Each year I do a year end post that reviews what I believe are the most important essays/articles/commentary I produced. In as much as I often verbalize a matter before it’s mainstream knowledge, I may highlight something here that became a big deal later or is trending that way. I may also pick out writings […]
Archives for 2023
What Happened in 2023 and What That Means Going Forward
What happened in 2023? X, [formerly Twitter], acquired by Musk in 2022, became an existential force against the vast censorious regime to include the full collusion of government Deep State agencies and mainstream media. While this was not the only breech in regime communication control, the long-term effects of this cannot be underestimated. One could […]
Trump’s 2024 Landscape and Our Hidden Dangers
The polls have turned against Joe. Kamala is a dissipated and non-serious mess. Newsom is a toxic lizard, hated far and wide. On the other side of the aisle, the court cases against Trump flounder, the also-ran candidates either prove Trump’s positions or flounder. Expect Vivek to be in the cabinet. Nikki just nailed the lid […]
Beware the Man Behind the Curtain – Barak Obama
Barack Obama is gradually seeping back into the news. Since his ostensible departure from the Presidency in 2016, he kept a carefully studied distance from public life that was aloof and yet entirely inauthentic. He broke with traditions that a past President would not meddle with an in-coming administration and threw public barbs from afar at […]
Meta and the Practice of Northeast Reader
I used to comment on the background to these posts more often. It seems it’s been a good two years or more. This is for the benefit of the two hypothetical regular readers to these posts. I used to keep track via Google Analytics but then quit even that. The results became implausible. I also […]
Hamas and the Left – How the World Could Yet Blow Up
How would you react if the people in charge of your city had built a tunnel shaft under your four-year-old son’s bed, then woke him often and indiscriminately to use that shaft, carrying guns, crates and what not at all hours of the night? Your mother-in-law is in the hospital and the same people have […]