Category Archives: Socio-Political Essays

Memoirs of Not Getting Girls Pregnant

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Jacques Delacroix

One issue that’s crying out for moderate voices is that of abortion. One of the evils of Wade vs Roe is to have made debate on abortion seem superfluous for fifty years, unlike what happened in Western Europe for example … Continue reading →

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Swimming Against the Currents in the Late Afternoon

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Jacques Delacroix

I am in a testamental mood these days. I know the word does not yet exist. I am just trying to blend together the virtues of “testament,” as in, “last will and testament,” of the Biblical and legal term “testimony,” … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Want to Fight to the Last Ukrainian

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Jacques Delacroix

I hope the brave Ukrainians will soon decide to stop dying. I seems to me they have to. The Russians have demonstrated that their armed forces are too incompetent to conquer Ukraine and to reduce it to a satellite. Their … 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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Pourquoi Kamala Harris?

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

La nomination de Kamala Harris comme candidate du Parti Democrate (“D” majuscule) à la vice-presidence avec Joe Biden a donne lieu à beaucoup de sornettes dans les media francais, et francophones, comme on pouvait s’y attendre. Bien sur tout ceci … Continue reading →

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Medication Prohibitions – Why?

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

The debates about the curative virtues of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine are becoming more acrimonious by the day. As I hear about them on my local radio KSCO (where I had a show for three years a while ago) and I … Continue reading →

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Systemic Racism: a Rationalist Take

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

This is a longish essay. You may want to read it in installments. Foreword This is a freewheeling and personal essay on the term “systemic racism.” It’s not an empirical study but it’s mindful of facts. It blends my observations … Continue reading →

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A Rare Civilized Exchange with the Other Side

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

05/03/20 I had an unusual experience yesterday and today, a civilized exchange with a liberal. It was on Facebook. I think it’s worth sharing, maybe only as curiosity. Jacques Delacroix to S.R.S: I am reading you and your accomplices between the … 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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The Vexing Libertarian Issue of Transition

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Jacques Delacroix

I have appointed myself an old sage to the world. When your knees are creaky and every snotty eighteen-year-old treats you patronizingly, the least you can do to compensate is award yourself wisdom. Anyway, long story short, it’s a good … Continue reading →

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