Yes, it’s time for my annually revamped Passover post
Every year for Passover, I write a post describing the general principles but with a different person standing in as Pharoah. This year, Biden again gets the Egyptian crown.
Continue readingConservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Every year for Passover, I write a post describing the general principles but with a different person standing in as Pharoah. This year, Biden again gets the Egyptian crown.
Continue readingTwo years ago, when we memed about the 15-day lockdown, did you guess that it would end with our being a bankrupt tyranny governed by a moron?
Continue readingSic semper tyrannis (“thus always to tyrants”) means tyranny gets punished. Neil Oliver says that today’s tyrants know this and are worried. The same friend who wrote me the letter about life in modern England included a link to a statement from Neil Oliver about the fear he sees in
Continue readingWhether it’s the fascist show trial in the House or the political prisoners in D.C. jails, John Hayward explains what’s really going on. I write all the time but sometimes I can’t reach the things that are really important. The ideas fly around my brain in inchoate fashion but I
Continue readingModern society’s ability to stave off death and pain has (counterintuitively) made us a weaker people, more vulnerable to tyranny. I was discussing with Wolf Howling the horrors of 18th century warfare. War, of course, is always hell. It’s sold to young men as a wonder of dashing uniforms and
Continue readingIf there is a silver lining to our national debacle, I don’t see it. Do you? It is almost 1 a.m. here on the East coast and it appears that the Georgia Senate election is over. This from Andrea Widburg at American Thinker: . . . [T]he vote has been
Continue readingThe Passover story provides us with deep insights into the nature of tyranny. This year, China’s tyranny is the subject of my annual Passover post. For roughly 3,500 years, Jews have been telling and retelling the story of Passover — which is also the story of the world’s first revolt
Continue readingHoliday & Observances: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Major Events: Montfort’s Parliament & Representative Democracy Notable Events: Pope St. Fabian, Charles I tried for treason, tyranny, Hong Kong Island, motion pictures, Wannsee Conference, Harry Truman’s foreign aid, Angus Deaton, Sudan, Sharia Law, Born: Richard Henry Lee, Clarice Cliff Died: David
Continue readingAt the NYT, hard Leftist Michelle Goldberg explains that impeachment offsets the tyranny of the Electoral College, giving losers their rightful victory. You’ve probably had your fill about impeachment. You’ve read the articles about its being a kabuki farce, about Pelosi’s unconstitutional quid pro quo demands on the Senate, about
Continue readingToday: 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 readingToday: 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 readingIn 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
Continue readingPassover tells us that tyrants fall only when revolution affects them directly and that revolutions are successful only when focused on individual liberty. Passover, which begins tonight, is about so many things: the Jewish people’s renewed covenant with God; their escape from slavery; the journey that ended with the Ten
Continue readingDonald Trump told the NRA that “The eight-year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has come to a crashing end.” Here’s why the promise matters. Donald Trump spoke today at the National Rifle Association’s 2017 Leadership Forum. While it’s clear that he’s not necessarily up on the finer details of
Continue readingI first published a Passover post in March 2010, when Iran was in the news because of the Green Revolution. The Mullah’s tyranny resonated with me as I thought about the Passover story. But there’s tyranny in the world every year — in ISIS territory, in North Korea, in Cuba,
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