Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 77

The Sum of All Fears et Charlie Hebdo

When Hollywood succumbs to bowdlerizing books by removing Islamic terrorism, they are part of the reason terrorists think that they can act with impunity. Not just because they enable terrorism, but because they keep us from discussing the reasons for terrorism.

False positives, the Internet, and the grievance media

The ability of the modern mass media to search the entire population ensures that most stories are wrong.

Essential revolution: lasting reform

The most important reform is the reform that makes the reformer obsolete.

Essential revolution: fight corruption

The only sure means of fighting corruption is to take away the powers that invite it.

Surviving the anointed

The squirrels of the anointed don’t actually store nuts for use in crisis; rather, they squander our resources and degrade our ability to survive crises.

Texas school choice

Anti-choice activists in Texas are concerned that letting parents choose which schools to send their children to would remove all accountability from those schools.

Koulikoro to Malaybalay

The American Peoples Encyclopedia has the best end words that I have seen on an encyclopedia. They are almost syllogisms.

Essential Revolution: The Return of the Republicans

The crime of the day is when you do it again.

Big government demands a nanny state

Big government ensures that voters will demand a nanny state. They can’t afford not to police their neighbors when they pay for the poor choices their neighbors make.

GU24 to Edison adapter

The GU24 adapter for our hall light arrived from Amazon last week. It works great.