I certainly would not suggest that American citizens are the stupidest in the world; I’m sure there are scores of other countries vying for that distinction. But, if one considers the fact that we are among the world’s best educated, and if one were to imagine taking the ratio of intelligence divided by the amount of education received, I believe
(Adapted from a previous post on 9/11/16) Tomorrow is number twenty. Twenty Septembers. Twenty years. Two Towers. Four jets. One flank of the Pentagon. One field in southwestern Pennsylvania. Over three thousand souls. Four presidents. Two wars. Many determined enemies. Twenty Septembers later, America has moved on. As it HAD to. We treated the few survivors lucky enough to have
My last two posts took a brief look at the ongoing disaster that is the Biden Presidency. The breathtaking scope of this calamity has not escaped the notice of large swaths of Americans either. Some 150 retired generals, several senators and congressmen and numerous commentators have called for Biden’s immediate resignation and/or removal (via the 25th Amendment). Surprisingly, perhaps, I
What follows is a short photo essay on the ongoing saga of Joe Biden. The pictures speak for themselves: The last photograph is, I think, the most chilling, more for what it doesn’t show than for what it shows. Of course, what it shows IS chilling enough; Afghanis cling to the OUTSIDE of a jet aircraft taking off and
Well, NO ONE was expecting great things from Joe Biden. The bar was, shall we say, set VERY low. But even by those very lax standards, Biden continues to not just embarrass himself and our country, but to unremittingly damage both. In addition to his ludicrous gaffs, which he makes EVERY SINGLE DAY IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, the confusion
It didn’t take long. Just a week or two. They didn’t even wait for us to fully leave. Three weeks ahead of our full departure date, the “Religion of Peace” has retaken Afghanistan. Just like that. Without US military might, the Afghan “Army” collapsed like a house of cards. Without the bravery of US fighting men at the ready, no
Although it might initially seem churlish to criticize Team USA Olympic contestant Simone Biles for her catastrophic showing at the Tokyo Olympics, I’m prepared to relinquish any “good guy” bona fides I may have had, because Ms. Biles’ behavior at the games and, especially, the “woke” reaction to it are emblematic of the sorry mess that America’s psyche has become.
As a promotional theme, the New York Times likes to invite the public to read their publication and then “join the conversation.” But the “conversation,” if you want to call it that, has gotten so bizarre of late that “joining the conversation” is likely to challenge one’s sanity. Contemporary America’s “conversation” seems less like a true conversation and more like
In his greatest book, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, America’s greatest writer, described the sense of astonishment that early America’s European settlers felt as they ventured into this brave new world: “For a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face
Well, last weekend wrapped up “Pride Week, 2021.” While most American special occasion celebrations (even very important ones like Arbor Day [April 29] or National Chocolate Day [July 7]) make do with a one day designation, the annual celebration of American weirdness can’t be contained, apparently, in a single calendar day. No, Pride DAY, I’m afraid, just won’t do! Ladies