I recently discovered a podcast called “The rest is history” that’s as entertaining as it’s informative. That’s a combination you don’t often see, but these Brits manage it somehow. Warning, though: it’s addictive. Each podcast is more or less an … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I missed the anniversary yesterday, but today I’m recycling this previous post on the subject.] Once again it’s the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Nagasaki followed three days later, and Japan surrendered on August … Continue reading →
I read many stupid things every day, some of them even from smart people who are saying intelligent things as well. An example of a stupid thing I often see is some sort of kneejerk statement about Trump being a … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a slightly-edited version of a previous D-Day post.] Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings in WWII that led to Western Europe’s liberation. I wonder how many people under forty, either here or … Continue reading →
Yesterday was Holocaust Memorial Day, which has taken on extra resonance this year. Netanyahu gave an address at Vad Yashem, the memorial site to Holocaust victims and to honor their rescuers. Here are some excerpts: …]T]he horrific terrorist attack of … Continue reading →
No, I’m not talking about those ubiquitous Amazon delivery trucks dominating the city roads. I’m talking about this discovery: Researchers have detected a cluster of lost 2,500-year-old cities at the foothills of the Andes in the Amazon rainforest. This amazing … Continue reading →
And yet here we are. In some ways it’s better than it was then. For example, the US isn’t actively at war abroad, and young people aren’t subject to the draft to fight in such a war. But in so … Continue reading →
Can’t have this sort of brazen “walking while Jewish.” Might upset the violent Islamicists and their leftist fellow travelers who seem to be proliferating in the West lately: The Metropolitan Police in London face accusations that they capitulated to radical … Continue reading →
I think many many people these days do not understand what war is. The terrible nature of war itself has combined with modern “smart” weapons and humanitarian impulses to dampen the resolve of many people in Western nations, even against … Continue reading →
We still know next to nothing about the current state of the remaining Israeli hostages Hamas and other Gazans took on October 7. That’s about five and a half months ago. It’s pretty much a certainty that many are dead, … Continue reading →
Jewish holidays began at sundown and end at sundown, and Purim is no exception. This year it has special resonance: It commemorates the (Divinely orchestrated) salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian empire from Haman’s plot “to destroy, … Continue reading →
You may have seen a series of maps of “Palestine” that have been circulated for a while by pro-Palestinian propagandists. Here’s a refutation. If you ever encounter someone touting these purposely misleading maps, you might refer them to that article. … Continue reading →