Progressive Reformation

Arpaio, briefly

Some brief thoughts on Trump’s pardon of Sheriff Arpaio, written mostly for myself as an exercise in honesty. Since I wrote this in a single sitting and didn’t edit, it’s probably pretty disjointed. This is my view at the moment; by tomorrow it might be completely different.

Calling Ron Collins

We seem to have a soldier MIA; apparently the Medium censors have claimed another scalp. Anyone have any clue what grave offense good old Ron Collins committed?

[It is insane that not only do they remove people, but they remove the offending posts — at least, I can’t…

Helplessness Blues

I. The American Nightmare

Self-Reflections

Some thoughts provoked by reading The GULAG Archipelago as an ex-Marxist. By nature very personal and somewhat scattershot.

Prologue: My journey

My own history of Communism is, I suspect, fairly typical. I start out with a wide-eyed…

On Patriotism: A Tale of Two Americas

The Conventional Wisdom of Patriotism

Feminism and Culture

This thread is quite an interesting discussion, and if I may, I’d like to throw in my two cents. A lot of this is stuff I’ve been thinking about since I read Coming Apart by Charles Murray.

The Consideration of Nazism