Bookworm on Dec 06 2007 | Filed under: World War II
December 7 marks the 66th anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. It is certainly a day which will live in infamy, but it’s also a day that the free world should remember with gratitude. Up until December 7, while America had been helping England in sub rosa fashion, she had otherwise [...]
Bookworm on Nov 27 2007 | Filed under: World War II
There is an extraordinary story hidden behind the latest album Swedish soprano Anne-Sofie von Otter is releasing. The album itself should be lovely and moving, because it’s a collection of songs from Terezienstadt, including lullabies a nurse composed for her charges in the days (weeks?) before she and they were shipped off to Auschwitz [...]
Bookworm on Oct 12 2007 | Filed under: Anti-war, Congress, Democrats, World War II
During any other war, the following list that Vasko Kohlmayer complied would show treasonous conduct. In this War, it’s politics as usual:
• They have repeatedly conceded defeat in Iraq with Harry Reid claiming ‘this war is lost;’
• They purposefully downplay any and all American military successes;
• They have sought to portray our troops as [...]
Bookworm on Oct 05 2007 | Filed under: Media matters, TV
During World War II, Hollywood started churning out cartoons poking fun at Hitler. Here’s a great example from Warner Brothers with Bugs taking Hitler on, and Disney did the famous Der Fuehrer’s Face, starring Donald Duck. The cartoons obviously weren’t intended to minimize the dangers America was facing. They were produced at the height of [...]
Bookworm on Oct 03 2007 | Filed under: Abortion, Iraq, Islam, Jihad, Media matters, Multiculturalism, World War II
There’s a new movie out about “homegrown religious fundamentalists who kill in the name of God” — and Manolah Dargis, who writes movie reviews at The New York Times really wants to like it. You’ve got to admire Manolah. After all, who in America doesn’t want a solid documentary about the homegrown Western [...]
Bookworm on Sep 29 2007 | Filed under: Britain
The world is currently a place of roiling international tensions. The British Navy recently distinguished itself for being undistinguished in a confrontation with Iran that turned into a national humiliation for England. Under those circumstances, there’s really only one thing to do, right? Yup, destroy your Navy:
Ministers have drawn up confidential proposals [...]
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