The distant rumble of revolution grows louder by the day. Our Supreme Court has now taken up three landmark issues; abortion, the 2nd Amendment, and race preferences, a trifecta of political third rails. The Railer recounted his lived experience with racist anti-racism here, and welcomes these long overdue judicial reviews. This new affirmative action challenge […]
With things slowly evolving to a new normal, The Railer was able to pay mother a long overdue visit in The Peoples Republic of Illinois. This trip was particularly special because cisgender middle son, his lovely cisgender wife, and the world’s cutest, smartest, all-boy grandson were in tow. There was a grand feast in rural
Years ago, a beloved coworker and mentor (thanks Bill) gifted The Railer a copy of The Devil’s Dictionary, published in 1911 by American journalist Ambrose Bierce. It’s a collection of Bierce’s satirical and irreverent takes on common words and phrases. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a worthy addition to your library. Here are a
On this 20th Anniversary of September 11th, we find ourselves humiliated, our global cachet in tatters, enemies emboldened. A weak Democrat President again pulls defeat from the jaws of victory. Biden, the Taliban’s Washington Spokesman, calls the Taliban “businesslike and professional.” Biden’s team also gave us a new word: retrograde. It’s an Ivy League ‘ism
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The Railer remembers watching the final moments of South Vietnam. CBS’ Ed Bradley narrated the terrible images of desperate throngs trying to escape. The lucky last left on a US Marine helicopter from the U.S. Embassy roof, praying they would reach Navy ships offshore. That iconic image is what we remember today. It was a
It was a beautiful, clear, January morning in St. Petersburg, except for the buzz from the Helicopters. At least a half dozen swarmed over a nearby southside neighborhood. It was a bad sign, news and law enforcement choppers, all watching something below. Traffic accidents on nearby I-275 were the usual explanation. But on this day,
Our world changed last year in the wake of George “Foamy Mouth” Floyd’s meth plus fentanyl assisted suicide. The Wall Street Journal’s Dan Henninger sums it up nicely: After last summer’s protests, it was clear there would be a public reconsideration of racial issues in the U.S. Within six months, it was off the rails.