After being forced to abandon the mass-murdering policies of the Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong sought revenge on those who forced him to act rationally. Mao, who could hold a grudge from one century to the next, didn’t wait long … Continue reading
Barack Obama used to talk about ‘putting science in its rightful place’. He meant that panels composed of his hand-picked experts would decide how the rest of us live. Obama’s rhetorical ploy was clever; science is one of the few … Continue reading
Happy Monday after Thanksgiving weekend! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and no, I don’t want to go back to work either. A big thank you to Stephen Hall for today’s article. In the recent midterm elections, over and … Continue reading
The writer of Ecclesiastes was wrong; we haven’t seen everything under the Sun. A recent social innovation has been the transgender mania sweeping the western world. Against the facts of Biology and the light of Reason, millions of our neighbors … Continue reading
This past Sunday marked the one hundred year anniversary of the armistice that effectively ended the war that didn’t end all wars. It altered the course of history, and not just in a trivial way. Germany and France lost a … Continue reading
After Amazon announced the two locations of its eastern headquarters, voices rose in condemnation of the “corporate welfare” involved in the deal. Involuntary friend of the blog Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t disappoint with her predictable incoherence. Other critics were more measured. … Continue reading
Hello fellow FRians! We have Stephen’s post of the week today. Thank you so much, as always, Stephen. An oft employed euphemism for a blind process where on the one side something goes into the proverbial “black box” and … Continue reading
First reaction to the midterm elections, while the votes are being counted: 1) We live in a deeply divided country: the twin fantasies of the silent conservative majority and the inevitable progressive juggernaut are just that, fantasies. Leftists have … Continue reading
Happy Monday faithful FR readers! As usual, this Monday’s post comes to us from Stephen Hall. Thanks so much, Stephen!!! Going outside the scope of my normal postings due to the current nature of the topic and faced with … Continue reading
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! Be safe if you’re out Trick or Treating tonight, with or without kiddos!!! To completely mess everyone up, it’s already Wednesday, but today we bring you Stephen’s post, which as you know, usually happens on Monday. So if … Continue reading
