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Mervyn Peake

To live at all is miracle enough.
Mervyn Peake, title of a poem as well as his epitaph.

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Evergreen State Blues
SharingOne of the things many people no longer understand about …
Instead of Kidnapping
SharingRegarding the lockdowns, I said in the last episode of my …
Adios, California?
SharingCalifornians account for more than one of every ten Americans. For …
Two-Thirds to Raise Taxes
SharingYou can’t keep a good Eyman down. “Who says politicians don’t listen?” …
Seeing What’s There
Sharing“One can squint and see ballot measures as a kind of …

California vs. Inconvenient Speech
October 3, 2024
Paul Jacob on Governor Newsom’s gruesome new law.Read More »
Hurricane Algebra
October 2, 2024
Paul Jacob on the data; and, where’s Brownie?Read More »
Destroying What Has Been
October 1, 2024
Paul Jacob on the current and prospective Veeps’ tweets . …Read More »
Strange Standard
September 30, 2024
Paul Jacob on how our election process is open to …Read More »
The African
September 30, 2024
Found in Poor Richard’s Almanack.Read More »

Another Political Crook
SharingLast week, the other shoe dropped. When last we touched upon …
Sneaky Lobbyists Prefer Sneakiness
SharingThe Arkansas Chamber of Commerce’s CEO and chief lobbyist, Randy …
Dousing the Dumpster Fire
Sharing“Congress is less popular than traffic jams, root canals, and …
Cool Car and Hot Coffee for President Cool
SharingThe President of the United States claims to be very …
Too Ignorant to Lead
SharingI’m convinced. Oklahoma State Senator Mike Schulz, leader of his …

Congress’s King
SharingPolitics today reveals a troubling dialectic. Thesis: President Trump boasts that …
My Privilege Isn’t White
Sharing“White privilege” is all the rage … on college campuses. …
Fakes & Facts
Sharing“There was truth and there was untruth,” George Orwell wrote …
Between the Devil and the Deep State, See?
Sharing“If it turns out that impeachment has no sting, has …
Gloating Time?
Sharing“The freak-out was something to behold,” I wrote two years ago. Newly …

CNN, You’ve Been Trolled
The Cable News Network, known popularly and un- as CNN — and …
Trump’s Dangerous Idea
A lot of people were impressed by the reasonableness of …
Re-Segregation
It is hard not to miss the ideological left’s inconsistency …
Scientists for Censorship
“You have signed the death warrant for science,” scientist Peter …
Funny how that happened…
Funny how none of the progressive “achievements”happened before capitalism made …