Bookworm on Nov 18 2008 | Filed under: Hollywood
WWII was a dreadful time, with about 400,000 American military deaths suffered during those four years. Just for perspective, we’ve been in Iraq for almost six years and, thank God, have sustained only 4,200 deaths.
Nevertheless, there’s a tendency to look back with nostalgia on America’s time during WWII, and that’s in part because the entertainment [...]
Bookworm on Sep 25 2008 | Filed under: Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama
The Confederate Yankee launches a truly scathing attack on Obama’s fundamental lack of “American-ness” — and it has nothing to do with skin color, and everything to do with his profoundly un-American upbringing. I think you should read it.
I will add only that some of the greatest patriots I’ve met are people who were raised [...]
Bookworm on Aug 18 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Mr. Bookworm cannot stand the fluff pieces that are an integral part of Olympic coverage. On Saturday night, therefore, when NBC switched from Michael Phelp’s history breaking gold medal to an interview with Kobe Bryant, Mr. Bookworm immediately switched off the television. I’m now quite sorry he did. Kobe may be a multi-million dollar celebrity, [...]
Bookworm on Jul 01 2008 | Filed under: America, Barack Obama
I have two wonderful things for you to read on the subject of patriotism. The first is from Zabrina, at Thought You’d Never Ask, in which she dispenses some words of wisdom to a child about to head off to college. The second is from Jonah Goldberg, who explains why conservative Americans often don’t recognize [...]
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