[NOTE: This is a somewhat-edited version of a previous post.] The stock of Christopher Columbus has fallen in recent years as a result of the general campaign on the part of the left by figures such as Howard Zinn to … Continue reading →
Some years ago I read Martin Amis’ book entitled Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million, which deals with Stalin. At one point (I noted at the time that it was on pages 82-86, although I no longer have … Continue reading →
RIP: After taking power in 1985, Gorbachev’s introduction of limited economic and political freedoms – including his “glasnost” policy of free speech – ultimately led to the USSR’s demise. He refrained from using force to crush pro-democracy protests in the … Continue reading →
…had actually already happened when I was there, around 2008. The docents were already droning on and on about slaves and Sally Hemmings, almost as though those were the main points of Jefferson’s life. This NY Post article describes what’s … Continue reading →
Yesterday I happened to be in the neighborhood of the Reagan Library, and so I visited it. I’m not a fan of presidential libraries, although I’ve been to three now. I find them a bit boring, sorry to say. The … Continue reading →
Recently I’ve made some comparisons to Munich and Neville Chamberlain’s surrender of the Sudetenland to Hitler. But I didn’t go into any real depth while referencing him. But then I realized that his name has become synonymous for “surrender” and … 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 →
[NOTE: Yesterday I noticed that there is a new entry in the JFK assassination conspiracy rolls. And then later, commenter “John Tyler” posted a link to it, wondering what to make of it. I gave a perfunctory answer, but then … Continue reading →
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 in the future? When I was a child, Lincoln also fascinated me more than any … Continue reading →
RIP Colin Powell, who was 84 and reportedly died of “COVID complications” despite being “fully vaccinated.” I’ll leave others to discuss the ups and downs of his career, except to say that, to the best of my recollection, he was … Continue reading →
John Hinckley, who forty years ago attempted – and nearly accomplished – the assassination of President Reagan (and also wounded several others), is being released without conditions. The idea is that his mental illness is in remission and he is … Continue reading →