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Did you know that secret ballots are relatively new in the US?

The New Neo Posted on November 20, 2020 by neoNovember 20, 2020

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 →

Posted in History, Law | 9 Replies

The press relies on ignorance of history

The New Neo Posted on November 17, 2020 by neoNovember 17, 2020

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 →

Posted in History, Press | 52 Replies

A historical note on mourning a country

The New Neo Posted on November 11, 2020 by neoNovember 11, 2020

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 →

Posted in Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, History, Me, myself, and I | 105 Replies

If I recall the election of 2000 correctly…

The New Neo Posted on November 9, 2020 by neoNovember 9, 2020

…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 →

Posted in Election 2020, History, Politics, Press | 34 Replies

James Madison knew

The New Neo Posted on November 6, 2020 by neoNovember 6, 2020

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 →

Posted in Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, Historical figures, History | 22 Replies

On voter fraud

The New Neo Posted on November 4, 2020 by neoNovember 4, 2020

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 →

Posted in Election 2020, History, Law | 99 Replies

Socialism is doubleplusgood

The New Neo Posted on November 2, 2020 by neoNovember 2, 2020

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it: This year’s study showed increased favorability of the term ‘socialism’ (49%) among Gen Z compared to 2019 (40%). Opinions of capitalism declined slightly from 2019 to 2020 among all … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, History, Politics | Tagged Ronald Reagan, socialism | 16 Replies

“The Plot Against the President”

The New Neo Posted on October 31, 2020 by neoOctober 31, 2020

Here’s the trailer for the documentary “The Plot Against the President” about Russiagate: And here’s the movie’s Amazon page. It seems that you can get it free if you’re a Prime member, if I read that right. I watched the … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Movies, Trump | Tagged Russiagate | 23 Replies

And now for a word about polls – and about election terror

The New Neo Posted on October 31, 2020 by neoOctober 31, 2020

Here’s a good article on the subject of polls and how difficult it is to do them or to analyze what they mean. I have stopped even trying. And yet I still read articles on the subject, some giving hope, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020, History, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Me, myself, and I | 149 Replies

Glenn Greenwald sums it up

The New Neo Posted on October 30, 2020 by neoOctober 30, 2020

And – bonus video – Victor Davis Hanson really sums it up:

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Posted in Election 2020, Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, History, Press | 22 Replies

Those estimates of years of life lost to COVID

The New Neo Posted on October 24, 2020 by neoOctober 24, 2020

COVID news has become so politicized that it’s even harder than usual to sort out the wheat from the chaff. But I’ll try. The latest news is that the estimate of potential life lost from COVID in the US so … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, History | Tagged COVID-19 | 16 Replies

The lasting appeal of extreme leftism

The New Neo Posted on October 20, 2020 by neoOctober 20, 2020

Commenter “DNW” quotes me, and then asks some questions: [neo]:“I think that one of the basic reasons that socialism and Communism are such difficult ideas to kill is that they appeal to something universally idealistic in regular people” [DNW]: What … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, History, Liberals and conservatives; left and right | 58 Replies

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