Show Notes for August 19, 2021

The law of the harvest says we reap what we sow. In the case of our societal fixation on "wokeness" we find that we've elected astonishingly incompetent leaders. Robert Weiss describes how the Taliban may have just provided us with a Sputnik moment for wokeness.  

We're also getting an object lesson in unintended consequences thanks to the various Covid mandates being enforced by employers and the state. Jon Miltimore has an excellent piece on the massive nurse shortage that's hitting Houston after more than 150 nurses and healthcare workers were fired for being unvaxxed. Whoops.

One of the toughest things many of us are facing today is a very clear realignment in our relationships with the people around us. Allan Stevo has a beautiful essay on how it's okay and natural to part paths with friends in a time such as this. I found his take to be very reassuring.

Like it or not, we're living through truly historic times. Someday, your children's children may ask you about what it was like during the Shame Wars. Will you be able to tell them you were on the right side?

We live in a time where a large number of people live in a kind of manufactured normality. When we stop questioning what we are being told, we can fail to see what we should notice rather than what we're being told to notice.

The most unsettling aspect of the ongoing pandemic isn't necessarily the threat posed by a particular virus. It's the destruction of our remaining liberty by the systems that are working overtime to rule us. Judge Andrew Napolitano has a very clear explanation of what is being done and why it is incompatible with legimitate government.

On matters of being free, Alex R. Knight III always has a take worth considering. His latest column includes some of his best speculation and prognostication about what the future will bring. He starts with a question that not many people are willing to ask: Do most people even want to be free? 

The truest thing you will hear today is also some comic relief for anyone who could use a good laugh. These teenage pro tips are especially on target if you have a teenager in your home. 

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