Eliot was “shockingly plain … with a huge nose and missing teeth.” Why, then, did her family fixate on the seemingly insignificant rumor that her right hand was larger than her left, attempting to change and control the narrative about this appendage after her death? [Read more...]
WATCH: Mark Steyn talks with Lindsay Shepherd, who showed her students a Jordan Peterson video and… BOOM!
(Background here.) Steyn notes that younger people are less inclined to be supportive (even in the breach) of free speech as a value in and of itself, whereas he "thought young people were … [Read more...]
I talk all things Canada — crime, guns, Trudeau, the Fords & more — on the Savage Hippie podcast
“Hitler murdered more of his enemies, but nobody hated his followers more than Stalin did”
Steve Sailer writes: The most amusing aspect of the impressive, if not particularly comic, new comedy The Death of Stalin is that Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), who … [Read more...]
Left vs. right (that is, fantasy vs. reality) in one tweet
Descendant Of Pocahontas, Debbie “White Dove” Porreco, supports President Trump, says he will be "our hero." pic.twitter.com/sfXpHL5Y71 — Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) November … [Read more...]
“What we’re seeing now, with blacks in South Africa and here in the U.S., is tragically inevitable”
David Cole writes: That said, let’s face an uncomfortable truth. Colonizing African nations and using the locals for slave labor was a bad idea, a stupid idea, an idea born of white … [Read more...]
“You can’t stop the Zombie baby boomers of Rolling Stone”
From the US Speccie: We were so close to getting rid of Jann Wenner. (...) But reporting from Vanity Fair has confirmed that the Penske Media … [Read more...]
“Why the need to create anti-Semitic moral panics out of thin air?”
Jim Goad writes: This also happened a few weeks ago after NRA President Wayne LaPierre decried “European-style socialists” and was immediately charged with the unforgivable … [Read more...]
“Equality has become one of the most insidious ideas in the language”
Christopher DeGroot writes: There is a simple reason for such phenomena: Human beings are powerfully attracted to anyone or anything that seems greater than themselves. There is in … [Read more...]
Joe Bob Briggs: “Spiritual But Not Religious, Just Inane”
Joe Bob Briggs writes: So now we know what “spiritual” means. It means: (1) Alone. (2) Me. (3) Making myself feel good. (4) Not bothering with the messy business … [Read more...]
“Just how monstrous is the Sun’s ‘Flakensteins’ story?”
Well, yes: An abiding problem on the Right is one we mock the Left for: Reflexively scoffing EVERYTHING "the other side" says. Especially in the realm of culture. That "millennials" think the Monster is "misunderstood" and "to be pitied" is, of course, the actual point of the story. … [Read more...]
If you’re entertained by the sight of somebody shooting weird random stuff out of their butts, and can’t afford a ticket to Bangkok…
I guess you can just watch C-Span? Yeah, I know the Left has been "making shit up" for a hundred years, but for whatever reason, this struck me as particularly "WTF??" … [Read more...]