Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Right-wing influencer and shouting head Charlie Kirk, the head of the conservative youth movement Turning Point USA and vocal supporter of ...

As I write this, the person who murdered at least 18 people and injured dozens more in a mass murder by gunfire in Lewiston, Maine, is still...

The German historian and sociologist Max Weber , in his 1918 lecture “Politics as a Vocation,” defined the state as a “human community that ...

The mass murder of nineteen children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24th has generated the usual post-mas...

Here's an interesting question, Dear Readers: who does your Senator or Representative actually represent? In the American version of rep...

The classic expression "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me" is meant to teach children that they ca...

I wrote about the language of murder in this space a few days ago. Since the mass murder that took place in Virginia Beach last week, we ha...

As we continue to grapple with the need to reduce gun violence and, in particular, to protect our young people in their schools, the same t...

I hate to keep writing about the gun debate, but I feel an urgent need to weigh in on one particular aspect of it that is driving me up the...

Mass murder by gunfire is not unknown in other countries, but it is immeasurably more prevalent here in the United States. There are many r...

Christmas songs provide us with elements of warmth and joy that are sadly needed in times like these. They teach lessons of selflessness an...

Almost exactly two years ago in this space, Dear Readers, I lied to you in a post titled, The Last Time I'm Going to Write on This Topi...

Here's an interesting exercise in language for you, if you're interested: go back and read every newspaper and online report concer...

As you know, in order to get elected to office in present-day America it is necessary to worship at the festooned altar of the Second Amend...

Yesterday while I was researching my daily "today in history" Facebook post, I discovered that it was the 213th anniversary of th...

Well, we've survived another Fourth of July, albeit with diminished hearing from all the ass clowns who insist on sharing their vast ar...

As Congressional Republicans scramble to remake the country in their image, they are laser-focused on tackling some of the most critical is...

You've almost certainly heard this famous quote from the story "Beyond This Horizon" by science fiction author Ray Bradbury ....

One of my favorite songs is a John Denver ditty from back in the 70's called "Late Night Radio," which includes this line - ...

It's a new month ... well, it's eight days old, but that still counts as "new" ... and that means it's time to design...