Tag Archives: COVID-19

The arrogance of the masked do-gooder

Posted on November 25, 2020 by

No, not talking about the Lone Ranger – back before that fictional character was nothing but a foil for a comic actor (now blacklisted by Hollywood in another example of arrogance). Actually I’m talking about a man I saw a … Continue reading →

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Why lie?

Posted on November 18, 2020 by

Because… “Never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Rahm Emanuel Emanuel was paraphrasing another not-quite-so-extreme Democrat from more than a half-century … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 madness is really not new

Posted on November 17, 2020 by

It seems, that COVID-19 is contagious – even highly contagious. But the rate of spread and contagion of the novel coronavirus pales in comparison to the rate of spread of panic and madness triggered by this pandemic. Madness? First, the … Continue reading →

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E-2: Panic and Lockdown – have we destroyed ourselves?

Posted on November 1, 2020 by

As the end of the election season is nearly here, it is worth looking back. This election season, at all levels, has been warped by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the resulting panic and Lockdown. This is EXACTLY what many … Continue reading →

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The Lockdown – and the Lockdown Rebellion: far from over

Posted on June 27, 2020 by

The news the last couple of days has been filled with alarm about new peaks of COVID-19 positive testing, whether the “second wave” or still the original surge. The social media is filled with nannies and Karens and busybodies screaming, … Continue reading →

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Tales from the West – Crisis and conflict today

Posted on June 21, 2020 by

Thanks to business, my family and other business associates and I have been able to travel through several states, and it is clear that the Lockdown is far from over, even in the West.  And that economic impacts are continuing … Continue reading →

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Looking back the last few weeks: war on some religions

Posted on June 5, 2020 by

As I take a break from the constant hammer of the news on my eyes and brain, I’m looking back at a few things. One is the war on some religions – a front in the Lockdown Rebellion. Just in … Continue reading →

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What an excuse!

Posted on May 26, 2020 by

IN 2020, the threatened (predicted) claims of 1/10 of one percent (1 in a thousand) Americans was sufficient excuse for 31 of the Fifty States to take away the constitutionally-protected right of freedom of expression and exercise of religion. And … Continue reading →

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In some ways, the Lockdown is backfiring

Posted on May 24, 2020 by

Let’s talk about schools and guns – favorite topics of both Mama Liberty and myself.

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Insanity: an example of the bureaucratic, statist, nanny, and authoritarian mindset

Posted on May 22, 2020 by

Thanks to Miquel for finding this. Just in time for Memorial Day. Kipling described this insanity just over a century ago, in his poem, The Gods of the Copybook Headings. Definitely worth reading.

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