[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited version of a previous post.] His actual birthday, that is. When I was a child, Lincoln had a birthday all his own. Nowadays he’s lumped in with other presidents. And who knows where he’ll be … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I thought it might be time to revisit the topic of how Hitler came to power. I know a lot of you are history buffs and are well aware of his path to dictatorship, but I keep seeing references … Continue reading →
What a complex man! Inspirational, courageous, transformative, flawed in his private life. People continue to argue about what he stood for in terms of the relationship between black people and white people, and what he’d be saying about it all … Continue reading →
And of course it’s not just Harvard. Would that it were. But the problem is pervasive in academia and beyond. This Legal Insurrection piece spotlights an excellent editorial by Rabbi David Wolpe in the Harvard Crimson. Wolpe, who is a … Continue reading →
Commenter “y81” writes: … [I]f you had polled American Jews in 1960 on whether the Rosenbergs were guilty: a large number, perhaps a majority, would have said that they were innocent, by which they meant primarily that the Rosenbergs’ hearts … Continue reading →
What can you say about Henry Kissinger? A ton. I won’t attempt to do that. Most readers here probably know quite a bit about the policies he advocated and implemented: detente, Realpolitik, rapprochement with China. He was a titanic figure … Continue reading →
Conspiracy theories continue to be popular. Regular readers of this blog know I believe Oswald did it alone, and I see the evidence as completely overwhelming that this is so. Rather than write something new, I draw your attention to … Continue reading →
There have been a lot of comparisons between Hamas and the Nazis in terms of their violent hatred and genocidal intents. I think such comparisons are valid although of course hardly exact; many details are different although the Jewish target … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post. I think it’s always timely, and certainly is timely now. I came across a reference to Anne’s famous statement recently in an essay on the Hamas attack of October 7, and … Continue reading →
My mind is mostly on other things, but I don’t want to ignore the fact that today is Columbus Day. So here’s a previous post on the subject for you to read. Also please see this.
Continue reading →Interesting. Of course, America – and the world – has changed a lot since then: Richard Nixon fought the chaos of the New Left and won a 49-state landslide. He dismantled the Black Panthers and the Weather Underground. And he … Continue reading →
I’ve said many times that I don’t much care for political oratory. In my lifetime, I don’t recall any political speech that interested me at the time, although in retrospect I would rate some of Reagan’s as quite good. But … Continue reading →