Tag: Tyranny

Yes, it’s time for my annually revamped Passover post

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Bookworm

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.

Bookworm Beat 1/21/22 — the “everything’s spinning out of control” illustrated edition

Posted on January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 by Bookworm

Two 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?

Sic semper tyrannis: They fear the people and Neil Oliver explains why

Posted on September 26, 2021 by Bookworm

Sic 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

John Hayward says what needs to be said about the Jan. 6 show trial

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Bookworm

Whether 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

Take my liberty so I can avoid death

Posted on July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 by Bookworm

Modern 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

Is There Any Sort of Silver Lining?

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Wolf Howling

If 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

For Passover this year, China will take Pharaoh’s role

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 by Bookworm

The 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

History, Holidays & Observances on January 20: Martin Luther King Day

Posted on January 20, 2020January 19, 2020 by Wolf Howling

Holiday & 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

NYT: Impeachment rightfully gives losers tyranny over winners

Posted on December 20, 2019December 25, 2019 by Bookworm

At 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

History, Holidays & Observances on December 16

Posted on December 16, 2019December 23, 2019 by Wolf Howling

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

History, Holidays & Observances on December 9

Posted on December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 by Wolf Howling

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 . . .

What’s the real story behind Right Wing and Left Wing in America?

Posted on November 24, 2019July 8, 2023 by Bookworm

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

Passover: the nature of tyranny never changes but freedom is worth the fight

Posted on April 19, 2019January 8, 2020 by Bookworm

Passover 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

With Donald Trump paying homage to the Second Amendment, let’s remember why it matters.

Posted on April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 by Bookworm

Donald 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

Tyrants do not care about their people’s suffering; only about their own

Posted on April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 by Bookworm

I 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,