Why people’s obsessions generally reveal their own terrors — Back in the old days when homosexuality was criminalized in Western nations, it was well-known among members of the gay community that the most ardent gay-bashers and gay-baiters were invariably themselves closet homosexuals. Such sad individuals were motivated by two conflicting desires: the desire to deny their own supposedly shameful…

Why representative democracy rests on a totally incoherent and logically impossible premise — There are among us still some who imagine that representative democracy is not merely a complete catastrophe that must always, pace Plato, eventually lead to the emergence of tyranny. For such naïve individuals, the supposed virtue of representative democracy rests primarily on the belief that there exists such a thing…

Our present unfortunate circumstance, and how it one day may be ameliorated — Gentle reader, it is my very sad duty to inform you here at the very outset of our shared journey that all is not well upon the highways and byways of the world’s hard surfaces. This brief article will elucidate the problems faced by any driver wishing to remain in…

How attitudes in the USA shape attitudes around the globe — The USA has for nearly a century been the entertainment supplier of choice to the world’s audiences. No one does schlock like Hollywood, whether it be on the large screen in a movie theater or on smaller screens in the living rooms of billions of people. Seven basic plots, three…

Our plan for a return to strong future growth — INTRODUCTION The Roman Catholic Church (hereafter the Corporation) was for nearly one thousand years the most successful business the world has ever seen. In recent centuries, however, a variety of factors have resulted in the Corporation being depositioned in several key markets. …

Why Fat Boris’ delusions of grandeur were vacuous — It is fair to say that a great many British people imagine that Britain still “punches above its weight” when it comes to military matters. Fat Boris, the UK’s disgraced Prime Minister, adored performing his constipated Churchill impressions and was eager to proclaim to the world that Britain would stand…

How Putin’s inept invasion of Ukraine has provided valuable lessons for China’s Emperor-for-Life — According to conventional Western military analysts, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine holds few if any lessons when it comes to predicting how China might seek to invade Taiwan. According to most experts, China lacks the capacity to mount an invasion and the 160-kilometer-wide stretch of ocean between the Chinese mainland and…

The UK Conservative Party makes a huge blunder — For those vaguely interested in the largely irrelevant politics of a backwater nation that — many long decades ago — had global influence, the recent defenestration of the UK’s fatuous and irredeemably infantile Prime Minister provides a transient amusement. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, who has spent his entire life…

Neither the vehicle nor democracy work very well, but still both lurch on through sheer inertia alone — First, a disclaimer: I’ve not driven the new Jeep Wrangler and supposedly it’s a huge improvement on the previous model. This article, therefore, is restricted to talking about the model that was available for sale until 2020 and generally applies to all previous models as well, because very little changed…