“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep…

I’ve been collecting movies for about 20 years. I limit myself pretty exclusively to the DVD format, although if I want a movie badly enough I’ll purchase it on Blu-ray or even VHS. Since I began collecting, I’ve accumulated nearly 1900 movies — which isn’t as many as you might…

In the almost-50 years between Roe v. Wade (1973) and Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), pro-life and pro-choice camps shouted at one another across a river with no bridge. Pro-life people shouted that a fetus is a human being from the moment of conception, pro-choice people shouted that…

This is an essay I am not thrilled to write. I know that many who read it will respond by reacting rather than reasoning, and will see condemnation and hate where none exists. …

Michael Knowles seeks to “eradicate transgenderism from public life,” by which, it seems clear, he means to deny people the right to wear clothing in public, receive medical treatment or be regarded by the law in ways deemed inappropriate for their sex. His argument in support of this is that…

I saw her on Columbus Day, Someone like me. She walked in front of me, Two or three stores ahead. Purse, shopping bags, And a cellular phone, at which she stared intently. I knew she was like me; Too tall, too broad, The way she stood. She walked in front…