Tag: Holocaust

A Leftist hiding behind Anne Frank’s skirts attacks Trump on antisemitism *UPDATED*

Trump made it simple: antisemitism is bad and it needs to stop so, of course, Stephen Goldstein, a Jewish Leftist hiding behind Anne Frank attacked him for not doing enough. Trump addressed antisemitism in a short statement at the National Museum of African American History and Culture: I know President

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Europe’s dystopian present — and why, because I’m helpless to stop it, Schadenfreude overwhelms me

Beginning on September 11, 2001, and with increasing speed since January 2009, I’ve had a very strong sense that the world — not just America, but the whole world — is unraveling. At home, venerable and often cherished institutions and ideas are falling into disrepair or being perverted beyond all

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The Bookworm Beat 9-25-15 — the “bon voyage, Boehner” edition and open thread

I’m doing something that’s a little more fun than the legal work that usually comes my way: I’m working on a project for Fleet Week to help welcome sailors and marines to our fair City. My work is editorial, which suits me to a “T.” I haven’t been ignoring the

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The Bookworm Beat 6-24-15 — the “midnight ramblings” edition

I should be heading for bed, as it’s after midnight, but I’m so thrilled to have a moment to myself that I can’t resist a little blogging. I’m feeling especially smug (and tired) tonight because my heroic 1:30 a.m. efforts yesterday were the difference between success and ignominious failure on

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Obama’s remarkable consistency when it comes to “respect”

I’m sure someone’s said it before, but Obama is remarkably consistent in his approach to everything.  For example, he believes that people who have been subject to systemic disrespect become violent or criminal.  If you show them the respect they need, they will stop behaving in that way.  He therefore believes that

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An amazing Holocaust story plus thoughts about the Big Bang and the human soul

Hitler loved Islam.*  If you didn’t know that he loved Islam, you might think that Hitler, with his race-based obsessions, would have been hostile to a religion primarily centered on a Semitic people.  To Hitler, though, Islam was a manly religion that shared his goals:  the eradication of the Jews coupled with world domination.

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The moral lessons that Jonathan Gruber could have learned from a brain-damaged man

Trey Gowdy conduct a masterful examination of MIT Prof. Jonathan “Stupid Americans” Gruber.  What made it so good was that he had Gruber repeatedly offer the canned defense that he (Gruber) was arrogant, stupid, and ill-informed.  That defense might have flown once but, when a formerly boastful MIT professor said it over

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