She devoted her life to helping the poor blacks of southwest Durban,* but Sister Gertrud Tiefenbacher’s goodness was no amulet against criminals from the communities she served. The “elderly nun [86] was savagely gang-raped and then murdered in her own bedroom at a South African convent, police say.” Sister … Tiefenbacher was bound and gagged […Read On]
Conspiracy, Free Speech, Islam, libertarianism, Liberty, Neoconservatism
“The Charlie Hebdo Hypocrites” floated the idea that “the double standard toward what is perceived as rightist speech (Pam Geller’s) and left-wing freedom of expression (Charlie Hebdo’s) is a holdover construct of communism,” during which right-wingers were demonized and targeted for destruction. There is no other difference “between Charlie Hebdo’s defiance of Islamic blasphemy laws […Read On]
Economy, Intelligence, Political Philosophy, Race, Racism, Reason
The concept of “racism” has been treated, over these pixelated pages, as a political construct in the postmodern tradition—a tradition that uses semantics, often unmoored from objective reality, to create a politically desired reality and achieve political ends. A mouthful, I know. But what has just been said is nothing compared to “Against ‘Racisms’: An […Read On]
Intellectually, Pope Francis, the new Holy See, is no match to his predecessors. However, the elites love this populist, socialist simpleton, which is why they may listen when he “decries the persecution of Christians,” the most pressing and neglected issue of our time. The Pope condemned the attack in Kenya, where Christians were singled out […Read On]