Commenter “AesopFan” calls attention to this: Grant did briefly own one slave he freed years before the war; but as a general he smashed the Confederacy, and as president he crushed the Klan. He presided over the ratification of the … Continue reading →
This was first written in 2006. But it’s a very timely piece. Unfortunately, I fear that taking a look at Robespierre will always be timely [comments in brackets mine]: Robespierre’s constituency outside the Convention was the mob, roaming the streets … Continue reading →
Here’s another excellent article by Andrew C. McCarthy. Also, here’s a comment I found in the thread there. This is the question I’ve been wondering about, too: why would any sane person want to be a police officer, at this … Continue reading →
DA Paul Howard of Atlanta took overcharging to a whole new level in his press conference on Officer Rolfe, who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks. Shipwreckedcrew at RedState has written at length on this in several posts. From the first … Continue reading →
I have a clue for Jonathan Chait: he knows very little about conservatives. For example: One universal fact of political life is that people tend not to enjoy highlighting faults committed by their own side, and often respond to others … Continue reading →
I agree with Coleman Hughes that the images we see on videos such as George Floyd’s death tap into older images in a way that arouses emotion rather than logic: An article written by Hughes can be found here. Hughes … Continue reading →
…maybe the feds will: Now: Updated Federal Riot Cases as of 11:30 am from DOJ: +50 cases, +75 individuals, new alleged violations include multiple instances targeting law enforcement: police vehicles set on fire, smashing police car window, pointing laser at … Continue reading →
I don’t send people links to articles or videos, ordinarily – and by “people,” I mean liberals, because most of the people I know fall into that category. I learned many years ago that (a) they were unlikely to look … Continue reading →
Governor Jay Inslee of Washington state was interviewed about the crisis taking place Wednesday in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. This is what he had to say: That is one of the most shocking things I’ve ever heard a … Continue reading →
What’s happening now in the United States, at an ever-increasing pace, is rule by mob. But it’s a special sort of mob. The internet and social media, especially Twitter, facilitates the process. Its main practitioners are leftists, mostly but not … Continue reading →
As Roger Simon writes in the Epoch Times: “Off the pig!” Sound familiar? Not quite “Dead cops now” but close. Marx, almost right for once, famously said, “History repeats itself. The first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” … Continue reading →
Weakness and appeasement on the part of civic authorities are signals that give rise to the empowerment of those who would disrupt and overturn civil society: Antifa, or their helpers, under the pretense of caring about black people, now has … Continue reading →