Schroeder’s Corner
Nickname Earned! – Gov. Gavin Newscum
I have generally eshued the nickname for California’s ineffective, self-righteous and odious governor that appears in the headline here. It just strikes me as below the belt. He is a lot of things, most notably inept and hypocritical (The…
Angry America – The Hugh Hewitt Show
Currently, I don’t enjoy following politics. I have to – nature of writing for this space, but it is not much fun. Our issues are animated by our hatreds and opposition, not by visions of good, better, best. I remain conservative, but I no…
Understanding Modernity
Tom Knighton, writing at Townhall, notes the lack of stigma that exists in today’s culture and how the absence of such stigma has hurt society generally. The piece is a bit rantish for my taste (All rants are bad except when I write them…
The End Of The Shutdown Is In Sight
The first procedural hurdle was cleared last night. Coverage – local – on the Hill – the Beeb. Seems like the typical pattern is holding, those moderate and endangered Dems finally reaching a deal with Thune, et. al. – enough to get over the…
Our Political Divisions – The Hugh Hewitt Show
The election just past in no way represented coalescing of American political thought. The candidates and issues were more extreme and more divisive than ever. On Friday I pointed at a Prop 50 ad from California that simply spewed political…
Media Extremes – The Hugh Hewitt Show
The Free Press has declared full war against the streak of antisemitism in the extreme right. I first covered it based on a couple of articles they published a couple of weeks ago, noting the difference between friends and allies. They…
America The Visceral
I was in California for Tuesday’s election. California is not reporting turnout numbers just yet but based on what I saw, they were low. There were certainly fewer than normal venues as I drove past several that were very active when I…
Appearances
I awake this morning to the news that Dick Cheney has passed away. Once one of the most powerful figures in the Republican Party and the nation, he was one of the last great servants of the people. Never great with the media, he became the…
This Could Explain A Lot
Spent a great deal of time yesterday on airplanes. Watched movies. One of them was entitled “Americana.” The movie is described as a “neo-western” which is why I decided to watch it. It was a critical and box office flop. But I did watch it…
Environmental Issues That Matter – The Hugh Hewitt Show
When the environmental “movement” began rivers literally burned, litter was far more than a nuisance, and many bodies of water coughed up scores of dead fish on a daily basis. Those conditions are now rare, but true believers chase ephemeral…