By Eric Le Roy
El Conejito
I guess the frenzy is fading now, but (as usual, a day late and a dollar short) I would like to record a few belated thoughts on the recent Super Bowl in America. Not the game itself, mind you, which by all accounts was as boring as an argument between two dead people, but the Half Time Show, featuring an enterprising dude with … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
I don’t like to write blogs like this; I really don’t. I would rather devote myself to the things, beautiful, painful, complex, and rewarding, that my mind and instincts drive me to pursue.
But I am going to write this plainly. No attempt at lovely language. Just my thoughts.
First, the stuff going on in Minnesota. The uprising there is almost certainly coordinated and financed by … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ I have never been much of a fan of ‘patriotism’. In fact, I believe it was Ralph Waldo Emerson who declared that “patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” What he meant was that no matter how much of a rapscallion or rotten sod a geezer is, he can always redeem himself by exalting the flawless and everlasting greatness of … Read the rest
by Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ An article has recently come under my nose which, to say the very least, compares Europe very favorably with the United States. In fact, this piece, written by an author who usually knows better, is so lacking in objectivity as to provoke a response from me. It’s anti-American thesis is twofold: (1) the ‘American Dream’ is nothing more than a ‘masterful sales pitch’ that … Read the rest
Content 18+ Typically, it’s Eric who responds to me, but presently, as I peruse his articles, I find I’ve got a thing or two to pass on to him. You discourse on contemporary existence, nascent generations, ignorance, and technological enslavement…
Ah, the very word ‘Millennial’ seems to drip with disdain from the lips of many a Baby Boomer. They look upon this younger generation and see a landscape littered with … Read the rest
