Schroeder’s Corner
Deep Failure – The Hugh Hewitt Show
Los Angeles has proven completely incapable of extinguishing a warehouse fire in four days. I could carry on for hours about this, but I just want to focus on what an utter failure it represents. There are a few fundamental things that a…
The Unraveling Begins
“Iran postponed negotiations that were meant to begin in Switzerland on Friday….” The reason? “Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah….” The lede that is buried? “The Israeli military said it struck…
How “Waste, Fraud and Abuse” Really Happens
The phrase “waste, fraud and abuse” now exists in politics-speak as a single word, bandied about with great and near-thoughtless regularity. It is a linguistic nightmare. But it is also an increasing reality. Earlier this week, we looked at…
The MOU Reaction – In A Nutshell
Impulsively, I do not like the MOU. The reason is simple – I don’t trust Iran. In point of fact, I would not like any deal with this bunch because I do not trust them. It is just that simple. And as I survey the uncountable press…
Destroying The American Character – The Hugh Hewitt Show
Fox carried a story last Saturday about “guaranteed income” programs around the nation and groups pushing to make it permanent and national. The amount of gobblity-gook spewed by the proponents of this scheme is immense and the fog of that…
Put A Fork In Gavin Newsom’s Presidential Aspirations – They’re Well Done
It has been no secret for a long time now that Gavin Newsom wants to run for president. So naked is his ambition that as soon as Trump got elected the second time, Newsom inelegantly and unmasterfully tried to position himself as a…
An Agreement To Come To An Agreement
As has become far too typical in the president’s dealing with Iran, it has been announced that something has happened, but we don’t have a clue as to what has actually happened. On X, the host quotes John Ellis quoting Bloomberg proclaiming it…
Be At Peace
Yesterday I analogized myself to the proverbial porch sitting curmudgeon. The world is full of the completely, astonishingly outrageous. Late last week, dean of conservative Calvinist preachers, John Piper, released a podcast entitled…
“Get Off My Lawn”
From the evil to the wrong to the outrageous to the stupid the world seems full of…shall we say, the less than the ideal. So often does news of the latest “you have got to be kidding me” hit me in the face that I am beginning…
Modernity Explained?
The Chronicle of Higher Education carries a piece by Tyler Jagt, a literature and critical writing professor, entitled, “My Student’s Can’t Read.” (I am forced to note that for any such prof I had, the use of a…