Entries by The Irish Savant

The blessed life of a Moral Crusader

Originally posted October 3, 2016 Being a Moral Crusader is a great gig in that you get the best of all worlds, public acclaim and a luxurious lifestyle just for self-righteously calling on others to meet the moral standards that you define. Enter Noam Chomsky who according to Wikipedia “in his youth developed a dislike of capitalism (a “grotesque catastrophe”) and […]

Politicus Hibernicus and the lesson for President Trump

Irish politicians must be among the most useless in the world. Their exemplar is our current Maximum Leader Enda Kenny. Having spent a few years teaching ten year-olds he followed his father into politics, spending the next 40 years on the rubber chicken circuit, never displaying an original thought, conviction or principle of any kind, ever […]

Oh ma’ achin’ sides!!! Anti-immigrant protests in South Africa

You know, these days it’s almost possible to feel a little sorry for the legacy media, die Lugenpresse. Take the Guardian (yes, please do). Its obese shrieking lesbians and their wispy-bearded virtue-signalling “male” counterparts can feel power slipping from the oily grasp. Already reeling from Trump and Brexit, their readership and credibility plummet while financial […]