Impeach him, I say! Or perhaps sue him for something or other? And yet now and then on the left there are surprising voices of reason on this, for example Shaun King on X: I actually think it’s a great … Continue reading →
Commenter “huxley” draws our attention to an interview with a former Antifa member. Please see this comment and the following two: this and this. The link to the interview is here. I haven’t watched it, but huxley’s comments give a … Continue reading →
From Glenn Reynolds: In Chicago on Saturday, a mob of protesters surrounded ICE agents on a routine patrol, ramming their vehicle and boxing it in with 10 cars to frustrate immigration enforcement efforts. Chicago officials allegedly ordered the city’s police … Continue reading →
They’ve only read about it. We who were old enough to remember the 1960s and 1970s recall the searing and terrible assassinations of huge American figures: JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King. To us, these things are extremely real. But to … Continue reading →
This sort of report reinforces my sense that human beings were more advanced earlier in the past than we used to give them credit for. I’d never heard of dragon stones before, but here’s the story: A new study has … Continue reading →
It’s been almost a quarter of a century. When put that way, it seems hard to believe, doesn’t it? And yet in some ways a lifetime ago. As the British poet Philip Larkin wrote in a poem looking back on … Continue reading →
I’ve been thinking about September 1, 1939 quite a bit lately. The reason is that I’ve been watching YouTube videos in which Holocaust survivors describe their experiences. I plan to write more about those videos – I have a lot … Continue reading →
Here’s the plan: The State Department said it was looking [at the 55 million visa holders] for indicators of ineligibility, including people staying past the authorized timeframe outlined in a visa, criminal activity, threats to public safety, engaging in any … Continue reading →
A while back I was looking up one of my favorite films, The Lives of Others, and I came across this quote at Wiki: …Maxim Gorky [said] that Lenin’s favorite piece of music was Beethoven’s Appassionata. Gorky recounted a discussion … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a slightly changed version of a previous post of mine. If you follow the links in the second paragraph, you’ll find three other pieces I’ve written about the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.] Once … Continue reading →
For the left, failing to teach history – or teaching the leftist version of history – is a feature rather than a bug. A big, big feature. It makes it easier to fill in the blanks with utter claptrap. To … Continue reading →
At the Army website: It was the test that forever changed the world and the course of human history. The test took place at the Trinity Site on July 16, 1945, at 5:29 a.m. Mountain War Time. The test was … Continue reading →