My best postings of 2024

Far-left political activism often does more harm than good to the cause it wants to advance (this seems more relevant than I ever wanted it to be, given the election result).

The West's preferred "solutions" to the threat of jihadist genocidalism toward Israel have already been tried and have just made things worse.

Organized religion is inherently authoritarian.

I looked at the psychology behind wingnut threats of political violence that never materializes.

The US judicial branch is in crisis.

A question for pet owners -- this post in itself was nothing special, but I'm including it for the disturbing revelations in some of the comments.

Sovereign citizens are a weird, potentially dangerous movement that rejects the validity of commonplace laws.

Different cultures and groups hold wildly differing views on wildlife and nature.

The NPVIC is not the answer to the problems posed by the Electoral College.

Modern "pitch-tuning" is dehumanizing music.

The nationalist/nativist wave in Europe was entirely predictable.

On Independence Day, a call for action and against pessimism.

Some music from the good old days had issues.

I expressed a poetic witch's curse.

I reviewed the Cormoran Strike detective series by "Robert Galbraith" (JK Rowling).

We must unstintingly support our fellow democracies, Israel and Ukraine, against the mass-murdering forces of jihadism and Russian imperialism.

Two months before the election, I explained why the country needed a landslide, and how only the Democrats were moving toward sanity.

This was the best of this year's "truths and inspirations" posts.

There is evil among us, and we must call it out for what it is.

Israel is winning its defensive war against jihadist aggression and mass murder.

October 7 was a new manifestation of an ancient and unique evil.

Remember Samhain, the true Halloween.

After the election, I posted some initial reactions, discussed how the Democrats failed and how the Republicans will fail, and made a few shorter observations.

The Democrats were doomed by demographics.

The most important thing Biden can do with his remaining time in office is to help fortify Ukraine against Russia.

Most of Russia's nuclear weapons probably don't work.

There has been a new American awakening.

If ghosts really existed, it would have some amusing implications.

These were the two most important stories of 2024.