Brief talk today about Presidents Trump and Biden, with a bit of Ron Desantis thrown in

A few subjects today : Jimmy Buffet and the death of the beach bum, Black Lives Matter and easy virtues, and sub-par wartime propaganda.

Mostly a discussion of transgender matters in sports and in prisons. This episode is pretty long by my normal standards.

Some links:

https://twitter.com/i_heart__bikes

https://boysvswomen.com

https://en.wikipedia.org

/wiki/Sex_differences_in_crime#In_the_United_States

For today we have:

My thoughts on the awful saga of Daniel Penny and Jordan Neely.

Discussion of a few news items this week that I thought were of note.

Phobia Indoctrination

https://elizamondegreen.substack.com/p/phobia-indoctrination-not-trans-genocide

In-group perception and white liberals

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/americas-white-saviors

Since we reached the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion and so many pieces were written on the subject, I thought it would be time to actually (finally!) discuss neoconservatism in some actual depth.

Links to some of what was discussed:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4746361/shining-city-hill-ronald-reagan-1988-state-union-address

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4509283/user-clip-george-bush-1991-our-quest-world-order

https://news.gallup.com/poll/405572/afghans-lose-hope-taliban.aspx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_September_11_attacks

Brief analysis of some news items or other things I found interesting:

Parents Bill of Rights

Farmers' protest party win shock Dutch vote victory

Tocqueville, continued, and in conclusion

ICC Issues War Crimes Arrest Warrant for Vladimir Putin

And some foolishness about Raccoon Dogs

The left, it seems, is displeased with things of late. So displeased, perhaps, that they are actually clinically depressed. Let's continue our examination of this. I look at some explanations offered by Jonathan Haidt, Jill Filipovic, and yes, even Taylor Lorenz. And I put my own spin of things, of course.

https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/mental-health-liberal-girls

Is the left ok? Why are they so obsessed with their safety? Aren't things getting better?

https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/send-in-the-troops