Faubus, Walz, and the Old American Sport of “Federalism When Convenient”

America has a charming habit: we rediscover “states’ rights” every time the federal government starts doing something our faction hates. The principle stays in the closet until it matches the outfit. In 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus staged the classic: state power deployed to frustrate federal authority, wrapped in the language of “public order.” When… Continue reading Faubus, Walz, and the Old American Sport of “Federalism When Convenient”

The Dumbest Meme Ever

There are very few memes that are as dumb and insulting as this one.  It works because people conflate Antifa with being antifascist and therefore being pro-democracy, albeit while having a very hazy notion of what the term democracy means.  An old friend, whom I have known for more than half a century, posted this… Continue reading The Dumbest Meme Ever