I was recently in a classroom listening to another professor and students discuss woke, and part of the conversation correctly identified that often people don’t really have an idea of what they mean; woke is simply a pejorative label. And while there are good explanations of what woke is and what it is not (let […]
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When I was in my much younger college days, there was an 80s heavy metal band called Twisted Sister, who had a mega-hit “We’re not gonna take it”. The band of my youth is now, like me, old and gray, and you can watch a short clip of the refrain here (or the younger full […]
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Reality in the Biden Era
01 Apr 2022
When I talk to other conservatives that are lamenting the decay of our culture, I will often console them by noting that “life is conservative.” In other words, the realities inherent in all our lives tend to validate the conservative position. There is a reason why the book of Proverbs can resonate with anybody, a […]
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Plain and simple. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemons were implicated in MLB’s doping scandal years ago. Each one of them had tremendous talent and accomplishments, but got even better as they aged, dominating in home runs (Bonds) and starting pitching (Clemons). In their last year of eligibility, both were denied entrance into MLB’s Hall of […]