What Is to Be Done?

Over a warm August Saturday in America, twenty-nine people died in mass shootings.  We do not yet know what motivated Connor Betts, who slaughtered nine outside a Dayton, Ohio bar.  Patrick Crusius made sure the world would know why he murdered twenty at an El Paso, Texas WalMart. Across the Internet we are hearing that Crusius […]

Something Rotten in Maine

Oscar Wilde once said the only thing worse than being talked about was not being talked about.  Oscar Wilde also went to prison and died broke.  Some bad reputations get you Slutwalks and positive feedback.  Others can get you assaulted, fired or even jailed for life plus a few hundred years.  So when Maine for […]

To my African Brothers and Sisters

So how did a Vodou Priest become a White Racist?  There are a few versions of that story.  I would have clarified things earlier had I thought it would help.  But there’s no point negotiating with people who see compromise as weakness and apologies as proof of guilt. Instead I spoke the truth as I saw […]

More Buying American: of Slacks and Speakers

Not long after our previous episode, my pants from All American Clothing arrived.  The “seconds Canvas Utility Pants” ($24.95) had a minor sewing flaw on the button hole: I’ve purchased clothes off the rack with far more glaring faults.  The Khaki AA Casual Pants ($54.95) which I am wearing now are comfortable and well-made.  Both […]

Quest for Khakis or, an American Tragedy

As I was sorting laundry a few days ago I realized I need some new casual dress pants.  Since I’ve been writing for some time about American Traditionalism and American Nationalism, I decided this time I would put my money where my mouth is.  My new khakis needed to be not only comfortable, durable and […]

Snarling, Purring and Buzzing: S.I. Hayakawa and Modern Rhetoric

After two world wars, midcentury America was sick of conflict and bloodshed.  Americans wanted Peace. They wanted Freedom. They wanted Democracy. But then, as now, they found themselves asking what those words mean.  In 1949 semanticist Samuel Inouye (S.I.) Hayakawa addressed the issues of what words mean — and what they can do — in Language in […]