March Madness
News, updates, and a big HBD to my fellow Aries
Sorry for the delay on this one; complicated business, folks. Was your March crazy, too? It was one of those months where I wished I had sister wives—the more the better. Too late to convert, I guess.
The main issue was that my biggest and most helpful kids, along with Mr. Keenan, were far away on a long trip. Without my in-house designated teen driver, I was forced back on school carpool duty two and even three times a day.
Man, it suuuucks. I didn’t used to mind so much, but I got spoiled this year. I rarely step foot at school and it is glorious.
Then my baby got strep and we enjoyed a six-hour ER visit.
I also had a 3,000 word chapter I’m contributing for a book getting published later this year, plus a thousand other work-related obligations.
And all the laundry stubbornly refuses to wash itself. The nerve.
Oh, and I had to prep for Easter. Spoiler alert — those baskets aren’t gonna fill themselves, either.
A Note on Teen Drivers
Parents of kids: the joy of a teen driver is worth the stress and expenses of a teen driver. (I mean, yes, we are being fake-sued by some shyster Glendale con man because my teen rear-ended his teen going approximately 10 miles per hour last year. There was no damage to either car, bro was completely fine, and then we got hit (one day before statute of limitations ran out) with phony claims that “he’s paralyzed and has PTSD and chronic pain.” Post-traumatic scam disorder. This is a common in L.A. Fortunately we are out of pocket zero dollars, since we have good insurance and it’s not an issue. And it’s still great having teen drivers, highly recommended.
My other teen had some trouble in his first driving lesson so we are working through some stuff. It’s going to be a long road. I may be on carpool duty again next fall, which gives me PTSD—post-teen-stress disorder.
New Article Alert: How to Frame the Election
I wrote about what I think is going to be our only path to victory in 2024 for The American Mind, where I’m a Contributing Editor.
An excerpt:
Our only hope, my fellow centrists, is to throw our entire weight behind the common-sense moderate running against Joe Biden. All he wants is to return the country to the way it was within recent memory (!): a blessed land that enjoyed low illegal immigration, low crime, low prices, low inflation, low mortgage interest rates, and high patriotism and, imagine—optimism.
Our demands are simple. We want a leader who will make the country a place where normal citizens can go about their lives in peace, enjoy a bit of prosperity, not have to worry about politics constantly, and not get pushed in front of a train waiting for the subway on the way to work.
A poll says most of the electorate is “unhappy” with their choice of candidates and wishes it wasn’t a Trump-Biden rematch.
Get over it and get on board. You don’t have any other option.
It got to the top of Real Clear Politics today—and I’ll be appearing RCP Editor Tom Bevan’s podcast this Friday to discuss it.
Happy Birthday, My Fellow Aries!
I used to be aware of astrology until I got married and turned Catholic and rejected my pagan past. But here we are in Aries birthday season, and so happy birthday to my fellow Aries people! Hope yours was more fun than mine—I spent my birthday alone with the little kids, driving back and forth to school, which I’m pretty sure gets me at least 500 years off purgatory.
I don’t know if astrology means anything but I married a Gemini—is that okay?
My Book is Now Out in Paperback!
Domestic Extremist came out April 2nd in paperback, so if you were waiting for the adorable version, wait no more!
I just submitted a proposal for a new book, but it’s a tricky situation. Regnery Publishing was sold in December to a company called Skyhorse, and everyone at Regnery, including my editor, was fired. So, I am probably going to wait on a new book and focus on something that doesn’t involve me locking myself in a room for six months. More on that below! But please buy the book—Support Womyn’s Voices.
Or at least, this woman’s voice.
Update: Lost Riviera and the Saint Genesius Fellowship
My readers and X followers may know I’m working on a media startup and an adjacent nonprofit. The goal is to create an independent creative ecosystem that supports creatives, builds fellowship, and develops stories that can help win back the culture.
The media venture is called Lost Riviera and it’s the first-of-its-kind development company formed outside Hollywood. To put it in tech nerd terms, it’s a story incubator, essentially. We will develop and acquire IP and package it to sell, pitch, and produce at studios.
It’s now a C Corp, which means it’s open for business.
The grant nonprofit is called the Saint Genesius Fellowship. Saint Genesius is the patron saint of entertainers and playwrights, and a “Genesius” grant sounds a little like a Genius Grant, so I know it’s the perfect name God intended. The idea is for it to give money to interesting creatives who have proven themselves worthy, or will soon.
Good news: Both these concerns have received their first pledges and the gears are starting to turn quickly. Stay tuned—I’ll announce both soon, officially, on X.
P.S. If you get the new issue of Man’s World, edited by a friend to the Substack,
’s Raw Egg Nationalist, you will see an issue on culture by Aeneas Tacitus Minor (a pseudonym). In the article, he talks all about the Saint Genesius Fellowship and why it’s needed. Aeneas is a genius, so he’s probably right.Missing the Eclipse
I was invited to an eclipse party next week outside Austin. I’m not going; I’ve got enough to worry about burning my retinas out once and for all. If you plan to go see it, enjoy—but be careful.
On Stage with the Great Steve Sailer
My friends at Passage Press are doing a nationwide book tour in support of their new bestseller, Noticing by Steve Sailer, and I was honored to be asked to share the stage with Steve at their live event last week in L.A. Many friends were in attendance. Our good friend “Lomez” MC’d the conversation; Steve and I discussed the downfall of Califoria, egirls who love Steve, and the benefits and pitfalls of using a pseudonym.
Steve is a dapper young Boomer whose genteel manner is totally at odds with his inexplicably controversial reputation among the nation’s pearl clutching pundits. He strikes terror in the hearts of Longhouse handmaidens everywhere!
If you were wondering where all the energy is in America, it’s at the secret right-wing coded events where fun and jokes are still legal. Buy the book!
Some Bad News: College Admission Updates
As I posted on X, my chadson with, dare I say, pretty excellent stats was rejected from USC, UCLA, and Berkeley. But joke’s on you, California—he’s just not that into you anyway. I am hearing that it’s total carnage at the L.A. private schools, where parents shell out $60K a year or more and are getting shut out of the Ivies and even the second and third-tier schools. They’re getting served the disgusting meal they themselves cooked, and I don’t feel even a little bit bad for them.
My chadson will be just fine, because I knew this would happen so we applied to a bunch of other wonderful schools and got into them all. Also, he’s almost achieved his real goal: deadlifting 600 (Sumo).
Hashtag winning.
And Some Good News: We’re Getting a New Lana Album
Coming this September: her first country album, “Lasso.” Is country making a comeback? I hope not, since I hate all country music made after ~1975, but I will listen the heck out of this one.
Thanks for reading! More to come soon,
—Peachy
I like “chadson.” My alma mater (Virginia Tech) rejected my outstanding son, so he will attend the University of Kentucky. My thoughts are mixed. They were horrendous during the pandemic, forcing unvaxed kids to test weekly & isolating kids for less than a cold. Our “tour guide” was a man wearing fishnets and pumps. I hope Riley Gaines will return to talk some sense into the young women on campus (the young males in Kentucky are mostly based). Blessings to you and your family.
The article you wrote in ‘The American Mind’ is spot on!