Here’s another excerpt (you can find an earlier one here) from Sebastian Haffner’s Defying Hitler, his 1930s description of what it was like to watch the Nazi takeover of Germany: Many journals and newspapers disappeared from the kiosks – but … Continue reading →
This is why (it’s premium content, so you probably won’t be able to read the whole thing, but a big chunk of it can be found here): Twitter’s stock fell 15 percent last week apparently because they’re not getting sufficient … Continue reading →
I recommend reading this article by Myron Magnet, which is a summary of how we got where we are today in terms of the loss of autonomy and the growth of federal control, as well as the extreme change in … Continue reading →
That’s a question I’ve asked myself for quite some time. I’m not talking about leftists; I’m talking about so many people I know who are not especially into politics; you might call them leftist-enablers. They tend to read the NY … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] For the moment, we seem to have dodged the court-packing bullet, because the Democrats don’t quite have the votes to pass it. But I believe it’s only a temporary reprieve. The Democrats are … Continue reading →
There is virtually no question in my mind that the Democrats want to control SCOTUS. The only unknown is if and how they will accomplish it. Today, as promised, Democrats introduced legislation to pack the Court and increase the number … Continue reading →
…is the title of this article in the NY Post: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, the leader of Black Lives Matter and a self-described Marxist, recently purchased a $1.4 million home in an exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood where the vast majority of residents … Continue reading →
Commenter “stan” writes: Neo wrote: “I expect that most people will go on believing that Chauvin was indeed a cold-blooded murderer, and a racist one at that.” More importantly, they will feel morally superior because of that belief and have … Continue reading →
I think we can all agree that the information people receive is usually a huge factor in determining our opinions regarding public events and politics. And I think we can also agree that a lot of that information comes through … Continue reading →
Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms are famous mainly because of the Norman Rockwell art that illustrated the concepts. I wrote about that art in this post from fifteen years ago (my, my, how time flies). But today I’m writing about the ideas … Continue reading →
States can’t enforce boundaries against interstate migration. That’s been true my whole life, but until the last decade or so it was a thought that had zero significance for me. For quite a while, though, it’s been apparent that this … Continue reading →
I saw this today from OregonMuse at Ace’s [emphasis mine]: [Does the left] really want a country where only the police and military have firearms? I don’t think they realize the implications. I know they fantasize about this in a … Continue reading →