Author: Texpat

  • Thursday’s Stand Up, Fight for Your Rights – Open Declamations

    Once a man of the Left, Matt Taibbi has escaped the dessiccated, haunted catacombs of Marxism and Totalitarianism.  Taibbi is a man of considerable courage. Here follows a transcript of a barn-burning speech he gave at the recent Rescue the Republic event in Washington DC. Warning:  There is some profanity at the conclusion and I…

  • Tuesday – Never, Ever Give In – Open Thread

    Mark Steyn Was Right, You Know. Americans’ constitutional right to free speech is under serious attack by governments once thought to be guardians of the Western Canon and human rights recognized for generations.  If these countries want to punish our social media companies then we should place severe tariffs on them, let the Devil take…

  • Weekend – Israel as the Jesus Among Nations – Open Thread

    The Christian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem How G.K. Chesterton and Jacques Maritain led the Catholic Church to reject the myth of Jewish wandering and recognize the Jewish state This is a fascinating and informative history of Zionism, Christianity and the founding of Israel.  G.K. Chesterton, the Christian scholar, has been wrongly accused,…