I had to reject yet another article for publication. And I feel bad because I used to write exactly like this author. “The characters are forced to realize that the forced labor that they are forced to perform…” I wrote like this, and it feels like rejecting myself, version circa 2007.

Terrible, terrible writing. It goes on like this for 28 excruciating pages, with “in this article I will analyze” repeated on every single bloody page from 1 to 12.

Formal measures of intelligence matter because they reflect reality. Intellectual capacity is genetic and determines a lot of things in our life. It’s as real and immutable as height or eye color. Accepting the physical reality of your intellectual capacity is as important as accepting the physical reality of your sex.

Conservatism is about accepting reality and not assuming godlike qualities which pitch you in an endless, unwinnable battle against it.

N’s sister finalized her second divorce and called him to share. I’m glad they are talking because for the longest time there’s been no relationship at all. It’s weird, though, because the conversation eventually turned into an advice session where the sister started to give N advice on how to avoid problems in his personal life.

Poor woman, she recently went to a clinic to get her eggs frozen “for the future” when she will finally be ready to have children. She’s in her forties, so obviously, it turned out there are no more eggs to freeze. She’s shocked because she had no idea that the egg supply isn’t limitless. (Yes, N ended up with the entire brain supply of the whole family).

The reason why I’m sharing all this is because N had had this dynamic with his mother and sister forever until he met me. These exceptionally unsuccessful women who failed at everything in life would endlessly criticize and try to improve the son and brother who was much better at everything than them. The mom who weighs 300 lbs would pester him with healthy living advice and the sister who never worked a day in her life would proffer endless tips on career advancement. Now, on the day of yet another divorce, she’s regaling the brother who is in a very successful marriage with advice on … how to stay married. There hasn’t been any parenting advice yet but I’m sure it’s coming.

At this point, N knows how to treat these behaviors with the mockery they deserve but when we first met, he sincerely thought he was a loser and these two women the queens of the universe. Family dynamics can be completely messed up. It’s hard to imagine just how messed up until you see this for yourself.

On the eve of the 14th anniversary of my exceptionally happy marriage, a social media app is offering me an article on “the joys of being single and how to be adventurous on the dating market.”

Who makes these apps that can’t figure out basic facts about a person?

I know what she means. I became a Zionist on October 7, 2023. Whatever Hamas intended to achieve, they ended up turning many people who were tepid towards Israel into ardent, passionate supporters.

Also, people with teenage kids, please talk to them about this. They are hearing incredible garbage on social media. Show them the river and the sea on the map. They are being told that “from the river to the sea” means “support human rights everywhere”. That’s the prevalent narrative on TikTok and Instagram in the teenage age bracket.

Spanish MSM are referring to this as “a couple hundred people”. As usual, the establishment press would state the most bizarre lies as if people had no eyes and couldn’t see for themselves.

For those who don’t know, the leader of the Socialist Party in Spain forgave the Catalan separatists who had broken the law, violated the Constitution, and have been hiding from the justice in Brussels. The Socialist leader needed the separatists to support his bid for power and believes he can shred the Constitution if it’s politically expedient.

Of course, this isn’t just about the nasty Catalan separatists (who, by the way, are woke and pro-Russian). The people of Spain are tired of observing the far-left government shitting on Spain, destroying the economy, and instituting the most outlandish, anti-national policies imaginable.

Even Spaniards are all of a sudden raising their national flag. It’s pretty amazing to see today’s manifestation because it’s such a contrast with the pouty, childish 15-M protests of 2011.

For 12 years, the people of Spain observed the terrible consequences of the 15-M and have finally figured out that you can’t be against something but refuse to offer an alternative. It’s not enough to know what you oppose. You must figure out what you support. Spain is finally figuring it out, and that’s great news.

Klara caught a stomach bug at school and has been unwell. Finally, she fell asleep and had a dream about a sick little chicken called Esmeralda. I’ll never find it anything less than amazing that she’s a whole separate human being with her own inner world that is completely different from mine.

First, she’s a little pulse on a screen at 5 weeks of pregnancy, and then she’s a person with a subjectivity populated by little chickens called Esmeralda.

I can’t get over the sheer miraculousness of this.

The Palestinian professor is gathering signatures to support Palestinian students who might get persecuted “in the aftermath of the events of October 7”. The letter acknowledges that there have been zero instances of such persecution on our campus but the letter is still needed just in case because there has, the letter claims, been horrific persecution of Muslims around the country. The words “Jewish” and “Jews” aren’t mentioned in the letter even once.

I’m willing to bet large sums of money that every professor with a Jewish last name will sign because being accepted by the in-group is more important than anything else.

There has been zero action of any kind by Jewish faculty and students. The three Palestinians we have on campus are conducting one successful event after another while the Jewish side is non-existent. And please, don’t say they are afraid. Their only fear is to be shunned as “racists” by the rest of the Left.

Which country in Europe has the highest number of abortions and single-parent households per capita?

Yes, it’s the same country some useful simpletons expect to defend traditional values.