Category Archives: Civilization

Not hunting party. It’s particularly loathsome for the gun grabbers to try to exploit every act by a madman to punish law-abiding citizens. Tweet

Which one wins? This is not an unimportant question. Tweet

…About surviving an apocalypse, have we got a deal for you! Easy payments – that would be cash up front….. Tweet

Victor Davis Hanson on believing – or rather, on not believing anymore: Besides the media, the sheer affluence offered by high technology, mass production, and generous entitlements makes the old notion of poverty almost obsolete. And that fact makes us … Continue reading →

Mark Steyn on the peculiar propensity of the left to bravely stand up to non-existent threats – while wholly ignoring real ones: They seem even more cobwebbed and parochial today, when there is an actual “swirling hurricane” out there: From … Continue reading →

…And this depresses me. My friend Phineas has a post cross posted at Sister Toljah’s place that should be mandatory viewing for anyone who thinks the government IS the problem.(Click over and watch the video – it’s well worth your … Continue reading →

How to deal with smart phone boors in many situations. Here in the Crabitat, phones (cell or smart) are not allowed at the table.  I know we’re somewhat unusual these days, but it has been a point here to dine … Continue reading →

A must read from Sarah Hoyt writing at PJ Media’s PJ Tatler. Okay… So far so good. I expected her to come back with some factoids, and I expected to discuss it, and maybe even have words. You see, normally … Continue reading →

The Wall Street Journal interviews George Shultz: I try hard to pull Mr. Shultz back toward despair. Aren’t we an older, more poorly educated society than the one that climbed out of similar debt after World War II? “Well, we … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, that’s not just the title of an old Firesign Theater routine.  It’s also the reality of what’s happening as a result of the much gushed about “Arab Spring”. Mark Steyn: So what are they doing? In Libya, British Commonwealth … Continue reading →

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Victor Davis Hanson: A therapeutic college curricula and hyphenated “studies” courses have not made graduates better-read or more skilled in math and science. For many employers, the rigor of the new BA is scarcely equivalent to that of the old … Continue reading →

$1.5 trillion: It seems clearer and clearer that short of a near-death experience, no one is going to do anything about this problem. Our president spent over 5,000 words last night kind of noting, offhand, that we might have a … Continue reading →