Category Archives: Current Events

Many Conservatives Lost in the Tall Weeds

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Jacques Delacroix

A surprising number of my conservative FB friends, and also of my real- life friends, got lost in the moral tall weeds in the past month or so. I mean that they seem to hesitate between the victim, Ukraine, and … Continue reading →

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Shame on Us!

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Jacques Delacroix

I am so angry, I have trouble typing. The United States, my country by choice, is preparing a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan. The government of the rational people who have been our friends there for twenty years is melting before … Continue reading →

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The Biden Rat

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

I don’t like the crucifixion of poor old Joe Biden (who denied everything today – finally). This, for two unrelated reasons. First, during the Kavanaugh hearings, I answered firmly the question, “Do women lie?” Yes, some women lie some of … Continue reading →

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Authoritarianism in Tiny Steps

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

  All the power in both the County and the City of Santa Cruz (where I live) now resides in the hands of a County health official. Yesterday, she just closed all parks and all beaches in the county for … Continue reading →

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Damned Models and Cutting off the Chinese

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

I have a good eye for what ought to be there but isn’t. Don’t congratuate me; it’s a natural talent. I am retired so, I usually spend hours listening to the radio, reading newspapers and, watching television and, (Oops) on … Continue reading →

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Inequality and November 2020

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

  I had a little revelation during the sad Sunday duel between the two septuagenarians from the Dem Party. (All my big insights are behind me. Too bad they were mostly wrong.) I discovered crisply what separate this conservative, for … Continue reading →

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My Political Paranoia on Speed

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

I gave myself a little time to react to the Super Tuesday Democratic Party primary results (in the US). I wanted to examine my own head and my own heart first. Incidentally, I don’t feel shy about spouting off today. … Continue reading →

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The Republican Uphill Road Forward

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

Basking in glory further won’t do. Pres. Trump’s personal approval still does not top 45%, except in one single Gallup poll where it reached 49% for a while. This does not sound like an easy ride to victory to me. … Continue reading →

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A French Mini-Civil War?

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

I am following the French social media as well as some of the mainstream French media. I am becoming afraid that the anti-Muslim sentiment there will result in a violent explosion, in a brief mini-civil war of a bloody nature. … Continue reading →

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Advice to Pres. Trump and to the Republican Party after the State of the Union Speech Triumph and the Impeachment Trial Victory

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

  Stop the victory dance right now. It will soon be unseemly. The acquital is hardly a big triumph given that the impeachment was bogus and the Dems were never going to muster 2/3 of the Senate to find Pres. … Continue reading →

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