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1.861 words Communism’s hallmark. a command economy. is a failed system. Centrally planning pencil production over five years is ludicrous—even with AI. But the command economy has one use: as a reference point. or thought experiment. for other economic systems. Assuming we had a one-party state ruling the nation as conceived as one factory. one (…)

The post immediately before this one has a bunch of stats that make it absolutely unavoidable to understand that I was 100% correct when I wrote in this post that women will become increasingly miserable as time passes. and will ultimately settle into one of only four possible categories: And then. I went on to (…) No related posts.





4.827 words This is a foreword that I wrote for Lothrop Stoddard’s The French Revolution in San Domingo. published in 2011. Historian Frank Moya Pons. writing in The Cambridge History of Latin America. describes Lothrop Stoddard’s The French Revolution in San Domingo as “a book now out of fashion because of its racism. although retaining some (…)


We have been collecting some of the marriage and family writings from Jim’s Blog here. One of the interesting points here is that a woman wants a man that possesses her completely [and thus punishes transgressions to monogamy]. because those are the only conditions under which a man will invest his time. money and attentionContinue reading 'Women Want Fried Ice'

It's more important than ever to be considered trustworthy, especially to the leadership team and stakeholders. This is how to do it!

This item. from the Institute for Family Studies. reminds us why girls these days are so horrible. ... In the opening scene of Disney’s Shrek [2001]. the ogre uses an illustrated fairy tale page as toilet paper. flagrantly signaling the film’s intent to subvert traditional fairy tales. Among the many fairy tale patterns that areContinue reading 'Fractured Fairy Tales'

Maybe the judge doesn’t understand what diversity means. You really can’t make this stuff up. In Brazil. two parents. Audato and Ieda Denardi. have just been sentenced to 50 days in prison for the crime of… homeschooling their own daughters.... Continue Reading →

Note: Tomorrow’s Friday. so please send ’em if ya got ’em. and thank you for your diligent striving to increase quality outputs. Maybe it’s just me. comrades — I’m tired. and that affects my perceptions of everything. I’m like Marlon Brando in that movie. What are you tired of. Whaddaya got. It. I’m tired of … Continue reading 'A Kwik Kvetch-Up'

I was only vaguely aware of Isabelle Allende — I knew she was a Spanish-speaking magical realist — when I came across David Epstein’s explanation [in Inside the Box] of her way of working — starting with a bit of backstory: In 1970. Salvador Allende. the first cousin of Isabel’s father. was elected president of (…)

The ruins of Nineveh lie buried beneath the sands of modern-day Mosul. a silent testament to the fragility of human power and the temporal nature of powerful empires. This reminds me of Ozymandias by Shelley. “And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias. king of kings: Look on my works. ye Mighty. and despair.' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck. boundless and bare The lone and level sands stre....

I just saw Supergirl and Citizen Vigilante. One has an anti-hero violently and ruthlessly dispatching sex traffickers with foreign accents with maximum violence and minimum remorse and the other is Citizen Vigilante. Neither movie contains a moral arc. The only... Continue Reading →

'...these candidates are so attractive to voters even though they are running on destructive platforms.'



It should be out on Amazon and possibly elsewhere in about a week or so. This is the ultimate reference work that covers the structures on Mars. the almost unbelievable recent discoveries under the Giza plateau and Great Pyramid. the...

Once long ago a dog set out to visit the Great Oracle at the End of the World.  His journey took many months but at the end he came to the Great Oracle at the End of the World which gave him many wise sayings. On his long weary journey back he repeated the sayings (…)


Jim Franklin hosted this classic essay of the late David Stove’s for many years. But he received a complaint from one of the intellectually Tolerant. As Franklin said. “An authorized officer…



Just a handful of days before the ordinations of the four new Bishops. the SSPX has written a new open letter to Faggopope Leo The Commie Ice Blesser and Pachamama Worshiper. The letter is very conciliatory. It reads like a teacher patiently talking to a very thick pupil who might. or might not. be retarded. (…)

Note: My friend and president of the Institute for Energy Research. Tom Pyle. took the time on Wednesday to put together this excellent primer for drivers wondering about the real answers to the eternal question: Why do gasoline prices rocket up and feather down.

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