[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post. Yesterday, October 12, was the original date of Columbus Day, but today is the last day of the three-day holiday.] The stock of Christopher Columbus has fallen in recent years as … Continue reading →
Sometimes I think things have changed dramatically for the worse since I was a child. And I do believe that’s true – of some things. But sometimes I think there are aspects of human nature – and of left and … Continue reading →
Commenter “Niketas Choniates” writes: Instapundit today links to a debunking of a conspiracy theory that Charlie Kirk was shot at close range with a gun disguised as a cell phone. I have to say I have no idea what to … Continue reading →
One example, which is now in the trash: Is your name Neo as in Neo Nazi. I wouldn’t be shocked anymore. Anyhow, Tyler was a far right maga. I await the next Nuremberg Trials. Trump and His admin will judged. … Continue reading →
Call it “the tactic of the about-face.” Or call it “on the one hand, on the other hand.” Call it what you will, but here’s a good example. We have this statement from Obama on Charlie Kirk’s assassination. When I … Continue reading →
This story seemed so odd when I saw it that I wondered whether it was for real. But apparently, it is: Oliver North and his loyal former secretary Fawn Hall reportedly married in secret last month — 40 years after … Continue reading →
At the Army website: It was the test that forever changed the world and the course of human history. The test took place at the Trinity Site on July 16, 1945, at 5:29 a.m. Mountain War Time. The test was … Continue reading →
I found this quote from Calvin Coolidge at Instapundit. It’s an excerpt from Coolidge’s speech on the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence: About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that … Continue reading →
Here’s a dog story to brighten your day. Let’s hear it for Buford the rancher’s dog: A huge search operation was launched when the [2-year-old] boy disappeared from his home in Seligman, Arizona, about 100 miles south of Grand Canyon … Continue reading →
No, I haven’t read the newly-released files. That would be quite a task. But as I already indicated, I am nearly certain that they will reveal little of note, and yet that people wedded to the various and sundry conspiracy … Continue reading →
I suggest they stroll down memory lane with me if they’re old enough – or take a look at a vignette from history if they’re not old enough. I bring you (drum roll please) that wily old showman, Nikita Khrushchev. … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Today is Presidents’ Day, and this is a repeat of a previous post.] I’m not that old, but pedagogical practices in my youth seem absolutely archaic compared to whatever passes for education these days. For starters, we had Washington’s … Continue reading →