Author Archives: john

Lessons From Iran

Posted on January 11, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, people are people and if you push them far enough, they will erupt. Even a rabbit will bite. I have to wonder if that’s what’s happened in Iran? The recent turmoil with hundreds perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, philosophy | Tagged abuse of power, authoritarianism, civil unrest, despotism, Fear and Control, geopolitics, government overreach, human behavior, human rights, International Affairs, Iran, Mass Anger, moral philosophy, North Korea, political commentary, political legitimacy, political repression, political violence, protest, Radicalization, rule of law, social pressure, soviet bloc, State Terror, totalitarianism | Leave a comment

Canada And The Central Planning Trap

Posted on January 9, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, Canada is on the path to Venezuela. Venezuela was the richest country in South America after the oil boom. Once the communists gained power it went from the richest to the poorest. Not because … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, Group Politics, Law | Tagged authoritarianism, Canada, category error, central planning, comparative economics, complex systems, corruption, despotism, economic complexity, economic systems, freedom, government overreach, incentives, institutional failure, markets, political economy, public policy, socialism, state power, Venezuela | Leave a comment

Language and Manipulation

Posted on January 7, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, there is what is and what we think is. To sharpen the point, there is the reality of a thing and how we think of it. Take justice for example, there is the reality … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, media, philosophy | Tagged critical thinking, ethics, human nature, interpretation, justice, kung sung lung, language, Law, logic, manipulation, miscommunication, perception, philosophy, political philosophy, reality, rhetoric, semantics, social commentary, Thrasymachus, wordplay | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on January 6, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, Yellow journalism is all the rage,Putting political truth in a cage,The good to roast,The Washington Post,Protecting pedophiles is hard to gauge. There once was a man in Plainfield,He stole wood wheeled and dealed,Never worked a day,Frittered time away,And … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Mercy, philosophy | Tagged cultural critique, Dark Humor, Democracy, elite power, fellow, irony, limerick, media criticism, poetry, polemic, political commentary, political satire, press ethics, propaganda, reaction, Satire, Social Criticism, yellow, yellow journalism | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on January 5, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, Winston is happy in his maze,Participating in despotic plays,But sweat he must,His morals of rust,Committing atrocities in many ways. AOC and Bernie are quite the hypocrites,Marxist agitator devils if the label fits,They demand our rights,Deny them to whites,And … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, philosophy, polictics of class envy, Societal Myth | Tagged anti-authoritarian, anti-corruption, bureaucracy, Dark Humor, elite capture, face, free speech, government corruption, hypocrisy, Marxism critique, place, political limericks, political satire, populism, protest poetry, sale, Satire, social commentary | Leave a comment

Ivy League Reputations

Posted on January 4, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the progressive long march through the institutions has culminated in the collapse of the Ivy League’s reputation. We have all smelled the stench of rot emanating from them for a while. Moreover it’s long … Continue reading →

Posted in philosophy, polictics of class envy, Societal Myth | Tagged academic freedom, asymmetric power, central planning, corruption, education quality, elite institutions, faculty bias, Harvard, higher education, ideological capture, institutional decay, Ivy League, marxism, meritocracy, political polarization, progressivism, regulation, reputation, social capital, socialism, universities | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on January 3, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, Evil is abetted by despot and king,With euphemisms like Human Trafficking,Play with words,Glistening turds,Because calling them slavers is alienating. There is an AG named Ken Paxton,He’s clever smart and a man of action,Seeking the corrupt,Jailing them abrupt,If we … Continue reading →

Posted in media, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged bite, covid, euphemism, evil, good, poetry, reality, rhetoric, Satire, see, seeker of justice, slavery | Leave a comment

Pathological Societies

Posted on January 2, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, in a psychopathic society, like Animal Farm… any act of goodwill is taken as a sign of weakness and used against the virtuous. Psychopaths don’t reciprocate, they manipulate. Psychopathic societies are the same. Moreover, … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, philosophy | Tagged Animal Farm, civic responsibility, corruption, cultural critique, elitism, empathy, ethics, government critique, honesty, human behavior, human nature, humility, individual vs society, justice, Liberty, manipulation, morality, orwell, pathological society, power dynamics, productivity, psychological sociology, psychopathy, self-sacrifice, Social Critique, societal analysis, societal collapse | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on January 2, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, Beware take care fusion is coming to town,Stay mad keep it bad and always wear a frown,The planet’s at stake,Freedom to take,It’s not about the environment its about keeping us down. There’s one thing elites abhor,Is plebes voting … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, Mercy | Tagged crime, drones, elections, elite, expectations, me, political favor, politics, see | Leave a comment

Astonishing Criminality

Posted on December 31, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, we are seeing corruption that stuns the imagination. The sheer scale of criminality is mind-boggling. Open and notorious election crimes in 2020, the Russian collusion hoax, the Epstein elite pederasty cover up, the fact … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy | Tagged abuse of power, administrative state, election integrity, elite impunity, epstein scandal, fraud and waste, government corruption, institutional collapse, judicial corruption, media bias, moral decay, national debt, political accountability, rule of law, two-tier justice system | Leave a comment

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