[July 5, 2024] A couple of days ago, Scott Johnson at PowerLineBlog posted an amusing post about the Presidential “campaign songs.” This article is devoted to figuring out what the Biden-Harris theme song will be. And Scott goes back a few years to give us examples from Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. … Read More »
[July 2, 2024] For the first time in the history of humanity, the strategy for “winning” a war is based on a policy that calls for the massive killing of your own citizens. The “Palestinian” cause is to destroy Israel and kill all Jews, but to do that, Palestinians must first die in massive numbers. This is a… Read More »
[July 1, 2024] It doesn’t matter how we measure it, Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union was the biggest of the big battles in all of World War II. And it began before America entered the war. On 22 June 1941, Hitler launched a strategic surprise attack on Stalin with more than 4 million troops. We in… Read More »
[June 30, 2024] The U.S. presidential debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump this past Thursday were eye-opening for many in America. Say what you will about the format of the presidential debates. Yet, when we see the two presidential candidates on stage and answering questions without a written script, that is truly democracy in action. The problem… Read More »
[June 29, 2024] I’ve not had time to get to this important story with all the recent goings. Early last week, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called out U.S. President Biden for withholding needed ammunition and equipment for Israel’s war with Hamas. Jake Sherman at Punchbowl News gets to the heart of the issue in an interview with PM… Read More »
[June 24, 2024] Unbelievably bad. That is the observation made by film critics describing the Disney Star Wars spinoff, The Acolyte. My favorite movie critic, The Critical Drinker, gives us both barrels in his takedown. And the takedown is a piece of art in itself. Interested? Go and see the review for yourself. In his latest video, The… Read More »
[June 23, 2024] In June 1900, Chinese nationalists began the siege on Peking’s diplomatic district (later Beijing). They were known as the “Boxers” because they believed in calisthenics and martial arts. Their goal was to drive out all foreign influences in China, and they killed Christian missionaries and diplomats from foreign countries. The Boxer Rebellion was a formal… Read More »
[June 22, 2024] In Toronto, Canada, the Munk Debates, a semi-annual series of debates on major policy issues, concluded on 11 June. The policy question before them was whether anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism. I was expecting the outcome to be in agreement with the proposition, and it was but by only a small margin. You can make up your… Read More »
[June 21, 2024] In my ongoing and new series on advising young men, I get articles fans sent me to read – and thank you all for doing so. And, yes, those articles are helpful as I sort through them and pick out what are among the best. One such article at BlackDoctor.org titled “13 Things My Dad… Read More »
[June 20, 2024] A characteristic of good leadership is honesty (#6 in my series). That is the only way to become and stay a respected, reliable, ready, and resilient leader. When honesty goes out the window, what follows is impending failure. And so it is with the New York Times and other mainstream media outlets as they hide… Read More »