Category Archives: Popular Culture

Soft Totalitarianism

The Sovietization of American culture.

[Update a few minutes later]

A conservative pretends that there is allowable debate in America.

[Update late morning]

Black Lives Matter must be beyond criticism. Professor Jacobson is clearly guilty of wrongthink.

[Update Friday morning]

We refuse mob rule.

Kurt Schlichter certainly refuses to bow before them.

Why Hospitals Are In Trouble

The current conventional wisdom is that they’re hurting because of the ban on “elective” procedures, but it turns out that most admissions are caused by the entertainment industry (restaurants and bars). Shut down all the purveyors of alcohol and food poisoning, and the beds are empty.

Patricia cut my hair last weekend with a Wahl electric clipper that I’d bought for ten bucks at Ross years ago, but we’d never used. She overdid it, and I look like I’m ready for boot camp, but she’d probably do better with practice and learning how to use it. I’ve heard Jesse Watters describe how his wife had learned to cook, and now I’m wondering how many of us will go back to paying other people to cut our hair and cook for us, now that we’ve figured out we can actually do it ourselves? Of course, I’ve never been a big restaurant goer, for reasons I’ve discussed several times here: the cost, and the nutrition. I’ve probably been affected by this as little as anyone.