Another woman, who disappeared at the age of 15, has surfaced ten years later with a story of kidnapping. Some of the neighbors who knew her and her kidnapper as a couple don’t believe her story. They say that nothing … Continue reading →
Another would-be commencement speaker bows out in response to pressure from students who deem him insufficiently pure for their tender sensibilities. Birgeneau refused to say sufficient mea culpas, the price he would have had to pay for the privilege of … Continue reading →
…so you don’t have to. And believe me, after you’ve read his article, you won’t want to. It’s a brilliant article about a wretched place. Here’s an excerpt: In the United States, we have a minimum wage; Cuba has a … Continue reading →
The Austrian philosopher of science Karl Popper, who emigrated to New Zealand in the late 1930s (when he was in his late 30s) and then to London, had flirted with Communism in his youth. Actually, he more than flirted with … Continue reading →
From Daniel Henninger today in the WSJ: All of a sudden, the left has hit ramming speed across a broad swath of American life””in the universities, in politics and in government. People fingered as out of line with the far … Continue reading →
Yesterday commenter “Nick” wrote this on the thread about Krystal Ball’s Animal Farm summary: OK, OK, I hate to be this guy, but Orwell would have been fine with Ball’s reading. Orwell was a socialist. His problem with the pigs … Continue reading →
David Horowitz has devoted his entire adult life to the left. First, working for it. And then for the last three or so decades, fighting against it. One of the many ways to fight it is to inform people about … Continue reading →
Quoting Winston Churchill can get you into hot water. Mark Steyn writes : On Saturday, Paul Weston of Liberty GB, a candidate in next month’s European elections, was speaking on the steps of Winchester Guildhall and quoting Winston Churchill on … Continue reading →
…will be happy to hear that UCLA has rejected a three million dollar donation from Donald Sterling for kidney research. People are falling all over themselves to show how righteous they are by shunning Sterling and everything he ever touched. … Continue reading →
Here’s a good article about voter fraud and its incidence, and the Democratic argument against its existence. The piece dovetails pretty much with what I wrote recently on the subject here, but it marshals some additional facts and is well … Continue reading →
I’m not going to waste time listening to the tape of a conversation between the 81-year-old billionaire owner of the Clippers and his 20-something girlfriend that has everyone in an uproar about his racism. It’s a private conversation, for goodness … Continue reading →
Cliven Bundy’s remarks about race, welfare, and slavery have drawn a lot of fire, and the right is attempting to back away from them. First, take a look at what he said: “I want to tell you one more thing … Continue reading →