Evil is as evil does
Michael Ledeen has a written a wonderful article that uses the evil in the world’s recent past (Hitler, Stalin), as a springboard for discussing the West’s resolute refusal to see the evil in its...
View ArticleChristmas thoughts from a Jewish blogger
I’m about to wade into theology here, so feel free to beat me around the head (politely, of course), if I’ve committed some egregious doctrinal sin. Before you do, though, please follow my argument...
View ArticleObama is a theoretical leader; Romney a practical one
One of the most startling features of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, a book that examines the killing fields that Stalin and Hitler created in the lands between Germany and Russia...
View ArticleCould Iraq be the reason Obama is so hostile to Poland?
Obama has not had a good week vis a vis Poland. First, he insulted Lech Walesa; then he managed to insult the entire nation. In the old days, before we got PC, we would have told a Polish joke . . ....
View ArticlePersonalities matter
At Cal, I wasn’t sophisticated enough to understand that I was being taught the Marxist version of history. All I knew is that my love for history was predicated on the power of personalities, while...
View ArticleCan a President use an executive order to override the Constitution?
Today’s question: Can President Obama use an executive order to override the Constitution? Today’s answer, courtesy of Matt Drudge is “yes, he can, but it won’t be pretty.” (Click on image to enlarge.)
View ArticleStatism not only controls and, ultimately, kills people, it destroys their...
A few months ago, I read a wonderfully written, totally depressing book called, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. In it, author Timothy Snyder graphically described the way in which, during...
View ArticleThe wages of socialism — mass murder
Ukrainian peasants starve to death in the streets, 1933 Last year, my friend Bruce Kesler, who blogs at a wonderful conservative group blog called Maggie’s Farm, directed me to a book called...
View ArticleWednesday Wrap-Up (and Open Thread)
I didn’t watch Obama’s SOTU. Between cooking and carpooling, I had neither the time nor the inclination. I’ve never been impressed by “Obama the Orator,” and his speech’s details had already been...
View ArticleJon Stewart’s Daily Show exemplifies the media’s horrible whitewashing of...
If you read Timothy Snyder’s wrenching Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin about life West of Russia and East of Berlin from 1933 through 1945, the first thing you’ll learn is that Hitler...
View ArticleBookworm Beat 12/6/16 — the “there’s nothing usual about politics” edition
One of the categories I long ago set up for articles I’m saving to include in a round-up was called “politics as usual.” I’ve since changed it to “there’s nothing usual about politics.” The fusion of...
View ArticleWhat Donald Trump has done (and is still doing) to fight antisemitism
American Jewish groups (the majority of which ally with the Democrat Party) are once again claiming to be concerned about Donald Trump and antisemitism — that is, they’re implying that Trump is a KKK...
View Article[VIDEO] Dennis Prager explains that without God, there is no morality; there...
With his usual acuity, Dennis Prager explains that true morality exists only if there is a God. Absent God, people just opine about what they like or dislike. The phrase “moral relativism” gets thrown...
View Article[VIDEO] Dennis Prager on the Left’s unending love for communism even as it...
For those caught in its toils, communism has been every bit as evil as Nazism, except with a greater scope. No wonder, given that they’re the same ideology. I have written thousands of words about the...
View ArticleThere was a distinctly Stalinesque feeling to the 2017 Emmy Awards
Trump Derangement Syndrome at the Emmy Awards revealed that in Hollywood, as in the USSR or North Korea, it’s dangerous to deviate from the party line. A very surprised Dolly Parton, who didn’t expect...
View ArticleInteresting things you’ll find on my real-me Facebook feed *INCORRECT LINK...
A trip through a few days worth of my Facebook posts shows that, with little effort, I can expose Proggies to ideas and facts they usually miss or ignore. Of late, between paying work, family demands,...
View ArticleNo. 33 Bookworm Podcast: Understanding “Left” and “Right” in America
In this Bookworm Podcast, I examine how the term “Right Wing” is misused to imply that conservative Americans are fascists lusting for world domination. My latest podcast is up and running. You can...
View ArticleWhat’s the real story behind Right Wing and Left Wing in America?
In America, the term Right Wing is misused to imply that conservative Americans are fascists lusting for world domination; in fact, the opposite is true. (As my regular readers (to whom I am endlessly...
View ArticleHistory, Holidays & Observances on December 1
Today: Advent Sunday, Lincoln & slavery, Stalin’s Great Purge, Rosa Parks, Charlemagne, Pope Leo III, David Ben Gurion, Christmas Music . . . AND MORE Holidays & Observances on December 1...
View ArticleHistory, Holidays & Observances on December 8
A look at some of the history and holidays on December 8 Holidays & Observances on December 8 The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is held on this day to celebrate the belief in the Immaculate...
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