Free speech has always been a hard sell. It goes against the human grain to a certain extent. People often feel a powerful desire to silence those whom they define as opponents, bullies, liars, or anyone else whose speech they … Continue reading →
Biden loves to threaten people and then to brag about threatening people. For example, the tale of Corn Pop: Biden has publicly repeated several stories of him rebuking racial division and has relayed one specific incident detailed in his autobiography … Continue reading →
Well, they’re political prisoners, after all, so they need re-education [emphasis mine]: [Court-appointed defense attorney] Shaner’s legal captives are learning the hard way what the government will do when one resists their commands to comply. Not only have their personal … Continue reading →
Here are some excerpts from a speech Mark Steyn made in late April at a Hillsdale College seminar. The topic is some things Americans have lost: One is equality before the law, something absolutely essential to a free society. In … Continue reading →
The acronym “ACLU” stands for “American Civil Liberties Union.” Once a proud defender of free speech and other liberties, it stood by the principle of defending the right to speak even for those whose speech is offensive. But that’s so … Continue reading →
Glenn Greenwald isn’t on the right, nor is he a Trump supporter. What he is is intelligent, thorough, and devoted to the cause of liberty and the criticism of its suppression through the mechanism of fear. He’s been writing excellent … Continue reading →
In 1979, China instituted its one-child policy for population control, and enforced it with draconian measures. It’s an example of the impulse to centralized control by leftist states, and also the cruelty, unforeseen consequences, and ultimate failure of such control. … Continue reading →
If you’re of a certain age, like I am, you probably remember those bumper stickers that exhorted us all to Question Authority. It was the mark of a thinking person not to take everything at face value, in particular the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Both are more threatened in this country now than ever before in my lifetime, due to a frontal assault from the left which controls the media and educational system as well as the federal government. The following is a … Continue reading →
Commenter “Steph” writes: There were two ballot questions in yesterday’s election [in] PA that would limit the emergency powers of the Governor. Very much a slam dunk to vote YES on both of these, especially in a state where Wolf … Continue reading →
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 →
Hitler got the Reichstag to effectively dissolve itself and turn its powers over to him when it passed the Enabling Act. Nowadays in the US that’s not even necessary – just go around Congress through executive orders, and if no … Continue reading →