Leo Tolstoy: A Confession. Serialized by Cluny Journal, two of 6 parts out as of this morning.
Tanner Greer: Bullets and Ballots: The Legacy of Charlie Kirk. A viewpoint about a person of whose existence I wasn’t even peripherally aware until last week: “I do not think liberals, progressives, or even older conservatives understood the amount of slime thrown at Kirk by those to his right. His eagerness to work with the new establishment inside established political forms, his program for the right’s spiritual renewal, and his generally pro-Israel line made him a constant target of Nick Fuentes and the “Fuentards” who follow him. His commitment to populist coalition-building made him an enemy of people like Laura Loomer, who described Kirk as “a political charlatan, claiming to be pro-Trump one day while he stabs Trump in the back the next” just a few weeks ago.” If you are known by your enemies…
Ernie Smith: Saying Exactly What You Mean. Another viewpoint, but more so about Jesse Welles whose song [“Charlie”][5a] is very good.