Category Archives: Cultural Erosion
As you sow…
Delaware Park vandals do ‘thousands’ in damage. …a group of more than 100 teenagers and young adults who went on a destructive spree Saturday night, according to officials from Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy… When I saw this story … Continue reading
“Tolerate” anything?
So if the latest Gallup poll can be believed (almost a 10% swing in one year?), over 50% of Americans are just fine and dandy with homosexual marriage. Excuse me if I don’t throw a party (divorce and our hyper-sexual … Continue reading
Well duh!
From the San Francisco Chronicle: “Education: High-schoolers’ civics knowledge waning”. Three out of 4 U.S. students lack a basic understanding of democracy, of how the U.S. political system works and what it means to be a citizen of this country, … Continue reading
“The Vorce”
I remember reading a short story in a women’s magazine years ago. Written from the perspective of a young child, it was entitled “The Vorce”. The kid wasn’t really sure what “The Vorce” was, but instinctively knew it didn’t sound … Continue reading
Stolen childhood
OK – so now we know. The sexual revolution of the sixties wasn’t the glorious solution to the mythical angst and repression of the fifties that it was purported to be. “Free sex” never really is. Just look back over … Continue reading
Where we’re headed…?
Greece – A Country Unraveling …in Constitution Square, where the “Can’t pay, won’t pay” movement has unrestricted freedom to intimidate citizens who do not want to break the law. In Patras, where a group of masked individuals attacked an 80-year-old … Continue reading
Alice in Wonderbra Land
If it’s gotta be bad news, I want to hear it from Mark Steyn – so I can laugh through my tears: Pushing Deviancy Up. …we believe in nothing except the most transitory and dreary self-gratification, an endless adolescence that … Continue reading
Our Sunday adventure in Motown
Yesterday we ventured into Detroit to catch a “Les Miserables” matinee at The Fisher Theatre. We enjoyed the show; the city, not so much. Maybe it was the contrast between the nice sunny afternoon and the surrounding scenery, but the … Continue reading
Past the Point of No Return?
Is America too far gone to recover? Gina Miller thinks so – see her post at ScottFactor.com. I agree. If you’re paying attention, you can see it in the little things every day. The rudeness, the profanity, the lack of … Continue reading
A Study in Contrasts
I’ve been wondering the same thing as Thomas Lifson, at the American Thinker. “Why the Japanese Aren’t Looting.” Why do different peoples react to natural disasters in such dramatically different ways? Might it have to do with the nature and … Continue reading
