a Weimar moment in our politics. German politics was embittered disastrously by the belief that they were on the cusp of victory in 1918 and were stabbed in the back by the civilian leadership that didn’t understand Germany’s military prowess. There is […]

The Bubble Collapses, The Police State Expands (Quick Update) I want to thank Jerri Lynn Ward for inviting me on her program “I Object! Justice Examined” to discuss (along with Dr. Herb Titus) the right to keep and bear arms. Those interested in listening can hear the program on Right Talk radio; click on Miss […]

The Reich Wing: Bush-Era Conservatism as Reductio Ad Absurdum As the Iraq war ripens into the largest strategic catastrophe in our nation’s history, dead-enders among the Bu’ushist faithful confront a sobering question. No, that question is not how to extricate our nation from the Mesopotamian morass, but rather how to deal with internal dissent.It’s really […]

Your Next “Landlord” Will Speak Chinese Meet your future landlord: Thanks to the Federal Reserve and our own profligacy, Washington is looking to China to bail out the distressed mortgage industry. It takes a mind better attuned than mine to the arcane science of high finance to understand why the Dow briefly crested 14,000 today […]

Your Kids as Collateral: The Coming Blood-for-Debt Swap Feeding Molech: How it was done in ancient Israel (above), and how it is done today (below). To the surprise of no sentient being, our rulers have been deceiving us regarding their plans for the restive Mesopotamian province of their empire.General Petraeus, the military messiah du jour, […]

Planet of the Pig-Men “[Rowan] Gaither was, at that time, President of the Ford Foundation. Mr. Gaither had sent for me when I found it convenient to be in New York, asked me to call upon him at his office, which I did. On arrival, after a few amenities, Mr. Gaither said, `Mr. Dodd, we […]

Talk Radio Bulimia and Fox News Reflux: A Case Study Fox “News”: Fair…We wouldn’t be where we presently find ourselves — mired in a pointless foreign war, looking down the barrel of undisguised executive despotism, and teetering on the precipice of national insolvency — were it not for the capacity of Americans to believe passionately […]