Author Archena Posted on November 17, 2023November 17, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , , ,

Division, Derision and Devolution: What the Heck is Going on in the World Today?

I thought I’d pick a nice, light, simple topic for today. Oops, sorry about dripping sarcasm on your shoes. I hear laughter takes it right out! They say history doesn’t repeat but it does rhyme. The problem is that history is created by people. People who assume they’re smarter than their ancestors because enlightenment, science, technology, the passage of time, et cetera. Pick your poison, we all do this. We assume that the big questions can easily be answered by … Continue reading “Division, Derision and Devolution: What the Heck is Going on in the World Today?”

Author Archena Posted on September 27, 2023September 29, 2023Categories WednesdayTags , , , ,

Fixing America

If you want to make the world a better place, start with the funny face in the mirror. It’s no different for nation states. If you want a better world, start with the stupid country you’re living in. It’s great to shoot for the stars – but pick the low hanging fruit on the way up! Yes, I mix metaphors for a living. Okay, so let’s get the easy stuff out of the way. There is no energy crisis. There … Continue reading “Fixing America”

Author Archena Posted on July 14, 2023July 14, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , , ,

American Polarization is a Myth

I know, I know, the polls say otherwise. The polls are crap and have been for years. Just how many times do they have to get the easy things like elections wrong before you stop treating them as gospel? Yes, elections are easy. If you sample enough and correctly, more often than not you should correctly predict election outcomes. Once in a while it’ll go sideways but 99% of the time the polls will be close enough as to make … Continue reading “American Polarization is a Myth”

Author Archena Posted on July 7, 2023July 7, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , ,

Make Sure it’s Dead, Jim!

Phasers on maximum! The problem we have as Americans is that we expect automation to work even when we apply the concept to things that shouldn’t be automated. Hint: self driving cars are not a great plan. Drone cars, however… Governing our overgrown, sassy and fat government is another of those things we shouldn’t automate but, boy, howdy, do we ever try! If the choice is Twitter or actually reading a whole newspaper article, well, half of you couldn’t find … Continue reading “Make Sure it’s Dead, Jim!”

Author Archena Posted on July 5, 2023July 5, 2023Categories Current, WednesdayTags , , , , , ,

Affirmative Reaction

WOO HOO!!!!! On June 29, 2023 in STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC. v. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE the United States Supreme Court reset the game. The United States has changed. Affirmative Action has suffered a death blow. The country will never be the same. It will be better. Yes, I’m well aware the Court didn’t strike Affirmative Action down completely and there is much left to fight. But the monster’s legs have been cut out from beneath it. … Continue reading “Affirmative Reaction”

Author Archena Posted on May 1, 2023May 1, 2023Categories CurrentTags , , , , , , , ,

RINOs for Anheuser-Busch

Monday is normally foreign policy day at Quill Sword but we’re making kind of an exception today. Here’s the thing: the US is beyond the pale powerful and how well we govern our government directly impacts not just foreign relations but the daily lives of people around the world. It’s a huge responsibility and a civic duty. No one ever thinks their congressman is one of the bad ones. Half the time that’s true of the people who voted for … Continue reading “RINOs for Anheuser-Busch”

Author Archena Posted on April 26, 2023April 25, 2023Categories Current, WednesdayTags , , , ,

Is America an Oligarchy and Does Tucker Carlson’s Ouster Prove it?

Heck no and no. Good grief, what are they teaching in schools these days? I don’t normally do this kind of immediate reaction to events but I’m going to make an exception today. Dr. Steve Turley brought up a study on one of his videos today that I’m going to take major issue with that relates to the Tucker Carlson ouster. I like Dr. Steve despite his being pretty stuck on the whole ‘civilization state’ idea that I find absurd … Continue reading “Is America an Oligarchy and Does Tucker Carlson’s Ouster Prove it?”

Author Archena Posted on April 7, 2023April 7, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , , , , , , ,

Chicken Little Politics is not Finger Licking Good

Y’all remember that ‘Ok Boomer’ meme from a couple years back? Well, here’s you’re first grown up lesson as grown ups: careful who you mock because you will be on the receiving end eventually. Oh, we Boomers still love y’all and we do feel for you, but it is so incredibly funny watching Millennials and Zoomies freaking out and panicking because Russia decided to act like Russia and China still wants to rule the world. Actually, it’s hysterical. It’s almost … Continue reading “Chicken Little Politics is not Finger Licking Good”

Author Archena Posted on April 4, 2023April 4, 2023Categories Current, MondayTags , , , , , , , , , ,

Indictment: Trump

Jack Posobiec was wrong today. We have not seen the death of the Republic. Far from it. What we have seen is the suicide of the Democrat Party. Democrats who want to bother with the blame game should start with Obama. In legalizing gay marriage he put his ‘legacy’ over the Democrat Party’s stability. With the gay issues resolved, Democrats no longer had a convenient excuse to not deal with the issues of all the crazies they had accumulated under … Continue reading “Indictment: Trump”

Author Archena Posted on March 31, 2023March 26, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , , , , , , ,

Lobbyist Liability: Suing the Middle Man

In my anything but expert understanding to bring a case before a court there has to be some kind of injury. It’s not enough that Bob made you mad; there has to be something that actually hurt you physically or financially or in some demonstrable way. Yes, this has had some hilarious results over the years as lawyers contorted legal theories into fractals to get an ‘injury’ so they could get their client’s grievance before a court. Judges have not … Continue reading “Lobbyist Liability: Suing the Middle Man”