NOVEMBER 26, 2020 People of my generation may have vague memories of a Gil Scott Heron song, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” Its edgy lyrics warned listeners that their trusted media outlets wouldn’t be the ones to bring the news of radical social change to them. Behind the many distractions of silly shows like…
Continue readingThe revolution was televised; liberals missed it.
The United States has richly enjoyed something quite uncommon in world history: centuries of political governance without a major conflict over the succession of powers. The United States Civil War was fought over secession, not succession. The Southern states decided to break away from the Union because they knew Abraham Lincoln had won the presidency…
Bobby Lopez Two narratives are quickly forming in opposition to each other. One narrative is the mainstream story about election night. The plot of this story goes that Joe Biden won the presidency, and even though the polls misfired wildly, the Democrats will have to go through some soul-searching to see why Trump came so…
Continue readingWhat 20 Years in Academia Taught Me about Liberals and Fraud
Bobby Lopez The Democrats Have Made Trump’s Case In the middle of a collective trauma it can be hard sometimes to take a step back and figure out what’s happening. The “fog of war” sets in, not only on battlefields, but also in stressful upheavals of many kinds. America is in the fog of war…
Continue readingOn Election Night, the Democrats Have Made Trump’s Case for Him
Latinos and Democrats: A Love Affair Gone Wrong Robert Oscar Lopez As I drive along a suburban thoroughfare, I see cars honking wildly in support of several men with massive Trump flags standing on the roadside. One of them is Latino and looks like me! “Are Latinos going to turn Texas blue?” I ask him.…
Continue readingLATINOS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: THE END OF A LOVE AFFAIR?
Decisión 2020: ¿Trump o Biden? “El Debate de l@s Unicorni@s” En Español Viernes 23 de Octubre 8:30/20h30, CST 9:30/21h30 EST En vivo: http://twitter.com/thegkonline Si tienes dudas sobre la elección presidencial y quieres escuchar un discurso respetuoso y franco en español , o— Si estás cansado de escuchar “debates” que no…
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The problem here is blurring of important issues and treating them the same when they are incompatibly different. It is important to take stock of the tricks that are often used to combine sympathetic scenarios with ill-conceived scenarios. First, just about everyone understands why our nation’s history demands we go carefully in issues of racial discrimination.…
My favorite author of all time, Virgil, raised quite a bit of mischief over the years. Not only did he scandalize readers by describing in graphic (and poetic) detail the experience of surviving urban warfare in Book II of the Aeneid; he also brought readers into hysterical tears with the epic romance and breakup of…
Continue readingDangerous Political Fantasies: The Left Wing and Virgil’s Ivory Gates
The current debate about riots and public safety hinge on a massive misunderstanding. Many people in the public have elevated racism to an evil status akin to “witchcraft” in the minds of seventeenth-century Salem or “treason against the emperor” in ancient Rome. Because racism has been viewed as a supernatural evil, people have given priority…
