“For the western world the pendulum swings from left to right, but noticeably more and more to the left and less and less to the right over time. Some call this the ‘Overton Window.’ In other words, conservative or traditionalist ideas and values that were acceptable 20 years ago are slowly and incrementally suffocated by artificial social and legal pressures until they’re no longer present in the next generation. The woke ideas and values the establishment wants the public to adopt are promoted widely, but this requires extensive monetary backing. Social engineering campaigns are expensive and take many years to achieve results. With the revelations surrounding USAID (and at least a dozen other institutions), it appears that the agency was a key driver behind the rapid spread of DEI into every corner of our nation, not to mention many other nations. They were the organization that encouraged school officials and teachers to indoctrinate children with woke ethics and transgender politics, and they also actively encouraged teachers to hide these activities from parents.”
— Brandon Smith
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March 4th, 2025
“Zelensky made it clear during his disastrous visit to the White House last Friday that he’s dead-set on fighting until the last Ukrainian, unless his country either gets NATO membership or Western troops. Neither of those demands is acceptable to Trump since they’d risk World War III, but so too could that risk continue rising if the conflict doesn’t soon end. Trump therefore realized that the only way to force Zelensky to the peace table with Putin is to freeze all military aid until he moderates his extreme stance.”
— Andrew Korybko
February 7th, 2025
“While it may be true that even the greatest man needs the backing of Providence to decisively shape human affairs, Providence needs him too.”
— Darryl Cooper
February 3rd, 2025
“The ancien régime just hates it when Trump talks like that. The aspersions cast upon his political opponents, the braggadocio, the typographic bravado — it’s just not the way official Washington is supposed to sound. Not, that was, until January 20. Expect a lot more where that came from. I for one, am deeply grateful for it.”
— Roger Kimball
Back to California one more time . . .
January 31st, 2025
There are times when a moment of audacity pays off, and we found ourselves transported to the far side of the continent, the beneficiaries of a piggyback ride on a private jet. Now we get to celebrate the 90th birthday of Dana’s brother, Bill. As I witness her happiness to be here, it feels like a miracle, while I apply myself to “homeostasis” and get a daily dose of citrus off the poolside tree.
Do whatever he tells you.
January 19th, 2025
Gospel of John, Chapter 2, Verse 5
Those in most need of Thy mercy . . .
January 12th, 2025I have tiny, weak wrists and painful thumb joints, but the great blessing of my life has been my able hands, ever responsive to what in contrast has always seemed a limited and resistant creative vision, more prone to disappoint than my loyal dexterity.
the studio is ever a quiet refuge
December 22nd, 2024“Sometimes a man humbles himself in his heart, submits the visible to the power to see, and seeks to return to his source.”This small landscape found its start a year ago during one of my library demonstrations. I finished it from imagination in the studio this past week after a season of “painting in papers” outside.
— René Daumal
La Monda’s Refuge
collage on canvas by J A Dixon
8 x 10 inches
October 18th, 2024
“The Democrats have been telling us Trump’s reelection is a threat to democracy. In fact, they were so concerned of this threat, they staged a coup, ousted their democratically elected incumbent, and installed Kamala Harris.”
— Jim Gaffigan, at the Al Smith Dinner
October 16th, 2024
Apparently this is the way I look when I’m “in the zone.” Thanks to Joe F for the photo. Monday was a splendid day on the Knob, but a contrast from when I began a collage painting there a year ago. I could never bring myself to touch that “start” in the studio, so I decided to sit in the same spot and to pick up where I had left off. Now I’m finally eager to finish it inside without ruining it.
September 11th, 2024
“I honestly believe that the rise of alternative media in this country, and the legacy media’s track record of horrific embarrassments, like covering up the Hunter Biden laptop story and lying to the American people about the mental acuity of President Joe Biden, have built up a bullshit tolerance for media spin in the average American.
More people know today that the left-leaning media has a narrative and lies to them than ever before. This debate will be different from other ones because it’ll eventually be looked at in that context. And when people go back and watch how the moderators constantly argued the merits with Trump while leading Harris in her answers to multiple questions, this debate will be revealed for the biased farce that it was. And then — mark my words — it will do more harm than good for Kamala Harris.”
September 5th, 2024
“In sum, for some nine years, the media and the left have successfully fed the country a succession of rank deceptions and conspiracies. They did so because they proclaimed Donald Trump too dangerous to be president and therefore any means they employed to stop him were to be justified. And they are doing so yet a third time in 2024. As they continue, they have all but destroyed democracy, ruined the reputation of the media, alienated the public — and embarrassed their country before the world.”
— Victor Davis Hanson, 9/5/24
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September 1st, 2024 
My sincere thanks to Brett Smith and Diane Dehoney for bringing this video to YouTube and for promoting the show at Paul Sawyier Public Library. My collage landscapes infused with litter are on display in Frankfort for three more weeks.
August 31st, 2024
“Whether or not Putin is acting in the best interests of Russia doesn’t really matter. The war was inevitable anyway because NATO made sure it was impossible to avoid. But what purpose does such a proxy war serve? Well, it doesn’t serve much purpose at all…unless the goal is to instigate a wider world war between the East and the West. In that scenario the globalists benefit greatly.
They get a scapegoat for the economic collapse they’ve already set in motion. They multiply the global fear factor and make the public desperate for the political elites to step in and solve all their problems. And, they can get rid of their domestic enemies (conservatives and patriots) by accusing them of ‘working with Russia’ to undermine the war effort if they dare to rebel against unconstitutional mandates.”— Brandon Smith
August 1st, 2024
“Three years ago, other dissidents and I told the public that Covid-19 likely originated in a lab leak. Public health officials, led by Dr. Anthony Fauci, said that our concerns were unscientific, that they were ‘misinformation’ and ‘conspiracy theories.’ Now, Congress, the mainstream media, and those same public health officials have cast doubt on Dr. Fauci’s actions, saying not only that he was wrong, but that he deliberately misled the public.”
— Robert F Kennedy Jr