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Elon Musk Is Right About Sen. Mark Kelly

I was impressed by Elon Musk’s fine more moral sensibility in his recent interview with Fox News Brett Baier.

BAIER: Democratic Arizona Senator Mark Kelly posted on X about his trip to Ukraine to push for continuing to send US weapons and support there, and you posted that he was a traitor. Why do that?

MUSK: Well I think somebody should care about the interests of the Untied States above the interests of another country, and if they don’t, they’re a traitor.

BAIER: [Kelly] is a decorated vetera...

Diego Garcia Smells Like War

A significant amount of US military power has been on the move over this past week, including several B-2 strategic bombers which have landed at the US military base in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean just over 2,000 miles  of Iran. According to press reports this is the most significant B-2 presence on the Island in nearly half a decade. In addition flight trackers are showing increased activity by at least nine KC-135R refueling aircraft in the region. Several C-17 cargo planes have ...

On Medical Fallacy

Readers of LRC have long been treated to dissertations from the Midwestern Doctor that run counter to the medical ‘Conventional Wisdom’. I myself suffered through many years of seeing poor quality medical research. I was hired by an elite private medical center in 1999 specifically to fix the Clinical Trials software purchased from another elite private medical center but were unable to deploy because it did not work. It was my introduction to research in the medical world. Disclaimer: I do not ...

Augustine the Saint

It has long been a commonplace among commentators of the Confessions that the first nine books are about Augustine’s ardent search for truth, leaving reflections on its meaning for the remaining four books. In other words, now that he’s determined to cleave to Christ, to commune with Him in the most intimate way in the life of the Church, certain implications follow which Augustine is only too eager to flesh out over the course of the final number of books.

Putting it another way, one could say ...

Why You Should Either Come With Me Or Go on Your Own to the Symphony

Loyola University of Chicago used to have a law school professor named George Anastaplo.

I learned about him in my late teens through a long piece in The Chicago Tribune Sunday magazine, which was written before most newspaper journalism turned into irredeemable garbage.

I think it if fair to say he is someone who the informed readers of these pages should want to know. I wanted to know him better, so I showed up at his office one day.

Anastaplo was the brilliant and stubborn son of Greek immigr...

Ultra-Processed Life

Consuming more of this Ultra-Processed World is not a path to “the good life,” it’s a path to the destruction and derangement of an Ultra-Processed Life.

The digital realm, finance, and junk food have something in common: they’re all ultra-processed, synthetic versions of Nature that have been designed to be compellingly addictive, to the detriment of our health and quality of life.

In focusing on the digital realm, money (i.e. finance, “growth,” consuming more as the measure of all that is good...

Why We Need the Rule of Law

America is faced with serious problems that require immediate action. Illegal immigrants are committing horrible crimes. “Woke” programs are entrenched in our schools, from elementary schools through universities. Judges are abusing their powers in order to block President Trump from cutting the budget and firing federal employees. Some people respond to this dire situation by demanding more power for the president. We must have government by executive order, they say. Is dictatorship such a ter...

Republican Math

I note that House Republicans have approved a $4.5 trillion tax cut plan, offset by $2 trillion in spending cuts. They are also seeking to raise the debt ceiling.

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5 Rules To Survive in a Gang-Controlled Neighborhood

Be confident and make brief eye contact. Don’t look like a victim but check your ego and show respect.Maintain situational awareness. Scan waists and hands for weapons.Learn what gangs are active in your area, how to identify members.Learn what kinds of crimes they commit and how it goes down. Understanding that, you can reduce both your risk and your exposure to it.Caches give you the ability to start over should you be forced by a superior force to capitulate or flee.

Gangs

When readers ...

Preparing for War Is an American Institution

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist.” — President Dwight D. Eisenhower

In the 1960s and 1970s when the US actually had an enemy, though possibly one of our own making, there was a peace movement.  It might well have come from left-wing professors in the universities who did not think racist Am...