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Nicholas Strakon is editor-in-chief of The Last Ditch.


"'Extreme vetting' via the market."  — January 26, 2017.

"The howling over Hobby Lobby: The road to serfdom ends in idiocy"  — July 16, 2014.

"We are all illegal immigrants"  — July 9, 2014.

Answering Fred Reed's question: Why they hate religion — or Christianity, at least  — February 11, 2012.

In praise of Larry O'Donnell  — posted here July 16, 2014; from the "Stop and think" archive, September 2009.

So we own AIG? / Statish thinking goes comatose  — March 25, 2009.

Pragmatic Bolshevism  — December 10, 2008.

Dept. of I Never Thought I'd Live to See It: Hillary as "right-winger"  — May 15, 2008.

Diversity training  — March 29, 2008.

The Young Imam and the ruling class  — March 6, 2008.

Global warming: What if the Left is right?  — October 27, 2007.

The perfection of Ann Coulter  — October 15, 2007.

The price we pay for decivilization / They tax; we sleep  — August 1, 2007.

'Fairness' in broadcasting: How about a Justice Doctrine?  — July 4, 2007.

Utopians in action: Yet another Mexican Car Crash  — May 23, 2007.

Heidi and the African: The horror behind the horror  — May 17, 2007.

The Blacksburg massacre: "What are we going to do about Koreans?"  — April 19, 2007.

The color of rage  — November 30, 2006.

The Big Election  — November 13, 2006.

Teratogenesis  — October 11, 2006.

Solutions, dissolutions, and disillusions: The treason of the West  — September 29, 2006.

Five years after 9/11: Victory through renunciation  — September 11, 2006.

Enemies of progress  — August 24, 2006.

Denunciations, fat and salty, or, Slavery is really tasteless  — June 24, 2006.

Guns, I understand — but what's this "property" stuff?  — March 3, 2006.

C*****mas  — December 23, 2005.

Reflections, four years after: They were attacked!  — September 12, 2005.

Feelin' blue among the Reds  — November 11, 2004.

The end of the Occupation  — July 8, 2004.

"Puto deus fio"  — June 11, 2004.

Thousands of days before D-Day  — June 6, 2004.

See ... all that you can be  (the torture scandal) — May 14, 2004.

The state that cried "Amber!"  — March 8, 2004.

This isn't immigration — it's importation  — February 12, 2004. (Reposted from "Stop and think.")

On "crony capitalism": It's not personal — only business  — January 6, 2004.

Take a look at "The Cat in the Hat"
to see where American kidcult is at
  — November 22, 2003.

Bootprints of the yeti  — November 8, 2003.

Sleepless under the bombs  — November 3, 2003.

The nonfalsifiable victory  — April 9, 2003.

"Support Our Troops"  — March 31, 2003.

You are not a number!  — November 3, 2002.

This is a special powful collum
I hope you would enjoy it.
  — October 30, 2002.

Reflections on conspiracy, part two
   Denials R us  — September 23, 2002.

One year later: an assessment
   The well-tempered catastrophe  — September 11, 2002.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 119:  Master of the parish — May 24, 2002.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 118:  Next year's war — May 3, 2002.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 117:  Jeff Davis and the highway to symbolic secession — March 9, 2002.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 116:  An apology's not enough, Rev. Graham! — March 5, 2002.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 115:  Two ... (clack) ... two ... (clack) ... two wars in one! — March 2, 2002.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 114:  The logic of empowerment — January 28, 2002.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 113:  Still too many white people — January 20, 2002.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 112:  What a boyfriend we have in Jesus — January 2, 2002.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 111:  Talking with contemporary cavemen — December 19, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 110:  Piano wire, anyone? (part one) — November 21, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 109:  Minus 40 — October 1.

Strakon Lights Up No. 108:  Are you "anti-American," too? — September 28, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up No. 107:   As we go skateboarding — September 25, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 106:   The New Jerusalem — September 16, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 105:   Nine one one — September 11, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 104:   Reflections on conspiracy, part one — August 27, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 103:   The limits of Fox News — July 5, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 102:   "She must have been sick!" — June 29, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 101:   Evil in and out of context — June 23, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 100:   Calamity salad — June 13, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 99:   The Ministry of Faith — March 6, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 98:   Two cheers for espionage — February 23, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 97,   on the twelve worst presidents (part four) — February 19, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 96,   on the twelve worst presidents (part three) — February 11, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 95,   on the twelve worst presidents (part two) — February 4, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 94,   on the twelve worst presidents (part one) — January 30, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 93,   on the lessons of Ashcroft — January 12, 2001.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 92,   on the dangers of the dull-normal — December 16, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 91,   on Showtime's "Queer as Folk" — December 9, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 90,   on dovetailing enslavement — December 3, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 89:   Yahoo Nation strikes back — November 30, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 88,   on a civics lesson for the New Americans — November 26, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 87,   on recognizing our new Boss — November 22, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 86,   on dimackrisy in action — November 11, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 85,   on the dangers of voter apathy — November 6, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 84,   on George W. and the Suits — October 28, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 83,   on the world police — October 26, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 82:   Goody Two-shoes goes a-marching — October 20, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 81,   on the numbers game — October 14, 2000.

Strakon Lights Up, No. 80:   Colors — October 12, 2000.

 

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