Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Economics interests me. Recently I found a surprisingly wise discussion. Y’all might be interested. Lets start with my favorite part; they call bullshit on what is clearly bullshit. I don’t see that very often and salute the article just on … Continue reading →

Monday I posted an Interesting Speech. It quoted extensively from Attorney General Barr’s speech at the 19th Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture at the Federalist Society’s 2019 National Lawyers Convention. Read that last sentence again… is there anything that … Continue reading →

I’d pretty much assumed The Onion had faded out on the PC altar of unfunny wokeness (along with sorely missed Cracked). But they just surprised me with a fun one; Historians Still Unable To Determine How Americans Were Able To … Continue reading →

OK… it’s not terribly interesting unless you’re a nerd like me. In which case it’s fascinating! I ponder long haul, “through the eye of history”, systems of wise governance. The chaos of the day sucks. I wish people would turn … Continue reading →

I last seriously managed my blog two weeks ago (don’t be shocked but sometimes I post by autopilot and/or approve comments in haste). Two weeks is unconscionably long by modern standards but not rare for me. I won’t go into … Continue reading →

I mourn lost humor venues but the universe provides. Lately the Babylon Bee has been on a roll: Millennial Wishes There Were Some Historical Examples Of Socialism We Could Study To Have Some Idea How It Might Turn Out PORTLAND, … Continue reading →

I wrote about how I built a boat as a retreat from the bullshit that surrounds us. My logic is simple. You build a boat with real physical materials and put it in real actual water. If it sinks you … Continue reading →

Recently I posted a quote about academics being mental conformists (which also means mental weaklings… but we all knew that). Specifically referring to academia, their lockstep thought and lemming-like propensity to stampede is all pervasive. It stunts their growth. They … Continue reading →

Jack Kerwick in Academia and the Spirit of Fear not only hits the nail on the head, he pounds it to the center of the earth: “Academia, perhaps second only to Hollywood, remains the largest bastion of mental conformity in … Continue reading →