The Old Age of the New Age
Somewhere back in the bell-bottom era, a few folks decided religion was too “organized,” so they built a new one out of incense, tie-dye, and wishful thinking. They called it the New Age Movement.
Culture
Semantics
In most cases, the difficulty with social intercourse is due to either a misunderstanding due to definitions, foreign language translations or unfamiliarity of certain terms.
Rescuing a Dying Tradition: Rebuilding the American Hunter, Part III
Part III – Rescuing a Dying Tradition: Rebuilding the American Hunter “If We Don’t Pass It On, We’ll Bury It Beside the Campfire.” The numbers are grim but not terminal. Hunting can be saved—but not by bureaucracy. It will be saved the same way it began: neighbor to neighbor, family to family, and a kid’s …
American Culture: The Melting Pot is Boiling Over
Over the last two decades, that melting pot has been turned down to a simmer and replaced with a salad bowl, where every group keeps its own flavor and dressing. What used to fuse us together is now being sorted into separate piles of identity — and our biggest cities are leading the way.
Last of the Deer Camps: Saving America’s Hunting Heritage Before It’s Gone, Part II
When America moved to the city, the hunter stayed behind. Today, roughly 80 percent of Americans live in urban areas.
That migration broke the generational hand-off—the unspoken chain of grandfather to father to child.
You Can’t Do That No More
I got to thinking about the ever-growing list of things you can’t do anymore. And I’m not talking about the big things, such as smoking unfiltered Camels in the maternity-ward waiting room. Actually, it’s not a “maternity ward” anymore. It’s the “labor and delivery unit.” “Maternity ward” is a sexist term implying that only women have babies.
The Old Preacher
The Baptist church in Brewton was decked for a funeral. Men wore ties. Women wore dresses. The occasional elderly woman in a floral hat was seen wandering the premises. You don’t see many floral hats anymore.
We were burying the preacher today.
When Freedom Ends at the Tree Line: Why Michigan’s Private Land Baiting Ban Is Unconstitutional
Only in Michigan can you buy weed on every street corner, marry whoever you want, and change your gender at will — but if you drop an apple on your own land, you’re suddenly an outlaw. That’s not freedom. That’s bureaucratic tyranny disguised as wildlife management.
Breaking the Cycle in Education
When I retired in 2017 and finally got settled back in Michigan around 2019, I decided to try something new — teaching. I earned my interim certificate and took a job in what turned out to be one of the poorest counties in the state, measured by home values and income. You could see the poverty in the houses, the roads, and, more than anything, the expectations kids had for themselves.
Oh, How Times Have Changed
When my grandfather was born, they still used horses and buggies. One third of Americans were farmers. Irving Berlin was a household name. Newspapers were the only form of mass communication available except for maybe shouting. Entertainment was different, too. People entertained each other. Books were luxury items.
Taylor Swift Knocks on Wood and Misses the Point
Taylor Swift’s new single “Wood” is what happens when superstition, sexuality, and self-help memes all get tossed into a blender, set to a drum machine, and poured over a pile of sparkles. It’s catchy, sure. But somewhere between the “knock on wood” line and the anatomical metaphors, it’s clear she’s playing with ideas she doesn’t fully grasp—like a toddler with a theology textbook.
Wine: Humanity’s Original Survival Hack (aka Liquid Sanitation with Style)
Let’s face it—if you think water is safe, congratulations, you’re probably not living in the first century. Wells and cisterns looked innocent, but sip a cup and you might as well have been drinking a smoothie of bacteria, dirt, and whatever poor soul didn’t wash their hands yesterday. People back then didn’t know about germs—they just knew that gulping down that “clear” liquid was a roll of the dice with your intestines.
New Yorkers Deserve What They Get Now That They’ve Elected Mamdani the Commie
London’s Daily Mail newspaper predicts 800,000 people will flee New York if Muslim communist Zohran Mamdani wins today’s mayoral election. The poll, conducted by J.L. Partners for the Daily Mail, may be understating the mass exodus from New York if Mamdani takes over Gracie Mansion.
Lemming Election Syndrome: Living In A Country That Lacks Critical Thinkers And Celebrates It
It’s Hard To Resolve The Actions Of Our Fellow Americans With The Facts
The United States of Satan: How a Sideshow Became the State Religion, Part II
The surprise about The Satanic Bible is that it isn’t really about devils. It’s about power. Stripped of capes and candles, the book reads like a manual for breaking down civic bonds and replacing them with private whim — which is exactly what totalitarians, petty tyrants, and authoritarian movements have always wanted.
Is Our Republic Failing?
Conservatives tend to believe that the liberal mindset, building for the past 75-years, HAS caused the American Republic to completely and totally fail.
Barbed Wire Lessons – What WWII POW Camps Teach Us About the Next Great War
During World War II, America quietly became a warden to over 425,000 prisoners of war—mostly Germans, Italians, and a few thousand Japanese. They arrived in Liberty ships and railcars, scattered to more than 700 camps across 46 states.
The United States of Satan: How a Sideshow Became the State Religion, Part I
Anton Szandor LaVey wasn’t born a villain — he rehearsed and performed one. Born Howard Stanton Levey in 1930, he reinvented himself as “Anton” and built a career out of spectacle, provocation, and carefully staged outrage.
“Now, only the best will drive”
In the aftermath of two illegal immigrants causing fatal accidents while driving tractor-trailers, there are a lot of stories, mostly in social media, about increased federal commercial driving regulation enforcement, particularly along Interstate 40 through Oklahoma. Drivers are being tested for the ability to read English, which is mandatory for holders of commercial driver’s licenses …
Hard Times, Hard Lessons: What My Travels and Life Can Teach Us About Complacency
In places like Minneapolis and Columbus, there are growing worries about the enforcement of Sharia-like norms in community affairs and isolated incidents of tension, including violence directed at non-Muslims or those perceived as outsiders.