by Win Lose or Draw | Aug 24, 2025 | Culture Wars, Politcal Parties, Politics
Recommendations for Buckley by Sam Tanenhaus, a biography. You will learn a lot about who the man was. The why of the man requires some extrapolation from the facts. The most relevant facts are these: Bill Buckley, Jr. grew up in his father’s household. Bill Buckley...
by Win Lose or Draw | Aug 19, 2025 | Culture Wars, Politcal Parties, Politics
It has been said we are in a “pre-paradigmatic moment.” A time of deep flux, where the foundations of shared understanding that have held true for decades, centuries, or even longer have become unsettled. And we are on the verge of some mind-boggling societal changes...
by Win Lose or Draw | Jul 27, 2025 | Culture Wars, Politcal Parties, Politics
Thoreau and others voiced a sentiment later adapted into a reassuring speech given by President Roosevelt on the eve of getting the United States entrenched in the Second World War. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Whether or not you agree with...
by Win Lose or Draw | Jun 19, 2025 | Politcal Parties, Politics
James Carville appeared on the Will Cain show. Will Cain attempted to castigate the entire Democrat Party and all the people in it by saying how terrible it is that their policies have led to protesters impeding traffic and waving Mexican flags in Los Angeles. Mr....
by Win Lose or Draw | Jun 6, 2025 | Culture Wars, Education, History as it applies to the Future, Politcal Parties, Politics
In 1960, John Steinbeck decided he wanted to tour America. He packed a few essentials and his dog, Charley, into a camper he had named Rocinante, after Don Quixote’s horse. Why did he go? A skeptic might answer that he was a writer, and, by natural inclination, went...
by Win Lose or Draw | Mar 17, 2024 | Politcal Parties, Politics
The first blog I wrote, back in 2013, poked fun at both the Democrats and the Republicans for their misguided attempts to corral enough voters to make the false claim to a Permanent Majority. That is never going to happen, and yet both parties are still orchestrating...
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