Caroline Glick has written an article about some recent remarks by Joe Biden: In response to a question about the two Republican lawmakers [Cruz and Hawley] following remarks on January 8, Biden said, “I was being reminded by a friend … Continue reading →
Common sense would dictate that the answer is “of course not.” Impeachment and conviction is a remedy with the purpose of removing someone from office. However, one can find a lawyer to argue whatever is expedient. And so it is … Continue reading →
Yes, there was violence perpetrated by some of the protestors in the Capital incursion. And yes, the those people guilty of it should be identified and prosecuted. Yes, it is also politically expedient for the left to act as though … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a previous post.] This is the first night of Chanukah, and I wish everyone a happy one. Chanukah is about a successful revolt and a miracle of light: The miracle of the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a somewhat-edited version of a previous post.] Today is the seventy-ninth anniversary of the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. The generation that reacted to it by mobilizing and fighting World War II is on its last … Continue reading →
I love these: This one is great but the added sounds are awful: From a comment there: The children names and what they became: 0:03 : this is Madeleine Koehler, born in 1895, second child of Jeanne Lumière (sister of … Continue reading →
I certainly didn’t know it. But they are; they only date to the last decades of the 1800s: All elections for most of America’s history were organized to be non-secret. They were public events with individual voting occurring in plain … Continue reading →
Its own, and that of its audience. If your audience doesn’t know history you can get away with saying anything. People know that the word “Nazi” denotes something bad, but what percentage of the population today has any deeper knowledge … Continue reading →
Blogger and commenter David Foster writes: I’ve been remembering something written by the British general Edward Spears, describing his feelings in the aftermath of Munich: “Like most people, I have had my private sorrows, but there is no loss that … Continue reading →
…newspeople weren’t calling either Bush or Gore the “president-elect” while the conflict was ongoing in the court system. Of course, that was then, this is now. In 2000 the media had not yet gone quite so far over into utter, … Continue reading →
I am continually and deeply impressed by the foresight and wisdom of the Founders, in particular James Madison. I doubt students learn much about him anymore, and I doubt that his words would strike home with many of them even … Continue reading →
Commenter “Cornhead” writes” For the life of me I don’t understand why America in 2020 – and after the Florida 2000 disaster – can tolerate all of this clear election fraud. Wasn’t a bunch of federal money spent after 2000? … Continue reading →