I’ve Known Many Chauvins

I’ve Known Many Chauvins

George Floyd’s killer, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, has a history that reminded me of an incident and individual from my days working as a paramedic for the FDNY in Brooklyn. My partner and I were dispatched to a developing riot. As we turned across...
Twitter’s Apparatchiks

Twitter’s Apparatchiks

I recently read a mea culpa, posted on social media, by someone who food-blogs. Apparently, his lack of messaging regarding the George Floyd incident and the Black Lives Matter movement was deemed a punishable lack of support. In other words, his failure to comment...
Liberty, Order, and Chaos

Liberty, Order, and Chaos

As the George Floyd protests continue to be overshadowed by the looters, rioters, and the simply violent, people who are used to splitting everything into the standard left-right divide are cherry-picking their culprits. Progressives are blaming white supremacists,...
The Cost of Blind Solidarity

The Cost of Blind Solidarity

A good friend, former law enforcement, sharp as a razor, and eminently reasonable, shared this yesterday. It’s a solid condemnation of those who are engaging in “safe-at-home” virtue signaling while accepting or even condoning the very real carnage...
The New Sixty

The New Sixty

Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942. Donald Trump was born June 14, 1946. Barring a seismic shift in the political landscape, America’s next president will be either 78 or 74 on Inauguration Day 2021. This will be a record, breaking the previous record (that...