Conservative Fictions: Just Vote out the RINOs, Get a Gun, and All Will Be Well
Gun ownership and MAGA politicians alone won’t cut it. In the last analysis, we are the protectors of ourselves and our families.
So, Why, Exactly, Should We Vote Republican?
Are Republicans going to launch investigative committees, hearings, and tribunals to get to the bottom of this disgraceful—this scandalous—period in our nation’s history?
Thoughts on Guns, Violence, and Self-Protection
Ultimately, adult men and women must reckon with the fact that it is they alone who are responsible for their own well-being.
Learning from the Uvalde Shooting and its Political Aftermath
Don’t rely upon the police, or anyone, to do what you can and should do for yourself and whatever innocents are in your orbit. And don’t fetishize the gun.
If Voting Republican Is the Answer, Why Has It Never Worked Before?
Is the Left more or less powerful in 2022 than they’ve been in the past?
To Save the Country, Just ‘Vote Republican’? Not Even Close
Elon Musk has already started what should become a trend: the gradual inauguration of a future on whose cutting edge stand the lovers of civility, freedom, and truth.
Self-Protection and the Problem of Fetishizing ‘Techniques’
Mastery begins not with a tool, but with the self.
Martial Arts as War, and the Second Amendment
The framers codified a martial spirit necessary for a free people.
Rising Crime, Self-Protection, and Finding Honest Martial Instruction
Americans who are willing to assume responsibility for their own protection by pursuing the study of a genuinely martial art should take care to seek out a proper instructor.
Christ, COVID, and the Spirit of Fear
Christ, the Reason for this Season, is also the Logos, the Word, or the Reason of God. The antithesis of Logos is chaos. The spirit of fear is intrinsically irrational, unsound.
Surmounting the Culture and Politics of Fear
Training in the martial arts strengthens both body and soul, to promote the warrior-scholar ideal.
Why I Can’t Support Trump, the GOP, or Conservatism, Inc. Anymore
How many disappointments, betrayals, and failed promises do people need to endure before they say, “Never again?”
Individualism and the Protection of Innocents
The decent must transform their psyches and focus their wills if they are to become the dangerous folks that they need to become to neutralize the indecent and dangerous.
Good People Must Be Dangerous People
Fear is the only language the violent comprehend.
Is It Time for NeverGOP?
Why exactly is it imperative to vote Republican? How exactly will Republicans stop the Left—and stop them from doing what, exactly?
Intelligence, Feeling, and Critical Thinking
Feelers, as opposed to thinkers, can’t get beyond themselves, and far from welcoming discourse with others, they are conversation-killers.
Why Trump (and the GOP) Must Do Better
The president and his party must act and act now, lest their supporters suspect they’ve been conned.
If the President Wants to Win, He Needs to Do Better
Threatening tweets are no longer passing muster. Just the opposite: They make Trump look weak when he fails to follow through with action.
The Imperative to Think in the COVID-19 Era
Now would be a good time to listen to Hannah Arendt.
Big Conservatism and the Moment of Decision
Will we have politics-as-conversation or politics-as-war? Those are the only choices.