Entries by Richard Parker

Conservative Dogma and the Student Loan Crisis

Musings on Student Loan and Education Reform and the Errors and Failings of Mainstream Conservatism Author’s note: the Trump Administration announced it will begin garnishing defaulted student loans after the New Year, in January 2026. Mainstream conservatives are applauding, many of whom are doing so with a marked callousness and even Schadenfreude. This essay, originally published […]

Tucker Carlson Backpedals Once Again

Thoughts and Observations of the Spectacle That Is Turning Point USA As most readers are doubtlessly well aware, the first day of the Turning Point Convention on December 18, 2025 was a notable event for the way that Erika Kirk and above all Ben Shapiro made spectacles of themselves. Vivek Ramaswamy also saw fit to […]

Rhetoric, Persuasion, and the Holocaust

Contending With the Holocaust as a Tool of Extortion and Manipulation So-called Holocaust revisionism is gaining some currency in certain circles among the dissident right. This is exhibited on various platforms and certain nooks and crannies of the Internet. Statements by mixed martial artist and podcaster Jake Shields evidence this trend, particularly the appearance of Germar […]

Katy Perry’s Horrible Music Cannot Be Turned Off: The Terrible, Degenerate Music Other People Listen to Matters

Author’s note: The caption “Entartete Musik” featured on this and other images means “degenerate music.” This along with greater condemnations of degenerate art were a prominent platform position of a certain political movement in the past. Some readers may recognize the stylized lettering from a certain progpaganda poster as well. The cultural milieu any individual […]