The Crowhill Journal

I’m not a Republican, although every time I had a chance to vote for president, I have voted for the Republican candidate — except for John McCain, who was a wimp (politically, not personally), and proved he had no sense when he chose Sarah Palin.

I’m open to the idea of voting for a reasonable Democrat, because there are some (traditional) Democratic policies I either like or could tolerate. For example, I think strong unions are a good thing (with limits).

A “moderate Democrat” would have to, at a minimum …

1. Accept some restrictions on abortion
2. Have a plan to rein in the mess at the border
3. Reject extreme wokeism (e.g., would say publicly that Lia Thomas is a man and should not be competing against women)
4. Support a strong military

Tulsi Gabbard might be such a person. Any others?

… but nothing is being done about the protests at Supreme Court justice’s houses. I wonder why ….

The Justice Department needs to be unshackled from the administration and its political agenda. We don’t want a Republican Justice Department or a Democratic Justice Department. We want a Justice Department that enforces existing law.

I’m not positive how to get there, but for a start, perhaps it should be much easier to remove the Attorney General.

As usual, The Babylon Bee tells more truth through satire than most “news” sources can even hope for.

FBI Sternly Warns Mob At Justice Kavanaugh’s Home To Stay Away From School Board Member’s House Next Door

Doug Wilson has said some nice things about Eggs are Expensive, Sperm is Cheap. I wonder if he cites me in his latest?

Get the Girl: Be the Kind of Man the Kind of Woman You Want to Marry Would Want to Marry

I’m sure you’ve all heard the story. A man is doing a project in the woods when he comes across an old fence. It’s in his way. Should he tear it down or not?

Chesterton said (as I understand the story) this question divides liberals and conservatives. The conservative says, “don’t tear down the fence until you know why it’s there,” while the liberal says, “this fence was built by dead white males, get rid of it.”

I don’t agree with that characterization. (Or caricature.) I think understanding why the fence is there before you tear it down is something that both conservatives and liberals can agree to. It’s just common sense. Only a reckless ass would tear down a fence without knowing why it was there.

But I do believe the story exposes a difference in temperament.

The conservative is going to feel nervous about tearing down the fence. The fence represents the wisdom of the past. Even if he thinks he knows the reasons for the fence, he’ll have a nagging suspicion that he might not know all the reasons for the fence.

The liberal sees the fence as hemming him in. It restricts him. It embodies somebody else telling him what to do. It’s a restraint he wants to cast off so he can feel free to pursue his own life.

Both of them acknowledge the basic wisdom of understanding why the fence is there before tearing it down. But they have very different intuitions and feelings about tearing down the fence.

• Isn’t it curious it was announced right after Elon Musk made his deal to acquire Twitter? (A: they were probably planning it for a while before then, but may have made the announcement in response to the Musk news.)
• Where does the constitution give the federal government the power to “control disinformation”? (A: nowhere.)
• Whatever power this organization is going to have, does Biden want his Republican successor to wield it? (A: Biden can’t think hard enough to answer that question.)
• If Republicans retake the House this year, will they defund it? (A: they should but they don’t have the courage to do it.)