Tag Archive 'Appeasement'

“Patriotic millionaires” and Roseanne Barr

I figured it out. First, the whole “patriotic millionaires” thing.  These are the millionaires who are demanding that they get taxed at a higher rate: Los Altos resident Doug Edwards asked President Obama something that many Americans would consider unthinkable: “Would you please raise my taxes?” Edwards, 53, can afford it. Retired after being amply [...]

The lessons about bullies that we seem determined not to learn

So often, there are what I call “matched sets” of stories in newspapers.  This happens when one article makes a point, and another article perfectly illustrates that point.  Today, Spiegel provided the perfect pairing of the way in which the modern Western (that is, Leftist) world refuses to learn lessons, but insists on repeating the [...]