[NOTE: This is a reposting of an old piece of mine that I think could use another go-round. The reason is that I often see people reference the idea that the Jews of Germany ignored or rationalized or denied or … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan”] Harry V. Jaffa, a professor of political philosophy at Claremont College, gave a farewell address to the school in 1989 that appears here in its entirety. The speech has some commonalities with the work of Allan … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I noticed this word appearing again lately, so I think it’s time to repost this. I originally wrote it in December of 2015.] I’ve noticed the word “kapo” cropping up now and then in the comments section of this … Continue reading →
Here’s another excerpt (you can find an earlier one here) from Sebastian Haffner’s Defying Hitler, his 1930s description of what it was like to watch the Nazi takeover of Germany: Many journals and newspapers disappeared from the kiosks – but … Continue reading →
Hitler got the Reichstag to effectively dissolve itself and turn its powers over to him when it passed the Enabling Act. Nowadays in the US that’s not even necessary – just go around Congress through executive orders, and if no … Continue reading →
This post is about a book called Defying Hitler that I’ve recommended before. Even though it was written in the late 1930s, it wasn’t published in the author’s lifetime and he died in 1999. But it’s a unique document of … Continue reading →
I recommend reading this article by Myron Magnet, which is a summary of how we got where we are today in terms of the loss of autonomy and the growth of federal control, as well as the extreme change in … Continue reading →
There is virtually no question in my mind that the Democrats want to control SCOTUS. The only unknown is if and how they will accomplish it. Today, as promised, Democrats introduced legislation to pack the Court and increase the number … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post. Unfortunately, it seems as though it’s always a timely subject, and right now even more timely. So I thought it could use another go-round, very slightly edited.] Commenter “Ymarsakar” once made … Continue reading →
I’m not going to go through this article by Conrad Black point by point, except to say that I disagree with a great deal of it and agree with quite a bit of it. This is the paragraph on which … Continue reading →
Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms are famous mainly because of the Norman Rockwell art that illustrated the concepts. I wrote about that art in this post from fifteen years ago (my, my, how time flies). But today I’m writing about the ideas … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I wrote the first part of the following post in 2013. Since then, the problem and the hubris it describes have increased exponentially. So I thought it might be a good time to re-post it and add some new … Continue reading →