Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Today: British opposition grows to the American Revolution, Marconi makes the first transatlantic radio signal, the Paris Climate Agreement is signed, the First Crusade is fought, 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,
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A look at some of the history and holidays on December 7 Holidays & Observances on December 7 Pearl Harbor Day — The U.S. and Japan were in ongoing peace negotiations when, at 7:48 AM Hawaii time on this day in 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack
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In America, the term Right Wing is misused to imply that conservative Americans are fascists lusting for world domination; in fact, the opposite is true. Irrelevant intro: As my regular readers (to whom I am endlessly grateful) know, I was away from my blog for some time caring for a
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In this Bookworm Podcast, I examine how the term “Right Wing” is misused to imply that conservative Americans are fascists lusting for world domination. My latest podcast is up and running. You can listen to it through the audio embed below, or at LibSyn, or through Apple Podcasts. Also — and this
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays on November 21 Holidays & Observances On November 21 Feast of Pope Saint Gelasius I, a late 5th century Pontiff and the last of North African origin. As the Catholic Encyclopedia writes of him: Though pope but for four years and a half,
Continue readingA look at some of the history, holidays & observances on November 16 Holidays and Observances on November 16 Celebration of an icon of the Catholic Church in Lithuania, a near 400 year old artwork, Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn, canonically crowned by the Church in 1927 as
Continue readingAn eclectic survey of this day in history Holidays On 10 November Birthday of the United States Marine Corps, established in 1775 at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas. Christian Feast of the Lübeck martyrs, three Catholic and one Lutheran Priest executed on this date in 1943 for their
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AG Barr recently spoke eloquently on religious liberty. Progressive legal analyst Jeffery Toobin vomited canards and bald assertions in response. In a speech at Notre Dame Law School on October 11, Attorney General William Barr asserted that government needs to prioritize protecting religious freedom. To summarize briefly, Barr observed that
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Sadly, not only Leftists, but beleaguered working and lower middle class voters will like the Bernie promise to make their lives safer and easier. Monica Showalter of American Thinker, is one of the most astute political bloggers out there. Nevertheless, I believe her conservative outlook caused her to make a
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In addition to being an obvious effort to sow racial discord in America, the 1619 Project is based upon false, shoddy, and uninformed “scholarship.” Let’s take a deeper dive than I did yesterday into the evil of Project 1619. Let’s take a look at the work of two academics who
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Not only is she a squirrely character, Elizabeth Warren’s plans are openly socialist — and socialism’s history proves how dangerous this is for Americans. (If you prefer listening to reading, the companion podcast is embedded below, or you can listen to it at Libsyn or at Apple podcasts. I’m trying
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We are in the 7th decade of a slo-mo socialist revolution in America, but there are signs it will be followed by a successful Second American Revolution. One of my favorite books is Daddy-Long-Legs, an epistolary novel that Jean Webster wrote in 1912. The letter writer is Judy Abbott, a
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With Alabama’s abortion law now more in line with Europe’s laws than America’s, Americans Progressives are going crazy — plus other good political posters.
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Universal Basic Income is the touchstone of this illustrated edition, but there’s more, such as socialism, Bernie, Biden, gender, immigration, and avocados. This will be an illustrated edition, but I first want to say a few words about Democrat presidential candidate Andrew Yang and his Universal Basic Income idea. Before
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