Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Biden’s crimes dominated the past week, but I’ve got other stuff here, too, everything from stupid and evil leftism to Republican fecklessness and more.
Continue reading
The latest fad to fight the canard of global warming is using the Consumer Product Safety Commission to declare gas stoves unsafe and to ban them by regulation with the force of law. This is not by a vote of our elected representatives and thus should never happen. The other
Continue reading
Holiday & Observances: Martyrdom of King Charles I of England Major Events: Execution of Charles I, Hitler appointed Chancellor, Ghandi assassinated, Tet Offensive Notable Events: Cromwell’s head on a spike, Eighty Years War, 47 Ronin, Attempted assassination of Andrew Jackson, Extermination of the Kulaks, MLK Jr. Bombing Incident Born: Franklin
Continue reading
The 11th Day of Christmas, Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, The Rump Parliament Votes to Put The King on Trial, The Fabian Society, Roman Civil War, Vikings, Seven Years War, Russo-Turkish War, Crazy Nancy named Speaker, and More. Holidays and Observances on January 4 11th Day of Christmas Feast
Continue reading
Today: Festivus, Washington Resigns, Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Glorious Revolution, Fed. Reserve Act, Transistors, John Jay, AK-47, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on December 23 The Great O’s – The last of the “Great O’s” of Advent, (see explanation on Dec. 17) celebrated today is
Continue reading
Today: Hannibal at the Battle of Trebia; Cromwell and the Jews; Lincoln & the 13th Am., Verdun, Charles Wesley, Stalin, The Nutcracker Ballet And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Dec. 18 The Great O’s – The 2nd of the “Great O’s” of the Advent (see explanation on
Continue reading
Today: The Boston Tea Party leads to a Revolution, King Henry VI of England . . .and France, English Bill of Rights of 1689, Hans Bol, Beethoven, Christmas Music And More . . . Major Events on Dec. 16 1773 – Boston Tea Party makes the American Revolution virtually inevitable
Continue reading
Today: Slavery, Dunmore’s Proclamation, Small Pox & The Ethiopian Regiment in the Revolutionary War; England’s Glorious Revolution; Lutefisk; John Milton; Christmas Music . . . AND MORE . . .
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays on December 8 Holidays & Observances on December 8 The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is held on this day to celebrate the belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary — i.e., that from the moment of her birth,
Continue reading
A look at some of the history and holidays on December 6 Holidays & Observances on December 6 Feast of St Nicholas – Yes, Virginia, there is a St. Nickolaus . . . and his feast day is today. The Santa Claus we associate with Christmas is a melding of
Continue reading
A college student’s essay about ethnic food in America is a depressing window into the fact that American colleges don’t educate, they “un-educate.” Several hours ago, I sat down to write a post about religion and culture. I got as far as picking a title for my post when I
Continue readingSometimes we’re lucky to end up with a super brilliant friend who has the gift of making complex information accessible (sort of like Thomas Sowell). My brilliant friend is Wolf Howling, who has spent the last few years delving deeply into the American Revolution and its causes. He wrote here
Continue readingMy sister and I got to talking yesterday about Richard III. He was, she said, a decent king during his two years and his administration was terribly maligned by subsequent Tudor historians and, especially, Shakespeare. She’s right. Contemporaneous records show that he was a good leader up in his home
Continue reading