I'm sorry that there are no heroes and the vast majority of people are not strong enough to overcome their self-preservation instinct, especially ones like Tucker Carlson who could live several lifetimes on what they've already made.
What you say about building a foundation on ourselves has immense wisdom. Just please don't check out completely. If we're ever to get out of this situation, we need people who refuse to give into groupthink.
1. What about Ron DeSantis? Is he also just a psycho, or would he be a good national and party leader? Regardless of how realistic it is, given the Trump machine.
2. You mentioned others are onto Vance. Is there anything I can read about this? I want to understand how and why he is a sociopath, as you called him in another article.
My previous comment was a bit convoluted as I was on a plane taking off. Tucker gave you a heads up. I got a heads up when I was in the Reagan Administration and James Baker was trying to throw me overboard. I can't ask folks to do more than they can given the circumstances. Tucker is doing yeoman work right now. He doesn't deserve hits from those like you whom he has befriended. You quote Tom Fleming. I consider him a friend who I have gone to bat for in the past. But, he's wrong in his judgment on Tucker. Tucker has changed and figured out that he was on the wrong side for a long time.now, Tucker is waging the good fight against powerful enemies. Vance is in a tough spot. Give him a grace period. Look at Pope Leo XIV. He worked for Francis, but now he is showing what his true views are. People have tried to help you,Pedro; but you don't recognize it. You have real talent and an insightful understanding of many things. Don't let perceived slights derail you.
Well, I wrote for them for 9 years, 2010 to 2019, then they stopped taking my stuff without an explanation. I already had sent them a review they had requested of Bernanke's book. But it was spiked with no kill fee. Some intern even insulted me. No one else would reply to my emails.
I've been writing conservative journalism, and getting paid for it, for 50 years now, starting in 1975 for the Hillsdale Collegian. If they didn't want me any more, OK. No problem. All I wanted was the professional courtesy of an explanation and a kill fee for a requested article.
Thanks for a backstory you really didn’t have to tell. I believe your conclusions are accurate. They are the same ones I came to after 2020. The third time was not the charm for me either.
I am sorry for what happened to you. Tucker, at least, warned you of what was coming. I haven't in that situation before when friends gave me a heads up, but couldn't stop it from coming. I am still grateful for their early warning. Tucker is taking b on the real powers to be right now, and I applaud him for that. Tom Fleming is a friend bit disagree with him
First off, very sorry that happened to you. The whole reason I subscribed to you in the first place was a long piece you wrote about Trump and campaign money schemes a while back. I think that was before you were "defamed," but I can't remember. But I liked that somebody in the "pro-Trump" orbit would criticize Trump in detail like that. Speaking of... I'm curious where Ann Coulter fits into all this. Are you in touch with her still? She's always seemed honest to me.
Anyways, the main thing I wanted to comment was that - speaking from my own experience of it - I think the "online right" or whatever took so much from 4chan back in the day. Like, if you go back to 2010-2015, that's where so much of this stuff came from. After 2016, there was a pretty clear effort from somewhere to make 4chan garbage (moreso than it already was), and you could see the online right lose momentum all the way into 2025. As 4chan got defanged, it felt like the "online right" you'd see on Twitter or wherever started to run out of new stuff to talk about, like the water had been turned off, and you're spot on about how they're circling the drain now. It's all these mindless people who just call things woke like a reflex and don't seem to have any impulse to actually do anything political or even just be creative online like people used to be. Complete opposite energy of ~2015 4chan.
Maybe it's just the natural way of things and how politics will always go (or maybe the anons just got older and moved on), but with everything we've seen from bots and the Censorship Industrial Complex and all that over the last decade, I really think that what happened was that this relatively small but real source of actual conversation from actually engaged people (left and right tbh) got watered down or otherwise sabotaged, and now the online right personalities and "influencers" don't really have anything fresh to offer. Everything is managed or controlled or monitored and there's no place people can go to talk about how they actually feel, so both parties just feel completely stiff and detached from the people, and the government and corporations continue course without much input from people outside them.
I guess the short way of saying it is that it all feels fake now. I'm not exactly a social butterfly, but I feel like it's been years since the stuff I see chatter about online closely reflected the stuff people I speak to are talking about. It all feels like this big fake thing that's only on screens and everybody just kind of rolls with it, thinking, "Well it must be real out there somewhere. I guess that's what people are saying." You're right that the online right is decrepit, but go to Reddit or Bluesky and look at the online left. It's like everybody is just stuck watching a show and all we can do is comment about it online as we get poorer and sicker and older.
What brilliant writing. While speaking the truth and carrying yourself with integrity, as far as you understand it in the Providence of all things, you wrote something that was at once entertaining, illuminating, and confirming. I knew there was a reason I kept your subscription, and stayed with chronicles for your voice.
May God bless you, and your family. May he give you the virtue of Wisdom , Art, Courage and provide for your every need. You have blessed my life in ways I cannot put into proper words.
I had something similar happen to me 5 years ago professionally and I'm still recovering from it. I was completely taken unaware though until the boom was lowered. At least Tucker Carlson gave you a heads up and warned you. As for JD Vance? If he was seeking out your counsel at one time that ought to count for something. When you say he doesn't love this country I wonder. He did enlist into the USMC and deploy to a war. I don't agree with Pete Hegseth on many issues but I also have no doubt he loves this country as well. You don't give up a lucrative career to join the Army and then become a Ranger and deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan if you don't love this country. I realize you didn't mention Hegseth but he's part of the Trump Team and an example of a genuine patriot. Steven Miller? The same thing. Even Tulsi Gabbard. I understand how something which effects your income can cloud your judgment, especially when you are the breadwinner of a family but the paleoconservative world still appreciates you taking up the baton from late writers such as Joe Sobran (who was also betrayed by many) and the retired Pat Buchanan (who has a series of scars all over his back as well). Even paleolibertarians such as Ron Paul endured many slings and arrows - not from The Left, but from The Right. Keep fighting the good fight. I remember when William Norman Grigg gave up on The Right - it was sad to witness. No anger. Just sadness. Remember everyone is flawed and the perfect is the enemy of the good.
I'm sorry that there are no heroes and the vast majority of people are not strong enough to overcome their self-preservation instinct, especially ones like Tucker Carlson who could live several lifetimes on what they've already made.
What you say about building a foundation on ourselves has immense wisdom. Just please don't check out completely. If we're ever to get out of this situation, we need people who refuse to give into groupthink.
Questions for Pedro:
1. What about Ron DeSantis? Is he also just a psycho, or would he be a good national and party leader? Regardless of how realistic it is, given the Trump machine.
2. You mentioned others are onto Vance. Is there anything I can read about this? I want to understand how and why he is a sociopath, as you called him in another article.
My previous comment was a bit convoluted as I was on a plane taking off. Tucker gave you a heads up. I got a heads up when I was in the Reagan Administration and James Baker was trying to throw me overboard. I can't ask folks to do more than they can given the circumstances. Tucker is doing yeoman work right now. He doesn't deserve hits from those like you whom he has befriended. You quote Tom Fleming. I consider him a friend who I have gone to bat for in the past. But, he's wrong in his judgment on Tucker. Tucker has changed and figured out that he was on the wrong side for a long time.now, Tucker is waging the good fight against powerful enemies. Vance is in a tough spot. Give him a grace period. Look at Pope Leo XIV. He worked for Francis, but now he is showing what his true views are. People have tried to help you,Pedro; but you don't recognize it. You have real talent and an insightful understanding of many things. Don't let perceived slights derail you.
I'm still wondering why Chronicles threw me overboard 6 years ago. No one gave me a heads-up. Note the hyphen.
What?
Well, I wrote for them for 9 years, 2010 to 2019, then they stopped taking my stuff without an explanation. I already had sent them a review they had requested of Bernanke's book. But it was spiked with no kill fee. Some intern even insulted me. No one else would reply to my emails.
I've been writing conservative journalism, and getting paid for it, for 50 years now, starting in 1975 for the Hillsdale Collegian. If they didn't want me any more, OK. No problem. All I wanted was the professional courtesy of an explanation and a kill fee for a requested article.
That’s odd. I’m sorry that happened! Maybe pitch them instead of sending them a full piece?
Thanks for a backstory you really didn’t have to tell. I believe your conclusions are accurate. They are the same ones I came to after 2020. The third time was not the charm for me either.
I like and agree with your solution. Politics will never give real meaning to one’s life
I am sorry for what happened to you. Tucker, at least, warned you of what was coming. I haven't in that situation before when friends gave me a heads up, but couldn't stop it from coming. I am still grateful for their early warning. Tucker is taking b on the real powers to be right now, and I applaud him for that. Tom Fleming is a friend bit disagree with him
First off, very sorry that happened to you. The whole reason I subscribed to you in the first place was a long piece you wrote about Trump and campaign money schemes a while back. I think that was before you were "defamed," but I can't remember. But I liked that somebody in the "pro-Trump" orbit would criticize Trump in detail like that. Speaking of... I'm curious where Ann Coulter fits into all this. Are you in touch with her still? She's always seemed honest to me.
Anyways, the main thing I wanted to comment was that - speaking from my own experience of it - I think the "online right" or whatever took so much from 4chan back in the day. Like, if you go back to 2010-2015, that's where so much of this stuff came from. After 2016, there was a pretty clear effort from somewhere to make 4chan garbage (moreso than it already was), and you could see the online right lose momentum all the way into 2025. As 4chan got defanged, it felt like the "online right" you'd see on Twitter or wherever started to run out of new stuff to talk about, like the water had been turned off, and you're spot on about how they're circling the drain now. It's all these mindless people who just call things woke like a reflex and don't seem to have any impulse to actually do anything political or even just be creative online like people used to be. Complete opposite energy of ~2015 4chan.
Maybe it's just the natural way of things and how politics will always go (or maybe the anons just got older and moved on), but with everything we've seen from bots and the Censorship Industrial Complex and all that over the last decade, I really think that what happened was that this relatively small but real source of actual conversation from actually engaged people (left and right tbh) got watered down or otherwise sabotaged, and now the online right personalities and "influencers" don't really have anything fresh to offer. Everything is managed or controlled or monitored and there's no place people can go to talk about how they actually feel, so both parties just feel completely stiff and detached from the people, and the government and corporations continue course without much input from people outside them.
I guess the short way of saying it is that it all feels fake now. I'm not exactly a social butterfly, but I feel like it's been years since the stuff I see chatter about online closely reflected the stuff people I speak to are talking about. It all feels like this big fake thing that's only on screens and everybody just kind of rolls with it, thinking, "Well it must be real out there somewhere. I guess that's what people are saying." You're right that the online right is decrepit, but go to Reddit or Bluesky and look at the online left. It's like everybody is just stuck watching a show and all we can do is comment about it online as we get poorer and sicker and older.
What brilliant writing. While speaking the truth and carrying yourself with integrity, as far as you understand it in the Providence of all things, you wrote something that was at once entertaining, illuminating, and confirming. I knew there was a reason I kept your subscription, and stayed with chronicles for your voice.
May God bless you, and your family. May he give you the virtue of Wisdom , Art, Courage and provide for your every need. You have blessed my life in ways I cannot put into proper words.
Keep writing.
I had something similar happen to me 5 years ago professionally and I'm still recovering from it. I was completely taken unaware though until the boom was lowered. At least Tucker Carlson gave you a heads up and warned you. As for JD Vance? If he was seeking out your counsel at one time that ought to count for something. When you say he doesn't love this country I wonder. He did enlist into the USMC and deploy to a war. I don't agree with Pete Hegseth on many issues but I also have no doubt he loves this country as well. You don't give up a lucrative career to join the Army and then become a Ranger and deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan if you don't love this country. I realize you didn't mention Hegseth but he's part of the Trump Team and an example of a genuine patriot. Steven Miller? The same thing. Even Tulsi Gabbard. I understand how something which effects your income can cloud your judgment, especially when you are the breadwinner of a family but the paleoconservative world still appreciates you taking up the baton from late writers such as Joe Sobran (who was also betrayed by many) and the retired Pat Buchanan (who has a series of scars all over his back as well). Even paleolibertarians such as Ron Paul endured many slings and arrows - not from The Left, but from The Right. Keep fighting the good fight. I remember when William Norman Grigg gave up on The Right - it was sad to witness. No anger. Just sadness. Remember everyone is flawed and the perfect is the enemy of the good.