Bari Weiss’ Substack had a piece about Hollywood falling into a kind of blacklisting paranoia. I wrote a comment and that has driven a lot of folks here. So first off, welcome! I thought I should probably introduce myself and give you a heads up about where I’m coming from and why I have a substack. I run a website called
I'm one of those who was 'drawn' by your comment, specifically your mention that the Counterreformation was driven by a need to defend the wealth of the popes against the obvious facts of the actual gospels. ... Also your mention of Ike stopping the madness. (He also stopped the madness of Korea. No president since then has even tried to stop or solve anything.)
Aha! Here's someone with a long and clear historical perspective, maybe worth following and supporting!
I'm confused about your revelation about the "Left' which you say was the Old Left that you could identify with. Was that Left the "good Left"? For old, not so subtle me, the political left was always communist. How are they different now? Why the sorrow over not reckoning with them. Trump was a revolutionary and messed with the status quo in DC. I appreciate your candor and awakening so don't apologize for how you feel.
What's the saying? When you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
I think that captures todays left.
I'm one of those who was 'drawn' by your comment, specifically your mention that the Counterreformation was driven by a need to defend the wealth of the popes against the obvious facts of the actual gospels. ... Also your mention of Ike stopping the madness. (He also stopped the madness of Korea. No president since then has even tried to stop or solve anything.)
Aha! Here's someone with a long and clear historical perspective, maybe worth following and supporting!
I'm confused about your revelation about the "Left' which you say was the Old Left that you could identify with. Was that Left the "good Left"? For old, not so subtle me, the political left was always communist. How are they different now? Why the sorrow over not reckoning with them. Trump was a revolutionary and messed with the status quo in DC. I appreciate your candor and awakening so don't apologize for how you feel.