The Scratching Post

Scrolling through my favorite X feed every day, I can't help but see the same theme of the self-hatred of the West played out all over t...

OK, I'm spoiling something I wanted to post en toto , but I just have to do it. I've been playing around with the new version of Cha...

Many on the right, particularly Tucker Carlson, are fully convinced that the migrant crisis across the West is being driven by them . They ...

 I hope you and yours are having a blessed and peaceful Easter today. ChatGPT has made some dramatic improvements to its algorithms lately, ...

 ... are allowing, nay, encouraging, mass migration into the Emerald Isle from the Middle East and Africa with utterly predictable results. ...

 ... is not a question we need to ask any more. We have the answer in the form of many of our nations as well as international institutions....

It's taken me a long time to escape the standard analysis of Trump as chaotic and unhinged. It's almost impossible to get free of th...

After days of ridiculous chaos in the markets, I'm going back to what I said before . If you've been watching Europe, South Korea an...

Well, since the tariffs have effectively crushed my dreams, I might as well try to come to grips with them. As things stand, I can't buy...

I've had more time to think about the tariffs being imposed on the entire world and it's just mind-blowingly awful. It's the equ...

Yesterday, President Trump announced Liberation Day. That's when the Tariff Fairy comes to your country and sprinkles upcharges on all o...

It occurred to me the other day that all of the folks who are hell-bent on "diversity" and "migrants" aren't much di...

From a recent post : In the West, we use metrics like GDP, Per Capita Income, education statistics and the size of our militaries to gauge h...

As I get older and realize that my options for what to do next with my life are dwindling down to a small, single-digit number of big things...

 We had a dinner party on Sunday because, in December, I'd bought a 3-bone standing rib roast and I wanted to get it out of my freezer t...

When I was little, I always took Genesis 1:27 God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he crea...

 ... or, Paying More For Procreation. The West, in pursuit of cheaper goods and seduced by the profits that come from globalization, has off...

Seriously, it's hard to keep up with all the different reasons the left has for violence and mayhem. Why, it was just a few months ago t...

Back when I started this blog, I was a Wall Street Journal Republican. If the Party said it, it was true. If I read it in the WSJ, I believe...

The Kumeyaay are an Indian tribe local to the San Diego area. There are still a few of them around, probably maintaining their timeless cult...