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but for a reason opposite to that of the Semite-worshippers that are also seen to be grabbing their pistols.

My thesis is very simple: the term anti-semitism exploits an equivocation between race and religion that sets up the discourse for fallacious inferences. Moreover, the privileged status that this term has over others in its genre is itself an indication of the racism of those that recklessly purvey it. (more…)

We are all familiar with oxymora. Some of my favorites are: military intelligence; instant classic; educational television; French deodorant; peacekeeper missile; temporary tax increase; the Patriot Act. (more…)

It is often thought, to borrow from Shaw, that Christianity and Judaism are two religions separated by a common (more…)

If y’all are gonna be bipartisan, then what was the argument for voting for you again?

but not for the reason the purveyors of the term are thinking. No, it is to defend myself against those that use the expression.

Fascism has two basic usages today, one precise, and one nebulous. (more…)

On the occasion of a colossal failure of judgment, immoral behavior or abortive attempts to achieve certain goals, politicians, business leaders and even clergy often utter the words, “I take full responsibility.” These words, fine in themselves, are rarely followed up with resignations, terminations, restitution, discipline or any other action which gives evidence of taking responsibility. In fact, after these magical words are incanted, the failures and sins of those who recite them are deemed to be, by both the utterer and many of the hearers, purged away and removed as far as the east from west. And the hapless man who dares ask for more than words is labeled a nitpicker, a malcontent, a Shylock after his pound of flesh.

Upon analysis, the words, “I take full responsibility,” when used in such a way, mean nothing of the sort. Rather, a string of phonemes that sound like the otherwise meaningful sentence, “I take full responsibility,” has been vocalized. As such, the sounds are as vacuous as the men who utter them.

It turns out the expression “Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda,” though often imputed to the Reformers, was probably never enunciated by them at all. At least, no one has been able to give me a citation.

Here is an invitation to the world: send me a documentable citation, and I will reholster my revolver.

(One internet doctor claims Voetius, but could not give a citation in response to my email query. Not that Voetius counts as a Reformer anyhow.)

Let’s think about the slogan. I give my dynamic-equivalent translation: “The Reformed Church should continually be formed again” (lit. “is always to be reformed.”)

If the expression were merely saying that all councils and creeds are in principle subject to err, (more…)

With due credit to Lewrockwell.com on Sept. 12 for this line:

Eek, there’s a Mexican Southerner Spaniard German Japanese Russian Korean Vietnamese Arab under your bed.

Brad Pitt says, “I’ll Marry When Everyone Can.”

Are Hollywood types stupid or evil, that is the question.

There is no need to waste many words unpacking his statement.

1. Everyone already can marry anyone else, subject to constraints such as parental approval, age, physical capability, and so forth, unless one redefines what marriage is; in which case, I wonder if Brad has considered all the possibilities, absent an objective standard, that that would open up.
2. If an injustice is being done somewhere by someone, why should Brad’s female consort, and his bastard children, have to suffer because of it?

He might just as well have said, “I’m going to continue to batter my girlfriend until a man marries a moose.”