Several commenters have called my attention to the fact that there’s a new Israeli film about Adolf Eichmann. It’s entitled ““The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes,” and it features interviews in which he describes how much he knew about … Continue reading →
In a move that should surprise absolutely no one, a jury in DC acquitted Hillary Clinton’s campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who had been accused of lying to the FBI. The reason this result is no surprise is because the trial … Continue reading →
This is a reading from Thomas Sowell’s book Conquest and Cultures, that was witten in 1998. I’ve never read it but it sounds interesting – of course, virtually all his books sound interesting and probably are. This is a good … Continue reading →
Hatred of Jews isn’t a new thing for Russia, which in addition to all the rest of its propaganda has specialized in anti-Jewish propaganda for a long time. The Tsarist-era fabrication “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” is the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Here’s a slightly-edited version of a post I first published in 2014. I thought it might be good to put it up again, because it still seems appropriate.] The time was 1956, over 65 years ago. The place was … Continue reading →
I found this quite fascinating. I was already familiar with this guy – Konstantin Kisin – from his “Triggernometry” podcasts, but I was previously unaware of much of his personal history as discussed here.
Continue reading →Here’s a fascinating article about the history of our nuclear weapons policy. It’s way outside of my field of expertise, but I think it offers much food for thought. An excerpt: [I]n the 1960s and ’70s, U.S. planners understood that … Continue reading →
Commenter Bauxite wrote: Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine is a disaster… There were no good outcomes for the Ukraine once Putin invaded. Once the invasion happened, all of the options that included a Ukrainian victory involved considerable death, destruction, and … Continue reading →
This sort of educational project is being exposed more and more now, but for a long time such things have been happening outside of people’s awareness. And that was part of the left’s plan. It’s hard to say how many … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed quite a few recent references to the Gulf of Tonkin incident that occurred during the Vietnam era. The Gulf of Tonkin is treated as though we all know the story: the government lied to get us into a … Continue reading →
A little stroll down memory lane: The appeasement policy began in February 2009. Russia had invaded its neighbor and former client state, Georgia, six months earlier. The lame-duck George W. Bush administration planned to put missile defense structures in Eastern … Continue reading →
Commenter “Kate” writes: I don’t think anyone on our side of the fence knows what’s really going on in Russia, or whether public opinion there makes any difference. Some military observers are now estimating Russian military deaths so far at … Continue reading →