The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (No. 74)

Untimely Thoughts on a World in Transition

I know, I know . . . I said I was going to take a vacation. I am. Promise. So much has happened, though, that I thought it important to get something out this week. Most importantly, as I reported last week, the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism (Now the Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism) that I have run for the last 19 years has just received a $25 million dollar gift from David and Lynette Snow. David and I were on FOX Business News’s “Big Money Show” last week, and I thought you might like to see it. And then there’s the usual fare.

THE GOOD

IN CASE YOU MISSED THE BIG NEWS: Snow Family donates $25 million transformational gift to support the study of capitalism

DAVE SNOW AND I ON “THE BIG MONEY SHOW”: Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism receives big-time $25M donation

MY NEW PUBLISHING VENTURE, LOCO-FOCO PRESS, HAS JUST PUBLISHED TWO NEW BOOKS!!!

The first is a collection of Mark Twain’s Political Fiction by my colleague, Samuel Postell. It’s a great read. For the academics out there, you might consider it for course adoption.

You can purchase a copy here:

The second recent Loco-Foco Press publication is an outstanding new book titled The Black Hole in Economics: Money Creation and Its Consequences by Jim Brown. If you’ve ever wondered about the nature of wealth creation, this is the book to read.

You can purchase a copy here. (Paperback version out soon.) As of this writing, A Black Hole in Economics is ranked on Amazon as its #1 New Release in Free Enterprise.

GOOD FOR HER! I’m impressed: Woman Runs 2,200-Mile Appalachian Trail In 40 Days

ANDREW SULLIVAN, PER USUAL, IS RIGHT: Rachel Levine Must Resign: A case study in politics and ideology overruling science. With children as victims. 

JUSTICE. And thanks to our friends at FIRE for helping out: Judge makes 'outrageous' decision after woman arrested for criticizing government official

ARCHEOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ROUNDUP:

• Unparalleled Insight – Ancient Fossil Discovery Shows How South America and Africa Drifted Apart.

• New artifacts found in "holy grail" of shipwrecks that sank 3 centuries ago with billions of dollars in treasure

• Trove Of Ancient Artifacts From Egypt’s Last Dynasty Discovered In Tombs

THE HERO WE NEED: Why America’s future could hinge on Elon Musk.

PROVING THE OBVIOUS: Harvard Doctor Confirms that Human ‘Brains Need Meat.’ 

HERE’S HOW ONE BRANCH OF THE DEEP STATE WORKS: Rumble Scores Discovery Win In Defamation Suit Against Founders Of Left-Wing Censorship Org

THE BAD

FYI: THIS WAS INTENTIONAL: Why boys fall behind.

THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A VERY LONG TIME: Studies: Young Liberal Women Are the Most Mentally Ill Demographic – Old Conservative Men the Least

GEE, I WONDER WHY? Feminism has left middle-aged women single, childless, depressed...

WE ALL HAVE MORAL OBLIGATION TO REJECT THE PATENTLY STUPID: British countryside can evoke ‘dark nationalist’ feelings in paintings, warns museum.

CHINA WATCH:

• China's spy campaigns against the U.S. and Western allies are overwhelming governments

• U.S. general warns: Chinese nationals in U.S. being used as tools to spy on Americans

• 'Most deeply disturbing': Congressman warns China likely 'grooming' Tim Walz

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT IS INHERENTLY TOTALITARIAN AND ANTI-LIFE, AND ITS COMING TO A COUNTRY NEAR YOU: Depopulation – the elephant in the eco-room.

NOT GOOD: US Fertility Rate Hits Record Low

WHAT LEFTIST ELITES ARE DOING TO AMERICA’S CHILDREN IS WICKED AND SHOULD BE OPPOSED 24/7: “Puberty is not a disease”: New longterm studies show kids grow out of gender confusion, suicide is unrelated to gender issues.

YES. Next question: Are Republicans Losing the Culture Wars? 

THIS IS WHAT THE ONSET OF TOTALITARIANISM LOOKS LIKE. You should be genuinely scared of this: Elon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein him in.

3. Regulators around the world should threaten Musk with arrest if he doesn’t stop disseminating lies and hate on X.

Global regulators may be on the way to doing this, as evidenced by the 24 August arrest in France of Pavel Durov, who founded the online communications tool Telegram, which French authorities have found complicit in hate crimes and disinformation. Like Musk, Durov has styled himself as a free speech absolutist.

• Related: This is what real fascism looks like: https://x.com/CBradleyThomps1/status/1850494034055225351

• Related: This is what real fascism looks like: https://x.com/joeroganhq/status/1849971962644426875

“LIBERALS” AGAINST FREE SPEECH—IT’S A THING: Writers and Academics Applaud Brazil’s Censorship in Open Letter: The worldwide erosion of support for free speech continues.

GOOD QUESTION: IRS or Secret Service: Whom do Americans trust less?

AMERICA’S POLITICALLY WEAPONIZED IMMIGRATION POLICY: The Number of Illegal Aliens Dumped Into Swing States Is Jaw-Dropping.

THE UGLY

THE TRAGEDY OF OUR TIME: ‘Guinea Pigs’: 5,700 American Children Had Trans Surgery Between 2019 And 2023

IN THE YEARS BETWEEN 2017 AND 2023, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5,000-6,000 US TEEN GIRLS HAD THEIR BREASTS AMPUTATED FOR SEX “CHANGE” PURPOSES. It gets worse, between 50 and 179 of these girls were aged 12.5 or younger. Would it be controversial to readers of The Redneck Intellectual to say this is a moral abomination?

THERE IS ONLY ONE QUESTION TO ASK: WHY? Child Sex Trafficking Reports Triple Under Harris And Biden

THIS IS THE ISSUE OF OUR TIME: Child services operatives worked with Biden-Harris on secret database of 'trans kids'

. . . and THE BEAUTIFUL

WITH ALL OF THE POLITICAL HATE GOING ON THESE DAYS, LET’S BE REMINDED THAT AMERICA IS A STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE:

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!