Category Archives: America

Charismatic figures come to bad ends

Trump is a charismatic figure. How will things end with Trump? Grok says: The idea that charismatic figures often meet bad ends has some historical juice—think Caesar stabbed in the Senate, JFK in Dallas, or even someone like Huey Long … Continue reading

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Isn’t it a good thing that Trump and Putin understand each other?

Grok says: Whether it’s “good” that Trump and Putin understand each other hinges on what you mean by “good”—and for whom. They’ve got a rapport, no question. Trump’s praised Putin’s “strength” and “smarts” since at least 2015, calling him a … Continue reading

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Is Trump threatening Canada because he believes it has been taken over by China?

Grok says: Whether Donald Trump is threatening Canada specifically because he believes it’s been “taken over by China” is tough to pin down with certainty—it’s more inference than explicit statement. As of March 15, 2025, Trump’s public rhetoric and actions … Continue reading

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All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America

Michael Wolff writes in this 2025 book: * [In 2021] Mar – a – Lago, as one Trump intimate put it, was less Camelot than Jonestown. * the man on the tightrope without a net. Who can take their eyes … Continue reading

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When it comes to Hamas activist Mahmoud, Democrats & the MSM now support free speech! (3-14-25)

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The Sociology Of Elites (3-13-25)

01:00 My friends for my first three years in LA were all Dennis Prager affiliated, https://lukeford.net/blog/?page_id=3162006:00 Why does America need terror supporters such as Mahmoud Khalil? https://x.com/AkivaShapiro/status/190028126317886714111:00 What Jordan Peterson can teach church leaders, https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-jordan-peterson-can-teach-church-leaders-young-men-influencer-masculinity-22bb318c15:00 Aaron Renn: Creating a Permission … Continue reading

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Rediscovering E. Digby Baltzell’s Sociology of Elites

Aaron Renn writes: * Baltzell defines an aristocratic upper class as one which justifies its status and privileges through service to the nation, both by assuming leadership roles and by being open to assimilating the families of new men of … Continue reading

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Why Are Churches Anti-Men? (3-12-25)

01:00 Aaron Renn: When Selfishness Becomes Celebrated: How modern culture repackages marital abandonment as radical self-love, with little counter-narrative from religious voices, https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/selfish-abandonment09:00 Dennis Prager’s First Public Message11:00 Rodney Martin needs your prayers24:00 Aaron Renn: Tradcons Are the Enemy of … Continue reading

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Democrats & MSM Rally To Defense Of Hamas Agitator Mahmoud Khalil (Columbia University) 3-12-25)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/us/yale-suspends-scholar-terrorism.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-detention-hearing.html

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Big Law, Big Hollywood, Big Journalism, Big Money, Big Education Cower Before Trump (3-11-25)

01:00 Don’t just take action, sit there03:00 Jewish and black confidence04:30 Does Trump plan before taking action? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLbpnOmImhY18:00 Trump slashes Education department, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j5VNj9_ZWw19:00 NYT: Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff: The layoffs mean that the department will now … Continue reading

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