From Claudia Rossett: But what the initial extradition-law threat highlighted for Hong Kong’s people was that unless they are able to elect their own leaders, they will be directly at the mercy of a Beijing-appointed chief executive, who will — … Continue reading →
I read George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four when I was about twelve years old. You might say that’s too early to truly understand it. And if you said that, you’d probably be right. But even then, I understood it well enough. … Continue reading →
It’s easy to mock George Packer for what he writes in this Atlantic essay about choosing a school for his son in New York City. But I find his essay heartbreaking as well as complex. He’s a well-meaning liberal who … Continue reading →
I just wrote a post about the Democrats’ cavalier attitude towards the 2nd Amendment, but that post was more about politics. Now I want to emphasize the anti-Constitutional aspects of the move. As John Hinderaker of Powerline writes: …[W]hy should … Continue reading →
I wonder what polls Kamala Harris had access to that make her think the time was ripe for the “just do it” approach to gun control: During last night’s Democratic presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden admonished Sen. Kamala … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Some of the following is lifted from a back-and-forth discussion I had with commenter “Montage” on a previous thread.] I maintain that the left’s goal is to be in charge forever: one-party rule. And they believe in breaking the … Continue reading →
The Swiss have a long tradition of gun ownership. And they are not part of the EU. However, the EU will get you one way or another. The Swiss are part of what’s known as the Schengen Area, in which … Continue reading →
From a Kevin D. Williamson article in National Review: They [several writers, but really much of the Democratic Party today] do not understand the United States as having two legitimate competing political camps but as suffering from a kind of … Continue reading →
But it may be too little too late to quell the anger and the desire for more liberty. Remember? The Hong Kong protests were originally (seemingly) about extradition: Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, said Wednesday that the government would … Continue reading →
Here’s an article at National Review by David French, who is not ordinarily a rabble-rouser. It begins this way: I just finished reading of the most astonishing legal briefs I’ve ever read. It is easily the most malicious Supreme Court … Continue reading →
Such as this: German authorities have investigated hundreds of internet users over comments they made on a Facebook video posted by the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. The massive probe, spanning over 250 investigations, was launched in response to … Continue reading →
…and China seems to me to hold the cards. I remember that, in the late 1990s when I heard that Hong Kong would ultimately be turned over to China, I got a chill of foreboding. Hong Kong was being sacrificed, … Continue reading →