DAREN JONESCU

Enjoying the view from Limbo

Tagged: shame

Ideas and Reflections / Liberty's Labors Lost / World Politics

Of Loyalty, Fate, and Shame

To those U.S. military veterans who were once friendly readers of my writing but turned against me when they fell under the spell of the dumbest and most corrupt man ever to run for commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, and who pooh-poohed my criticisms of said dunderhead with refusals to accept his own frequent pro-despot words (and later policies) at face value,...

Ideas and Reflections

On Wanting Something To Be True

In 1988, at the Seoul Olympics, Canada’s greatest hope was the reigning world champion in the 100-metre dash, Ben Johnson. A soft-spoken, stuttering, mild-mannered Jamaican immigrant, Johnson represented every secret wish of the Canadian soul: to be recognized as the best in the world for once, and not in a marginal or regional event, but in the marquee event on the biggest stage;...

America Descending / What is Progressivism? / What is The Establishment?

Kavanaugh Fallout: The Good, The Bad, and the Foolish

Senator Susan Collins — basically a Democrat who occasionally votes with the Republicans, but for some reason maintains her GOP affiliation for electoral purposes — has announced her intention to vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, which essentially ensures his confirmation. The issue of whether he committed a sexual misdemeanor at a drunken party as a minor — which,...