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Why Does The Left Always Win?
Why does the Left always win? Easiest answer in the world! They fight. They shoot to kill. They hang traitors. They do not retreat unless faced with overwhelming forces. They…
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Researchers Discover Parents Label Animals By Binary Sex At Zoos
Today a paper which is the almost certain winner of the Third Annual WMBriggs.com Bad Science Award (First winner; Second winner). Discovered by reader Nate Winchester, we have the peer-reviewed…
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Russia’s Rise: Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
This is Part I of II parts. The second part will run next Tuesday. I have been asked why I think Russia has returned to the center stage in world…
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Pope Says Using Paper & Plastic A Sin
If you're a Christian, what do you suppose is the most pressing problem in the world today? The rapid fading of Christianity in the West? The dramatic increase in, and…
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On Ethical Socialism — Guest Post by Oswald Spengler
This excerpt is drawn from the 1965 Oxford University Press abridged edition of The Decline of the West, pages 185-187. Let us, once more, review Socialism (independently if the economic…
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Stream: xkcd’s Global Warming Time Series Mistakes
Today's post is at the Stream: xkcd's Global Warming Time Series Mistakes. The popular web cartoon xkcd has provided a wonderful opportunity to plug my must-read (and too expensive) book…
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Comments on The Flight 93 Election. Let’s Roll
From reader Dean Ericson and from many other sources, the required must-read "The Flight 93 Election" by Publius Decius Mus at the sober Claremont Review of Books. If you support…
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On Habits Good & Bad
Our neighbor up on the lake was old and growing infirm, and he had let my dad know that he needed some yard work done. My dad sent me over.…