Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

On July 9, 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivered what many historians consider the greatest political speech in American history - his fam...

If, like me, you have been accused of "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (or "TDS") for your opposition to the cruel, venal, a...

In 2013 George Friedman, of the global intelligence firm Stratfor.com, wrote an interesting analysis of the national strategy of North Korea...

If you know anything at all about Der Furor, you know that he loves the trappings of wealth and power, especially gold. His Trump Tower pent...

If you've read George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 (do it now, if you haven't), you know the concept of " Newspea...

You may have seen the news report about the study from the Pew Research Center showing that the decline of "Christianity" in the ...

Last week, Der Furor took time out from his busy schedule of bullying allies, enriching President Musk, breaking the government, and playing...

President Musk, Der Furor, and their hand-picked stooges are fond of trumpeting that their agenda puts "America First." This ignor...

I've been reviewing a lot of my old blog posts, and finding many that remain perfectly applicable to our current condition. One of them ...

There are a lot of things grinding my gears about this year's election, but the thing that - at least today - is at the top of the list ...

We are less than one month away from the 2024 Presidential Election which, it is safe to say, will be the most consequential since I cast my...

While going through old blog files, I found this post that I first published in October of 2013. I'm reposting it today (with a few very...

A "Hobson's Choice" is defined as: (1)  an apparently free choice when there is no real alternative ; and (2)  the necessity o...

The US Code has 51 Titles and tens of thousands of pages of laws, but it seems there's always a need for yet another one. How often have...

As you may know, I'm a long-time fan of the Star Trek franchise, from the (now-cheesy) Original Series to the wonderfully high-tech Nex...

I've been reluctant to weigh in on the subject of the horrible situation in the Middle East because no matter what I say, somebody is go...

One of the most dispiriting things about living in the year 2023 is the increasing unwillingness of people, governments, political parties, ...

We all know that in today's America, it's more important to assign blame for problems than to fix them. This is true of any type of ...

It's long been common knowledge that Der Furor does exactly what he wants, regardless of any advice to the contrary. Facts don't mat...