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Category Archives: America
The Moralization Of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
Most of the commentary I hear is about the relative morality of it, which imparts no value. Your moral assessment depends on your hero system. I want to know about how the world will change. It seems to me that … Continue reading
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Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture
Any dissident, including any American Orthodox Jew, can resonate with many of these insights. Everyone living in a porous identity in the first world is living in a negative world. Aaron M. Renn writes in this 2024 book: * Cultural … Continue reading
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The Murder Of Charlie Kirk By A Man In Love With His M-F Transitioning Roommate (9-14-25)
05:00 Greg Gutfeld: Charlie’s impact will only grow with his passing07:30 What is to be done? Matt C joins Hugh to discuss the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk12:00 I don’t share the dominant reaction by RW pundits that … Continue reading
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Video: The Solutions to Political Violence in America and How Leaders Can Restore Unity, with Robert Pape
Mark Halperin: What circumstances have led us to this moment—economic, cultural, psychological? Why have we gotten here as a country? Robert Pape: There are social changes radicalizing our politics, which in turn are increasing support for political violence. As tragic … Continue reading
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Trump Supporters Are Surrounded By Highly Educated Americans Who Want Them Murdered Like Charlie Kirk
Why would it be illogical to understand that everyone who’s called Trump and his supporters fascist wants us murdered like Charlie Kirk? If you truly believe someone is a fascist, you logically want them dead. How many people want to … Continue reading
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NBC News: Suspect in fatal N.C. train stabbing of Ukrainian refugee is charged with federal crime
I hear we shouldn’t politicize or racialize this crime. OK, but why? Was it OK to politicize or racialize the killing of George Floyd? Who am I to tell somebody that the way they experience life is wrong and should … Continue reading
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You Are An Important Soldier In A Great War (9-7-25)
01:00 Tariffs Court Challenge, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CSlL8R7_h804:00 WP: Trump’s tariffs help U.S. avoid worst of global bond market rout, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16358516:00 The Worship Of Abstract Theory Over Human Welfare, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16353733:50 Does Judaism Worship Abstract Truth Over Pragmatic Concerns? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XEj5NBlz2E43:00 At The Mercy Of … Continue reading
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Trump Slashes Federal Workforce
ChatGPT says: Here’s the gist of what that Wall Street Journal opinion column (Sept. 6, 2025): Federal workforce shrinking: BLS establishment survey shows federal government employment fell by 15,000 in August and is down 97,000 since the January 2025 peak. … Continue reading
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At The Mercy Of The Worst Among Us
Here are some provocative posts on X: This murderer's name is Decarlos Brown. He has been arrested 13 times, two of which were for assaulting women. In January 2025, Judge Teresa Stokes allowed him to be released on no cash … Continue reading
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Where Is The Biggest Gap Between What People Say Publicly Vs Privately?
Jeffrey Hart wrote in his 2005 book: ‘The Making of the American Conservative Mind: National Review and Its Times’ (2005): Perhaps James Burnham was in an excessively pessimistic mood when he remarked to me once that the black problem “probably … Continue reading