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When I compare today’s heated demonstrations and destructive actions with America’s unity, which comes to mind when I hear “the United States,” I recall an old quote from the Chinese war strategist Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” America’s military is unequaled, so this strategy not only … Read more
I’d never heard of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) until today, but this reporting suggests that “SIECUS is quite possibly one of the most nefarious groups working in education in America today.” [Aaron] Baer [with the Center for Christian Virtue] described the Sexuality Information and Education Council as “the … Read more
If your first decision as an adult is to chemically or surgically neuter yourself because you think you’re in the wrong body, I think that’s crazy, but you be you. The gene pool will likely sigh with relief while Darwin’s ghost smiles at a mentally unstable human being self-selecting not to procreate. Adults. You want … Read more
I’d jokingly suggest a trigger warning, but if you saw the headline and are that sort, you’ve already been triggered. Hey. You be you, snowflake, but it’s true. The problem isn’t your body; it’s your mind. As I noted here, You know that “I’m in the wrong body scenario.” Like you should have been born … Read more
Dolly Parton was a national treasure, and her passing last month was a huge loss to her family, friends, and the music world, but it was a tremendous loss for America. It is nearly impossible to find someone universally loved by everyone, but that was Dolly Parton. By the numbers, Dolly had a 97% approval … Read more
The Feral Irishman has long been a reliable source of readers for GraniteGrok, and we appreciate it, so when a reader sent me this tip, I was all over it. Functional Period Panty For Transgender And Gender Non-Conforming People”: Auburn Professor boasts “research” on university website. First, don’t worry. You can have black or blonde … Read more
Scott McKay at America Spectator has a piece (teasingly labeled part 1) about the modern battle between the sexes and the race to the bottom. I’m calling the entries that follow the Five Black Pills, but they’re really more like separate buckets of discontent with the pills floating at the top. The items I’m highlighting … Read more
In November of 2023, some nutjob shot three college students in Burlington, Vermont. Jason Eaton was later identified and arrested for the shootings, which left one of his victims paralyzed. This past week, a jury found Eaton guilty on three counts of attempted murder. His defense? “Eaton’s lawyers argued that he was not criminally responsible … Read more
The Marxist and National Socialists throughout history killed easily because they created a culture that allowed it, and America, you are looking that culture in the eye. Democrats are the party of Darkness with all the connotations you can imagine. Their energy policy plans will likely leave us in darkness, which, I suppose, makes it … Read more
The heartbreaking case of Lindsay Clancy, a mother who strangled her three children to death and has been charged with murder, has dominated world headlines. As a former criminal defense attorney, I must protest that this is insane. By definition, a person who commits a mass murder, or even a regular old premeditated murder, road … Read more
It was a dark night on April 18, 1775, and the path was lonely and dangerous as Paul Revere mounted his horse in the little town of Lexington outside Boston. He rode through the woods and small hamlets on small roads lit only by the moon to let the good people of Massachusetts, including the … Read more
Today, on the Morning Update, Nike, which has a Cinderella story in the athletic shoe business, is back to sweeping up cinders after a long series of bad ideas that cost them $ 230 billion in cap value in just a few short years. Did they pull a Bud Light? Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble … Read more
Be on guard! Collectivist Marxism, labeled on the surface as communism, socialism, Nazism, and Fascism, has a death toll that speaks loud and clear. There is bloody murder and heartbreaking misery of hundreds of millions of subjects and prisoners under statist monopolies of government force that gained ground in the 20th Century and is still … Read more
As if the new abortion laws do not sicken a sane person with a modicum of respect for life, the passed or planned euthanasia laws around the world will make you skip a meal. You have to really question the moral upbringing of a person who has so little concern for life that they are … Read more
Partisan divisions in Connecticut have sparked controversy over a new law that offers public schools a curriculum focused on Islamic and Arab studies. Proponents say the initiative rounds out multicultural education and does not conflict with the separation of church and state. Opponents object that the law will favor a particular theological perspective. The New … Read more
This should not be difficult. You have a women’s basketball league that has been around for a few decades with little attention. The games were played in front of small turnouts in small arenas and even lower TV ratings. Some good players were fed to the league by schools like UConn, Baylor, and even So. … Read more
A few decades ago, America’s moral compass was more clearly defined. There was no polarizing Yes-No, Black-and-White thinking on every meaningless topic, and the line between right and wrong was much more clearly defined. Most people understood reality and had a modicum of common sense. There certainly was no TDS where the Right saw red, … Read more
We have been watching the WNBA implode over the last couple of years, when it should be prospering and growing in the Kaitlin Clark era. Kaitlin Clark is a once-in-a-generation player and personality who many credit with giving the fledgling league the credibility it lacked, even after 30 years. There have been many incredible female … Read more
The latest installment of Spider-Man has saved the summer superhero movie business, for now, and offered some relief after Supergirl bombed at the box office. I’m still waiting on the blue-haired feminazi screeching about bigots and whatnot, given that Spider-Man did better than Supergirl. Maybe it’s the hyphen. Or maybe it’s that we’re not supposed … Read more
Moral relativism, relative secularism, and the idea that good and evil are subjective are always a pretext for evil behavior. It is, after all, much easier to excuse evil if you don’t believe in it. If the ends justify the means, then othering people and encouraging your base to do evil for you with violent … Read more