[NOTE: This is a revised and expanded edition of a post first published in 2006.] Eighty-four years ago tomorrow, Pearl Harbor was attacked. That’s long enough ago that only a vanishing few remember the day and its aftermath with any … Continue reading →
I found the following at Ace’s: DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican Hello Alex, You say your work is dedicated to strengthening democracy. I have one simple question for you. In your 30th anniversary publication, you had an article from your longtime … Continue reading →
… but it has long annoyed me when such movies play fast and loose with the truth, especially when the additions are not improvements – which is often the case. Last night I watched a movie based on a Holocaust … Continue reading →
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 →