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On The Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Ilana On Radio & TV, Media, South-Africa

I’ll be speaking to John Safran of The Australian Broadcasting Corporation about my article the genocide of the Boers in “democratic” South Africa. The program is “Sunday Night Safran,” and it will air on “Triple J,” between 9 and 11pm on Sunday, February 4, Australian Eastern Summer Time, or between 2 and 4am Pacific Standard Time. You can listen live on the web by going to and following the links. Or you can access the broadcast as a podcast, following the show at http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/listen/podcast.htm#safran.
John is the first member of the media to have shown interest in the tragedy of South Africa, as far as I know, and to have a realistic perspective of what’s going down there (as opposed to these “flaccid fools”; the one a mongrel paleoconservative, the other a neocon). The West —America in the lead —has betrayed certain endangered bastions of western civilization, South Africa being one; Serbia another. Israel is next, although its own leaders are doing a fine job of it.
In any event, I believe South Africa is one of the defining stories of our times. The manner in which it was betrayed —through sanctions and international incitement —makes a mockery of our claim to be fighting to maintain Western civilization. What has arisen there is anything but.

Unlike very many Americans, John was remarkably relaxed and did not become apoplectic given the politically incorrect topic of discussion. I hope to get to chat with him again, so that I can improve my output. Being a typical writer, I tend to be reclusive. Put it this way: I haven’t adopted the circus animal persona of the modern pundit, and am unlikely to change.

Background Reading:
“The Genocide in Democratic South Africa”
“The Ugly truth About Democratic South Africa”
“Oprah’s Excellent Elitism”
“Self-defense: A Universal Right”

Updated: Hornbeck & the Tyranny of Low Expectations

Media, The Zeitgeist

“An anonymous sage said that ‘expectations tend to be self-fulfilling’: expect nothing and you’ll get nothing. In the United States, if kids so much as dial 911 in an emergency, they are decorated for bravery. Mitchell Hults, the boy who gave police the description of the perpetrator’s white truck, has been hailed as a hero by the sheriff and showered with awards and gifts. This, for merely reporting what he saw! If the consensus in society is that doing the bare minimum is an act of supreme courage; then failing to perform basic obligations must be considered the norm.

In The Constitution of Liberty, Friedrich A. Hayek insisted that ‘The assigning of responsibility is based, not on what we know to be true in a particular case, but on what we believe will be the probable effects of encouraging people to behave rationally and considerately.’ In other words, don’t fall for the tyranny of low expectations; let your teenagers know you expect them to behave rationally and considerately.”

The excerpt is from, “Hornbeck & the Tyranny of Low Expectations.”

Update: Considering the comments received, I should have called the column “Hornbeck & The Tyranny of No Expectations.”

Updated: Hornbeck & the Tyranny of Low Expectations

Media, The Zeitgeist

“An anonymous sage said that ‘expectations tend to be self-fulfilling’: expect nothing and you’ll get nothing. In the United States, if kids so much as dial 911 in an emergency, they are decorated for bravery. Mitchell Hults, the boy who gave police the description of the perpetrator’s white truck, has been hailed as a hero by the sheriff and showered with awards and gifts. This, for merely reporting what he saw! If the consensus in society is that doing the bare minimum is an act of supreme courage; then failing to perform basic obligations must be considered the norm.

In The Constitution of Liberty, Friedrich A. Hayek insisted that ‘The assigning of responsibility is based, not on what we know to be true in a particular case, but on what we believe will be the probable effects of encouraging people to behave rationally and considerately.’ In other words, don’t fall for the tyranny of low expectations; let your teenagers know you expect them to behave rationally and considerately.”

The excerpt is from, “Hornbeck & the Tyranny of Low Expectations.”

Update: Considering the comments received, I should have called the column “Hornbeck & The Tyranny of No Expectations.”

In Defense of Bill O’Reilly

Media, The Zeitgeist

“‘Bill O’Reilly is not looking out for the kids,’ wailed a blogger. He ought to lose his job for his ‘base-line idiocy’ and perverse inhumanity, sermonized Keith Olbermann, suddenly sounding a lot like the man he calls ‘Billo.’ ‘I’ve really had it, you know, with people judging,’ came Sean Hannity’s signature inanities. ‘This was an 11 year-old boy, ripped away from his family, and people are suggesting maybe he just enjoyed being away from school.'”

“The contretemps were over O’Reilly’s response to the case of Missouri kidnapping victim Shawn Hornbeck. The boy disappeared in 2002, and — turned up four years later — alive, the alleged captive of a pizza-parlor manager,’ to quote Newsweek. O’Reilly has been clobbered ever since he dared to suggest that, horrors, the kid probably enjoyed his new-found freedom: ‘He didn’t have to go to school. He could run around and do whatever he wanted.'”

“The excerpt is from my new WND column, “In Defense Of Bill O’Reilly.” Fox News is full of statists on steroids. So it doesn’t often happen that the person who penned “He Contorts, I Decide” defends Bill O’Reilly. But on the rare occasion that O’Reilly opposes the therapeutic establishment and upholds individual responsibility —also the cornerstone of liberty —he deserves support. So he got it.