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We are, as Rubio warned, at a crossroads. Do we pursue excellence and take justified pride in the great things our civilization has accomplished? Or do we retreat to the tenebrous mediocrity and querulous ressentiment of the Last Man? C. S. Lewis drew a frightening portrait of “men without chests,” spiritually timid creatures who lack gumption (a plausible English equivalent of the Greek word ??µ??). Marco Rubio, continuing in the president’s rhetorical footsteps, has called us to reaffirm the better, more spirited angels of our nature. I like to think that this rousing tocsin will help awaken a salutary and clear-eyed spiritual revival. A clarion call, from Rubio, indeed. Those that will not answer are agreeing to a lower standard of living, a civilization in decline.

— Caleb R, NYC

Volume XXXI - 2026

"Now In My 31st Year & Still Commenting Weekly, On The World's Daily Dose Of Lunacy",
In The InterNet's Longest Running Journal, Since January, 1996.