[Hat tip: commenter “Barry Meislin.”] Jonathan Turley takes Macron to task for pretending to champion free speech while attacking it: French President Emmanuel Macron went full Orwell this week. While long the darling of Western media, Macron has been one … Continue reading →
In Germany, there are efforts to ban the AfD (or at least its more extreme elements) as it becomes even more popular with the volk: With Alternative for Germany (AfD) surging in polls ahead of next month’s regional elections, establishment … Continue reading →
I wrote a recent post about Nathan Cofnas, the professor who exposed Arday as a plagiarist. Here’s the post; it features a fairly lengthy interview with Cofnas, which should give you a pretty good idea of the sort of ideas … Continue reading →
Nathan Cofnas was the academic responsible for the beginning of the major fact-checking of Arday’s biography and in particular the plagiarism involved in his PhD thesis. But one of the excuses given by the Cambridge crowd and others for not … Continue reading →
I wrote about the Colin Gray case yesterday in this post, and a discussion ensued about gun rights and laws requiring a person to lock up guns in the home. Commenter “Brian E” commented by describing a local school shooting … Continue reading →
The idea is to save democracy, or some such blah blah blah, by ending elections in that country: [Ortego said] There won’t be any more elections here. There won’t be any more elections for them [the opposition factions] to try … Continue reading →
This book by Buck Sexton sounds worth reading: Manufacturing Delusion: How the Left Uses Brainwashing, Indoctrination, and Propaganda Against You. From the Amazon blurb: Some of history’s greatest empires have devolved into genocidal lunacy—often with shocking compliance from their own … Continue reading →
I’m having a quiet day, just a couple of people over for dinner. I plan to make hot dogs – something I don’t eat all that often but that I love – barbecued chicken, potato salad, and plum cake with … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post from many many years ago. It was written in the springtime during a visit to New York City. Reading it now, it seems almost archaic in certain ways – but not … Continue reading →
From political changer Sasha Stone: It’s been ten years since the purges began, and I still have a hard time believing it actually happened. Did so many of my friends really go along with it? Did institutions, corporations, and all … Continue reading →
I think this is a good analogy: So, will they wear out their welcome and be just a passing phase? Maybe, but I absolutely wouldn’t count on it. Another phrase occurs to me: The best lack all conviction, while the … Continue reading →