A lovely turn of phrase
I do like Jonah Goldberg’s writing. In an article about Obama’s static trajectory, and Democratic befuddlement regarding that mystery, Goldberg has this lovely, laugh-out-loud bit of writing: Ask the...
View ArticleThe prescient Huey Long
I found this in a book of anecdotes written in 1944: Somebody once asked the late Huey Long if he thought we would ever have fascism in the United States. “Sure we will,” predicted Long, “only we’ll...
View ArticleJonah Goldberg’s Tyranny of Cliches
Let’s see…. Today is Sunday, right? I ask because being out-of-town for the weekend (which I am) always skews my perception of time. It now seems like a lifetime, ather than something less than two...
View ArticleThoughts about Progressives, inspired by Jonah Goldberg’s new book
I haven’t yet finished Jonah Goldberg’s The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas, which is unusual for me, given that I’ve had it since Friday. It’s the kind of book one gobbles...
View ArticleAngelina’s arrogance perfectly exemplifies the Left’s refusal to engage
A woman named Jane Pitt recently exercised her Free Speech rights by sending a letter to a local paper castigating Obama for supporting same-sex marriage and urging people to vote for Romney, because...
View ArticleBook Review: Jonah Goldberg’s “The Tyranny of Clichés”
It took me a long time to read Jonah Goldberg’s latest, The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas. This is not because it’s a bad or a boring book but, instead, because it’s a...
View ArticleThe suggested list of books for a high school government class
If you’re wondering why the younger generation blindly supported Obama through two elections; why they are reflexively hostile to conservatives and Republicans; and why, even though Obama has dismally...
View Article[VIDEO] Dinesh D’Souza explains how socialism birthed fascism
For decades, American Leftists have hidden their close ties to fascism. Dinesh D’Souza’s PragerU video reveals those ties. His book lays them wide open. Knowing that it was unlikely ever to show up at...
View ArticleDifferent takes on the Trump effect on the media and #NeverTrumpers
A romance novel explains why Trump is destroying the media and a Jewish survival doctrine provides a road map for conservatives who want to win. These are strange times and I sometimes have a strange...
View ArticleCharlotte Brontë would forgive Trump his Stormy Daniels’ sins
Charlotte Brontë would have forgiven Trump his Stormy Daniels’ sins, because she separated an individual’s personal sins from the way they treated others. In the wake of the Anderson Cooper/60 Minutes‘...
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