The movie Potemkin came up in the comments recently. It’s a film I recall seeing when I was in college or grad school, shown by one of those film societies that specialized in famous old films. Potemkin qualifies as both … Continue reading →
Short answer: yes. Is Paris Burning? is the name of a 1966 movie about France’s liberation from the Nazis. This is how it ended: … [F]ighting breaks out in the streets and civilians join in the battle. Allied troops reach … Continue reading →
[NOTE: In yesterday’s thread on the school shooting in Bend, I noticed that the topic of SSRIs and violence came up. So I think it makes sense to repeat the following post, which I wrote in 2023.] Every time there’s … Continue reading →
There’s been another horrific school shooting, with three young children and a teacher dead. The killer shot his way into a locked area, but was ultimately stopped by the armed father of a student, who saw him enter and followed … Continue reading →
Actually, it’s not as though his anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian sympathies were previously unknown. But now that such attitudes have become the norm – even the required norm – among Democrats, Obama can be more open about it: According to Irish … Continue reading →
You may have come across this video of a 6-year-old who shot and almost killed his teacher: The Virginian-Pilot obtained the video from Officer Brian Torrez’s camera after a court order unsealed it. On the tape, reading specialist Amy Kovac … Continue reading →
Of course. No surprise there. The Orwellian reversal is not a new phenomenon: The South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, who presided over a commission that declared that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, won … Continue reading →
And to stream an execution live – isn’t that a kind of oxymoron? Here’s the announcement: The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for … Continue reading →
On this anniversary there are many articles reflecting on the intervening three years and what we have learned. In some ways, the post-10/7 wars have gone better than expected for Israel. At the beginning, it seemed as though Hezbollah, for … Continue reading →
Hard to believe that Nidal Hasan – aka the Fort Hood terrorist – is still alive. But perhaps not for long: The Pentagon announced Monday night that Nidal Malik Hasan, 56, better known as the Fort Hood shooter, will be … Continue reading →
The terrorist copilot had been plotting his attack for a long time, and his plan was mega-destructive. Fortunately, it didn’t work. But it came close: According to the officials, al-Hammami began his attempt to seize control of the aircraft only … Continue reading →
Three teenagers brutally murdered another teenager over thirty years ago. The crime was especially cold-blooded and horrific. One, Christa Pike, received the death penalty. The other two did not. The story: Christa Pike, now 50, has been in prison since … Continue reading →