After a twenty year run (since June 23, 2004), Stromata has been superseded by a substack, The Hesperian, which deals with the same range of topics from the same point of view but is easier for me to use. While Typepad is an excellent platform for blogs, it requires more effort than I am currently able to spare for it.
The content of Stromata will remain here until Typepad or I expire, and I will continue posting short items.
The Most Recent Posts on The Hesperian:
Beware the Ides of January: President Trump’s first crisis will loom before Inauguration Day.
A Lesson for Trump 47?: An early blunder will turn into a boon, if the President-Elect will learn from it.
Donald Trump Has a Good (and Overdue) Idea: Cabinet confirmations should be as fast as when Ronald Reagan made the nominations.
There Is Still Time for Kamala: Somebody needs to perform the duties of the President for the next two and a half months.
Will It Really Be the “Most Consequential Election of Our Lifetimes”?: Ambiguously optimistic thoughts about the Guy Fawkes Day drama.
Counting Down to Guy Fawkes Day: Both parties act as if they want to lose.
The Secret of Kamala’s Success: The Vice President flops with rank-and-file citizens but is catnip to left-wing elites.
President Harris Welcomes Hitler’s Death, Calls for Ceasefire: A dispatch from a parallel universe
Anti-Trumpers After Trump: Peering into the hazy future of the ex-President's fiercest conservative enemies
Unlucky Gretchen Whitmer: Who could have imagined that her anodyne gesture in support of the CHIPS Act would inadvertently parallel the sacred rite of an obscure religious cult?
The Hamasniks’ Choice: For hard core Jew haters, there’s no doubt who is the “Benefit” to their cause and who is the “Harm”.
The Joy of Oikophobia: Cheering on Hamas and Hezbollah fills empty souls with . . . something.
Kamala’s Five Freedoms and FDR’s Four: What “freedom” looks like to a “brat”.
The Baltic Job: The Wall Street Journal reveals (perhaps!) “The Real Story of the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage” (but perhaps not).
Kamala’s Emmanuel Goldstein: The “Campaign of Joy” stages a two-minute hate.
Tidings of Comfort and Joy?: The Kamala-Walz campaign preaches anger and calls it “joy”.
A Court Without Laws: If the International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, the U.S. should designate it as a terrorist support organization.
Two Days to Remember: The 230th Anniversary of Thermidor, the End of the Reign of Terror
Kamala: The “Year Zero” Candidate: Robespierre and Pol Pot were “unburdened by what has been”.
The Puzzle of Hyper-Intelligence: Maybe big, efficient brains were just an evolutionary fluke.
A Vote for “First Past the Post”: Like democracy, it is the worst system imaginable, except for all the rest.
Joe Biden Kicks a Gift Horse in the Teeth: If he’s right about Donald Trump’s plans for “revenge and retribution”, the President will be grateful for immunity.
The End of a Strange Alliance: Progressive rejection of the Jewish state was long delayed but inevitable.
Inflation or Recession?: If you have to pick one, which should it be, why does it matter, and can you really choose just one?
New: The Hesperian now includes a Wednesday trivia quiz on history and politics. No prizes, but I try to make the questions interesting and the answers more so.