Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
If only Harry and Meghan, whey they complete their divorce from the royal family, would follow Edward III and Wallis Simpson, and sink into deserved oblivion Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, I would have cared deeply about what’s been going on in England. I grew up
Continue reading
Today: New Years Eve, 7th Day of Christmas, St. Sylvester, East India Company, American Invasion of Canada, Migration Period, James I the Conqueror, Reconquista, Arthur Guinness, Marshall Plan, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Lord Cornwallis, Pax Romana, John Wycliffe, and More Holidays and Observances on December 31 Today is the 7th Day
Continue reading
Today: Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe, Japan commits the Rape of Nanking, the EU conducts a coup with the Lisbon Treaty, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Dec. 13 Acadian Remembrance Day – Acadia was a sizable area of French settlements in coastal Canada
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 readingI have categories for saving images. Two are “stupid Leftists” and “silly stuff.” Sometimes I can’t tell them apart. This post illustrates that fact.
Continue readingI 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
Continue readingMy friend Bruce Kesler served with the Marines in Vietnam. He urges people to read two recent books about Vietnam. Oscar Wilde characterized foxhunting as “The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable.” It’s a perfect epigram that takes an elegant swipe at the British hunters, not the foxes they hunted.
Continue reading