I’ve railed here before about revisionist history–changing the narrative of historical text to fit modern social mores rather than sticking to just facts and actual historic impact. The ultimate historical revisionist was former Soviet Premier Josef Stalin who took great steps to actually make people “disappear” from the historical record. As part of his…… MORE
We’ve Been Down This Path Before
What will likely be the most-expensive conference in human history gets underway today in Paris. The Global Climate Summit–or COP21 as it is known for short–aims to craft a global treaty to limit the production of carbon emissions across all nations for an indeterminate amount of time. I don’t mean that the conference itself will…… MORE
You Can Come Down Off the Ledge
It’s a good thing last night’s Packers game was held on a holiday, as many fans were with family and friends that could talk them out of committing some rash act because the team lost their fourth game out of the last five. Face it, Green Bay fans, your team is just as mediocre as…… MORE
The New Republicans
Political analysts on the Left often wonder how some of the poorest areas of the country vote Republican in nearly every election. The prevailing thought is that there is racism at play–or that those folks are voting with their Bibles. Liberals like to say those people are “voting against their own self-interests” by supporting candidates that openly call…… MORE
Go Before You Go
It looks like us guys are going to lose the bathroom advantage that evolution gave us. The days of gender-specific bathrooms may be coming to an end. An increase in legal challenges by those who identify as transgender are putting both public institutions and private businesses in the incredibly awkward position of having to provide facilities…… MORE
The End of a Very Boring Era
On Sunday, Jeff Gordon will participate in his final NASCAR race before heading into retirement. Some are calling it the “end of an era”. Well if that is true, it will be the end of a very boring era. Gordon was the first great “tactical” racer in NASCAR. Unlike his legendary predecessors–Dale Earnhardt, Richard…… MORE
What’s the Holdup?
Back in the halcyon days of summer–when he was drawing huge crowds of young people and celebrities were tweeting their support for him every day–Bernie Sanders promised a “major speech” on how he envisioned Democratic Socialism to work in the United States. That speech was promised in a “couple of weeks” back in July–along with…… MORE
The New Know Nothings
Those of us lucky enough to study pre-revisionist US History are familiar with the Know Nothing Party of the mid-1800’s. The party sprung up among Protestants in the East in response to an influx of European immigrants coming to America and concerns that they would “fundamentally change the country”. Kind of sounds familiar doesn’t it? As members…… MORE
Sorry, Aaron, That’s Not Enough
Until a few days ago, this My Two Cents would have been a pat on the back for Aaron Rodgers and his comments about a bit of ugliness before Sunday’s game (before the real ugliness that took place after kickoff all the way through the botched field goal to end it). You’ve likely heard that during…… MORE
A Not-So-Subtle Reminder
You know how President Obama likes to say that global climate change is the “greatest national security threat we face”? He used it as his rationale for imposing arbitrary carbon emissions standards on US power plants–which will add hundreds of dollars a year to energy bills for low- and middle-income families. He cited it as a…… MORE
