After a twenty year run (since June 23, 2004), Stromata has been superseded by a substack, The Hesperian, which deals with the same range of topics from the same point of view but is easier for me to use.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:
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?
The Collapse of the Biden Plan for Israel and Hamas: Its most probable goal was not peace but regime change in the Jewish state.
The Biden Peace Plan: Like offering Hitler a ceasefire in February 1945.
The Wages of Lawfare: Can America exit the highway to Bananastan?
The Trial of "Donald T": C’est magnifique (pour la gauche) mais ce n’est pas la loi. (Subhead inspired by General Pierre François Joseph Bosquet (1810-1861): “C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre; c’est de la folie”, commenting on the Charge of the Light Brigade)
“Show Me the Man, and I Will Show You the Law”: The Gray Lady endorses an old Scottish adage.