What’s the war on statues about? It’s a case of “venting,” of course, in the emotional sense. But it’s much much more than that. The pulling down and/or defacing of statues is not some emotional spur-of-the-moment impulse, although I suppose … Continue reading →
From a speech Reverend Martin Luther King delivered at DePauw University in September of 1960: Black supremacy is as dangerous as white supremacy, and God is not interested merely in the freedom of black men and brown men and yellow … Continue reading →
Last night I was talking on the phone to a friend on the right (I have one or two). I mentioned something I’ve been thinking about quite a bit lately, which is that the current BLM/Antifa movement brings to mind … Continue reading →
I just published this long post on how the current riots and statue-toppling represents a war on Western Civilization. I want to add something here, on a related topic. John Hinderaker of Powerline has written a piece today on much … Continue reading →
Commenter “AesopFan” calls attention to this: Grant did briefly own one slave he freed years before the war; but as a general he smashed the Confederacy, and as president he crushed the Klan. He presided over the ratification of the … Continue reading →
This was first written in 2006. But it’s a very timely piece. Unfortunately, I fear that taking a look at Robespierre will always be timely [comments in brackets mine]: Robespierre’s constituency outside the Convention was the mob, roaming the streets … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan.”] Jonathan Turley wrote, speaking of the remarks by Minneapolis city council president Lisa Bender that calling the police when your home is invaded “comes from a place of privilege”: What I find odd is that the … Continue reading →
Last night I did something I don’t often do – I watched a few minutes of television news coverage. In this case it involved what was going on in Iraq at the hands of the Iranians. I had planned on … Continue reading →
Another great article by Gary Saul Morson has been published in New Criterion. He’s the author who wrote a piece about Solzhenitsyn that I discussed previously here. This time Morson is writing about Lenin – or rather, about the thought … Continue reading →
It struck me today, for no reason at all, that the only two presidents we’ve ever had who’ve been divorced are two of the most conservative presidents politically. And then I started thinking about Ronald Reagan’s children. He had two … Continue reading →
It came to general public notice quite some time ago that the revered civil rights leader of the mid-20th Century, Martin Luther King, had many flaws as a person. He was a womanizer who was serially unfaithful to his wife. … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited repeat of a post first published in 2007. I came across it yesterday when responding to a comment, and I though it might bear repeating.] We may not be able to define evil, but most … Continue reading →