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				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Political power of the slave states was a major consideration, but they also contended (I think sincerely) that if slavery was not permitted to expand, the system would collapse.




The establishment alone of the policy of the Republican party, that no more slave States are to be admitted into the Union, and that slavery is to be forever prohibited in the Territories (the common property of the United States), must, of itself, at no distant day, result in the utter ruin and degradation of most, if not all of the Gulf States.  Alabama has at least eight slaves to every square mile of her tillable soil.  This population outstrips any race on the globe in the rapidity of its increase; and if the slaves now in Alabama are to be restricted within her present limits, doubling as they do once in less than thirty years, the children are now born who will be compelled to flee from the land of their birth, and from the slaves their parents have toiled to acquire as an inheritance for them, or to submit to the degradation of being reduced to an equality with them, and all its attendant horrors.  Our people and institutions Must be secured the right of expansion, and they can never submit to a denial of that which is essential to their very existence.




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				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The agent grabbed the gun and ran away from the scuffle.  Presumably he felt it is dangerous for the gun to remain in the vicinity of the scuffle so he wanted to get it away as quickly as possible.  If the gun goes off in his hand, I think that a likely response is to take that as confirmation that he had to get the gun away from the scuffle as quickly as possible, and continue running.


Sometimes drivers, after trying to hit the brakes and accidentally hitting the gas instead, will mash the gas pedal into the floor as hard as they can to try to get the car to stop.  When people are frightened, they often double down rather than pause and re-evaluate.


Sometimes people will freeze if they are startled or frightened.  I think that’s an instinctual response to avoid attracting the attention of large predators.  This “freeze” response won’t occur in a person who is already running, so it wouldn’t apply here.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You claimed that the DNC changed its position, and when challenged on that claim, you couldn’t substantiate it.  At best you’ve established is different people (not all of whom are Democrats--Bernie Sanders is an independent--and none of whom claim to be speaking on behalf of the DNC) have different views on the shutdown.  If you think posting snarky comments will prevent people from noticing your failure to support your claim, you are mistaken.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 3, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I didn’t follow the race (I don’t live in Virginia), but if DuckDuckGo is to be believed, the only mention of Donald trump on Jason Miyares’ campaign website is in a Washington Post piece that was copied to the website.  Nothing condemning the fake electors scheme (which he presumably knew about when he campaigned for Donald Trump in 2024).  Nothing condemning the use of the Justice Department to go after his enemies.  Low level cases like the prosecution of Sydney Reid (which I assume Trump had no knowledge of but which likely is the consequences of his personnel choices and the tone he sets) also go unmentioned.


So Miyares wasn’t campaigning as a MAGA Republican, but he also didn’t go out of his way to indicate that he would take his duty as attorney general to the law over the wishes of Donald Trump.  Miyares was the only candidate in Virgina endorsed by Donald Trump.  Miyares could have refused to accept the endorsement; he didn’t.


Someone running for attorney general can’t plausibly claim to have no interest in what Trump is doing to the Department of Justice and the rule of law, so silence looks like complicity.  Another way to look at this is that if somebody is running for office, they either define themselves forcefully or risk letting other people define them.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 16, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I don’t know how many times the NYT has claimed that actual violent rioting by minorities is the "language of the oppressed," but my guess is zero times.