Andrew Wilk
@andrewmwilk.bsky.social
Retired educator and business executive. Yale class of 1980.
Blogs at andrewmwilk.com
Blogs at andrewmwilk.com
“History has taught us that calls for violence tend to be self-fulfilling prophecies, and the easily-excited and nakedly-opportunistic will always be happy to take advantage of inflammatory language from Democrat leaders to wreak havoc . . .”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/11/05/r...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/11/05/r...
Reflections On Election Day 2025
The marquee results in Virginia and New Jersey were what was expected: Democrats won the governorships in Blue states. Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory in New York City also tracks along the same l…
andrewmwilk.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“History has taught us that calls for violence tend to be self-fulfilling prophecies, and the easily-excited and nakedly-opportunistic will always be happy to take advantage of inflammatory language from Democrat leaders to wreak havoc . . .”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/11/05/r...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/11/05/r...
“ . . . the emphasis on being “true to oneself” and demanding one’s parents respect every decision and non-decision in a young person’s life overlooks the plain fact that mom and dad are required to love you—not to provide unconditional validation.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/30/c...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/30/c...
Children Hating On Mom and Dad
I read an article recently that threw me for a loop, although I hope its conclusions are wrong. Apparently, recent studies suggest that upwards of 25% of young (and not-so-young adults) in our nati…
andrewmwilk.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“ . . . the emphasis on being “true to oneself” and demanding one’s parents respect every decision and non-decision in a young person’s life overlooks the plain fact that mom and dad are required to love you—not to provide unconditional validation.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/30/c...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/30/c...
Children Hating On Mom and Dad
I read an article recently that threw me for a loop, although I hope its conclusions are wrong. Apparently, recent studies suggest that upwards of 25% of young (and not-so-young adults) in our nati…
andrewmwilk.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“ . . . the emphasis on being “true to oneself” and demanding one’s parents respect every decision and non-decision in a young person’s life overlooks the plain fact that mom and dad are required to love you—not to provide unconditional validation.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/30/c...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/30/c...
“One can easily understand how important these types of performative protests are for the participants.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/21/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/21/t...
The Overextended Adolescences Of The ‘No Kings” Protestors
In case you were not aware, many people gathered around America this past Saturday to wail about how extraordinarily mean the Trump administration has been to illegal aliens, non-essential governme…
andrewmwilk.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“One can easily understand how important these types of performative protests are for the participants.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/21/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/21/t...
The Overextended Adolescences Of The ‘No Kings” Protestors
In case you were not aware, many people gathered around America this past Saturday to wail about how extraordinarily mean the Trump administration has been to illegal aliens, non-essential governme…
andrewmwilk.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“One can easily understand how important these types of performative protests are for the participants.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/21/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/21/t...
“[Democrats] cannot have open conversations among themselves because enforcing mindless adherence to ideology is more important than developing new ideas.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/15/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/15/t...
The Startling Inconsistency Of Highly Effective Leadership
If one looks back across the long arc of history, all nations rise and fall based on the quality of their leaders. The United States was blessed at its inception with leaders of unusual intro…
andrewmwilk.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“[Democrats] cannot have open conversations among themselves because enforcing mindless adherence to ideology is more important than developing new ideas.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/15/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/15/t...
“Normal Americans . . . are doing nothing more diabolical than simply burying the blind extremism of the few with the common sense of the many, which is driving the crazies even crazier than ever.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/12/w...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/12/w...
We Are So, So Tired Of The Crazies
Stark terror has, throughout the course of history, compelled people to madness. Unfortunately, this madness has often resulted in the urge to lash out—and sometimes to kill. This sad reality makes…
andrewmwilk.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
“Normal Americans . . . are doing nothing more diabolical than simply burying the blind extremism of the few with the common sense of the many, which is driving the crazies even crazier than ever.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/12/w...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/12/w...
“The push me-pull me between those who sell the fantasy that taxing the rich down to the bone will solve all of our problems and those who want to cut government spending down to the bone will be the defining battle of the next decade.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/02/k...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/02/k...
Karl Marx Meets Adam Smith
When I was younger, I dreamed of being a fireballing right-handed pitcher for the Mets. However, what I quickly learned from hours of backyard practice was that I found it difficult to consistently…
andrewmwilk.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“The push me-pull me between those who sell the fantasy that taxing the rich down to the bone will solve all of our problems and those who want to cut government spending down to the bone will be the defining battle of the next decade.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/02/k...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/02/k...
Karl Marx Meets Adam Smith
When I was younger, I dreamed of being a fireballing right-handed pitcher for the Mets. However, what I quickly learned from hours of backyard practice was that I found it difficult to consistently…
andrewmwilk.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“The push me-pull me between those who sell the fantasy that taxing the rich down to the bone will solve all of our problems and those who want to cut government spending down to the bone will be the defining battle of the next decade.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/02/k...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/10/02/k...
“ . . . forgiveness keeps our own anger from rotting our souls and restrains our urges to lash out unthinkingly at a world that, truth be told, is packed full of grievous insults, injustices, and injuries to others.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/24/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/24/t...
The Superpower Of Forgiveness
It is, unfortunately, human nature to hold a grudge. When we are treated badly or unfairly, we tend to remember our tormentors, and our pain can linger for a bit before we finally let it go. Whethe…
andrewmwilk.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“ . . . forgiveness keeps our own anger from rotting our souls and restrains our urges to lash out unthinkingly at a world that, truth be told, is packed full of grievous insults, injustices, and injuries to others.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/24/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/24/t...
“The choice we face on a daily basis is this: Do we validate terrible people with our self-interested silence or take the risk of saying out loud what is right and what is wrong?”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/18/c...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/18/c...
Choosing To Be Good
Life is about making choices that define us and reflect both our values and respect for others. No matter how certain that we are right and others are wrong, self-doubt and self-reflection must alw…
andrewmwilk.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Reposted by Andrew Wilk
“The choice we face on a daily basis is this: Do we validate terrible people with our self-interested silence or take the risk of saying out loud what is right and what is wrong?”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/18/c...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/18/c...
Choosing To Be Good
Life is about making choices that define us and reflect both our values and respect for others. No matter how certain that we are right and others are wrong, self-doubt and self-reflection must alw…
andrewmwilk.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“The choice we face on a daily basis is this: Do we validate terrible people with our self-interested silence or take the risk of saying out loud what is right and what is wrong?”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/18/c...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/18/c...
“The choice we face on a daily basis is this: Do we validate terrible people with our self-interested silence or take the risk of saying out loud what is right and what is wrong?”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/18/c...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/18/c...
Choosing To Be Good
Life is about making choices that define us and reflect both our values and respect for others. No matter how certain that we are right and others are wrong, self-doubt and self-reflection must alw…
andrewmwilk.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“The choice we face on a daily basis is this: Do we validate terrible people with our self-interested silence or take the risk of saying out loud what is right and what is wrong?”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/18/c...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/18/c...
The revelry of the Left around the very public murder of Conservative commentator and activist Charlie Kirk is a chilling reminder of the deranged mindsets that have excused massacres throughout history.
Fanatics are very annoying; angry fanatics are very dangerous.
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/13/i...
Fanatics are very annoying; angry fanatics are very dangerous.
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/13/i...
Is The Dam Breaking?
The last few weeks have been a rough go for our nation. The mindless and omnipresent urban violence in many of our major cities—with the possible exception of Washington, D.C. since President Trump…
andrewmwilk.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The revelry of the Left around the very public murder of Conservative commentator and activist Charlie Kirk is a chilling reminder of the deranged mindsets that have excused massacres throughout history.
Fanatics are very annoying; angry fanatics are very dangerous.
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/13/i...
Fanatics are very annoying; angry fanatics are very dangerous.
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/13/i...
When capitalism is allowed to work at it best, it delivers a fair value for the dollar. However, chicanery and cost shifting has turned much of our economic activity into an exceedingly cruel joke that is betraying our citizens and bankrupting our future.
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/09/w...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/09/w...
What Happens When Our “Casino Economy” Crashes?
Although capitalism is supposed to be all about hard work and innovation, a good deal of our economic activity is about the chase for easy money. This is quite natural—who wouldn’t want to make a b…
andrewmwilk.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
When capitalism is allowed to work at it best, it delivers a fair value for the dollar. However, chicanery and cost shifting has turned much of our economic activity into an exceedingly cruel joke that is betraying our citizens and bankrupting our future.
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/09/w...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/09/w...
September 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“Crime will never be eliminated by either erasing the boundaries between what is acceptable and what is not or deciding that certain crimes will not be prosecuted for ideological or political reasons.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/04/f...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/04/f...
Fighting Crime For Dummies
Law Enforcement is a three-part sequence: 1) Catch criminals 2) Try criminals 3) Punish criminals If any of these three steps is neglected, crime increases and the law-abiding public is put in dang…
andrewmwilk.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Crime will never be eliminated by either erasing the boundaries between what is acceptable and what is not or deciding that certain crimes will not be prosecuted for ideological or political reasons.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/04/f...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/04/f...
Fighting Crime For Dummies
Law Enforcement is a three-part sequence: 1) Catch criminals 2) Try criminals 3) Punish criminals If any of these three steps is neglected, crime increases and the law-abiding public is put in dang…
andrewmwilk.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“Crime will never be eliminated by either erasing the boundaries between what is acceptable and what is not or deciding that certain crimes will not be prosecuted for ideological or political reasons.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/04/f...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/09/04/f...
“There is no argument that America’s history had its problems, but it was in many ways infinitely superior to our slouching and sullen present, which celebrates idiocy and rages at common sense, morality, hard work, and personal responsibility.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/28/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/28/t...
The Allure Of The (Possibly Imagined) Past
One of the hidden superpowers of the Trump era’s most recognizable tag line, Make America Great Again, is the growing suspicion that how we lived in the past was better than what we have today…
andrewmwilk.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“There is no argument that America’s history had its problems, but it was in many ways infinitely superior to our slouching and sullen present, which celebrates idiocy and rages at common sense, morality, hard work, and personal responsibility.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/28/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/28/t...
The Allure Of The (Possibly Imagined) Past
One of the hidden superpowers of the Trump era’s most recognizable tag line, Make America Great Again, is the growing suspicion that how we lived in the past was better than what we have today…
andrewmwilk.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“There is no argument that America’s history had its problems, but it was in many ways infinitely superior to our slouching and sullen present, which celebrates idiocy and rages at common sense, morality, hard work, and personal responsibility.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/28/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/28/t...
Translation: Democrats, keep your mouths shut so voters don’t know you’re bughouse crazy.
Do they really think voters will fall for this Big Lie?
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Do they really think voters will fall for this Big Lie?
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
The ‘woke’ words Democrats should cut from their vocabulary
A new memo identifies 45 words and phrases for Democrats to avoid, alleging the terms turn voters off. They span six categories — from “therapy speak” to “explaining away crime.”
www.politico.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Translation: Democrats, keep your mouths shut so voters don’t know you’re bughouse crazy.
Do they really think voters will fall for this Big Lie?
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Do they really think voters will fall for this Big Lie?
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
The ‘woke’ words Democrats should cut from their vocabulary
A new memo identifies 45 words and phrases for Democrats to avoid, alleging the terms turn voters off. They span six categories — from “therapy speak” to “explaining away crime.”
www.politico.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Translation: Democrats, keep your mouths shut so voters don’t know you’re bughouse crazy.
Do they really think voters will fall for this Big Lie?
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Do they really think voters will fall for this Big Lie?
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
“Decade upon decade of Marxist-infused academic drivel has produced an elite class of moral and intellectual pygmies who believe they are completely right and the rest of the world is dead wrong.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/19/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/19/t...
The Search For Truth In A World Of Academic Lies
The true bane of America and much of the Western world today boils down to a single word that I wager a lot of Americans have never heard: post-modernism. In a nutshell, this philosophical system, …
andrewmwilk.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Decade upon decade of Marxist-infused academic drivel has produced an elite class of moral and intellectual pygmies who believe they are completely right and the rest of the world is dead wrong.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/19/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/19/t...
The Search For Truth In A World Of Academic Lies
The true bane of America and much of the Western world today boils down to a single word that I wager a lot of Americans have never heard: post-modernism. In a nutshell, this philosophical system, …
andrewmwilk.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Decade upon decade of Marxist-infused academic drivel has produced an elite class of moral and intellectual pygmies who believe they are completely right and the rest of the world is dead wrong.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/19/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/19/t...
“Democrats seem to have decided, particularly since their national debacle on Election Day last year, that racing to the ragged fringe of Woke lunacy is somehow preferable compared to a move to the moderate political center.”
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/13/t...
andrewmwilk.com/2025/08/13/t...
The Lazy And Crazy Constituencies Defining The Democrats Today
I am old enough to remember when the working class in America was welded to the Democrats like a sheet of steel—but that was a long time ago. As liberal outlets like The New York Times,&…
andrewmwilk.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM