Category: World News

From sublime to insane — Kyoto days to Osaka nights

Posted on October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 by Bookworm

After a couple of hours of much-needed rest, we hit the Osaka nightlife. Las Vegas will, forever more, look staid and boring by comparison.

Sights from our last day in Kyoto, Japan

Posted on October 14, 2018October 14, 2018 by Bookworm

Still too tired for words (we walked more than 35 miles in four days, much of it on hills and stairs, often with only Crunky crispy chocolates keeping me going), so I’ll let the pictures speak for me.

Things we saw in Kyoto, Japan

Posted on October 14, 2018October 14, 2018 by Bookworm

Again, way too tired to post but here are pictures:

Things seen around Kyoto, Japan

Posted on October 13, 2018October 13, 2018 by Bookworm

I’d meant to do a long, ruminative post about Japan, but after a day spent visiting temples and shrines in Kyoto, which meant walking 11 miles, much of it up and down stairs), I’m too tired. Instead, I’ll just share some things that caught my eye:

The Bookworm Beat 10/9/2018 — the American life edition and open thread

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Bookworm

Here it is — a round-up about American life in the wake of the Kavanaugh hearings, with everything from politics to plumbing thrown in. This will be my last big post before my week-long hiatus (during which, as I said, I’m sure something big will happen). Fear not, though, because

Pat Condell on the UK elite’s disgraceful response to Brexit

Posted on September 16, 2018September 16, 2018 by Bookworm

Pat Condell has an exceptionally clear view of the British elite’s shenanigans when it comes to circumventing Brexit — and what Brits are losing. I’ve had four people send me this Pat Condell video, and it really is worth watching. British people ought to be up in arms about what’s

“We’ll always have Paris.” No! Paris is dying, along with the rest of Europe.

Posted on August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 by Bookworm

Thanks to the European decision to invite in the Islamists, not only won’t we always have Paris, we won’t have the rest of Europe either. Europe is dying. Bruce Bawer, a gay American man who moved to Europe only to be mugged by Islamic reality, is a clear-headed thinker and

MASH opening screen shot suicide is painless

Culturally, there’s nothing painless about suicide

Posted on August 5, 2018August 5, 2018 by Bookworm

When a whole culture commits suicide, those holding the gun may imagine a future, but the victims of that “suicide” know better: dead is dead. Those of you who are a certain age might recognize the little cultural reference in my post title. It’s the theme song from M*A*S*H: Through

Israel uses social media to expose the corrupt Iran regime

Posted on July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 by Bookworm

Bibi Netanyahu releases another powerful video speaking directly to the Iranian people — and the world — about the corrupt Iran government. One of the complaints I’ve had for decades is that Israel utterly failed to understand that, in today’s world, it’s not enough to win a military victory; you

Do ordinary Americans take seriously the Left’s Russia hysteria?

Posted on July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 by Bookworm

After today’s meeting between Trump and Putin, Leftists have ratcheted their Russia hysteria up to level 12 out of 10. Do ordinary Americans care? I’m so old I can remember when Teddy Kennedy, the revered lion of the Senate, during the height of the Cold War asked the Soviets to intervene

Jews and how Germany had a short moment under a civilized sun

Posted on July 13, 2018July 13, 2018 by Bookworm

Germany, both past and present, is an object lesson in the way that treating Jews well allows a country to thrive and treating them badly kills a country. I’ve long said that the most successful countries are those that treat their Jews well. It’s not that Jews work some bizarre

Obama’s Marxist predestination v. Trump’s free will future

Posted on June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 by Bookworm

The video that Trump showed to Kim Jong Un is a direct challenge to Obama’s Marxist predestination; it promises the triumph of great men with free will. President Obama always had a lot to say about history. More specifically, he had a lot to say about future history. As Obama

Bookworm Beat 6/12/2018 — Trump Takes on The World illustrated edition

Posted on June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 by Bookworm

This illustrated edition is overflowing with the best takes on Trump’s triumphs at the G-7 and in Singapore. I am so loving the Trump presidency!

England goes totalitarian on Tommy Robinson #TommyRobinson #FreeTommy

Posted on May 26, 2018May 26, 2018 by Bookworm

England, once the cradle of liberty, summarily imprisoned Tommy Robinson for his daring to report on the trial of accused Muslim sex groomers. I have an unhealthy weakness for Britain’s Daily Mail, a crazy amalgam of news, gossip, and human interest. Right now, there’s a story playing out in England

President Trump, our behaviorist in chief, schools Kim Jong Un

Posted on May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 by Bookworm

Kim Jong Un’s temper tantrum upon mention of Libya was predictable, so I’m betting Trump put that out there on purpose to continue using behaviorism on Kim. Back in my kids’ pre-school days, one of the moms told a very funny story. She had been struggling to get her three-year-old