The Deep State: A Landmine That Might Blow Up
Here’s another must-read post from Victor Davis Hanson, from National Review entitled “The Trump Land Mine.” After the 2016 election, the so-called deep state was confident that it had the power...
View ArticleGlobalization: The Dream and the Nightmare
Here I was, posting Jonathan Haidt’s commentary on Globalization, and I turned to American Greatness, and conveniently, there was Victor Davis Hanson, writing even more extensively about globalization....
View ArticleAbsolutely Brilliant!
We’ve all seen this many, many times, but failed to recognize the potential for real humor. I don’t know who did it, but just noticing was brilliant. Love it. Also in the news was the fact that some...
View ArticleWars Are To Be Won, They are Not Playing Fields For Theorists
It was seventy three years ago today. There are few left who remember at first hand, and even new recruits who were 20 then would be 93 today. Victor Davis Hanson remarked a while ago, that history is...
View ArticleAn Historic Timeline: Leaving Out Quite a Bit
I am fond of making timelines for my own information, to help me understand the order in which things happened, which it turns out, matters. Here’s one: The Norman Invasion, Battle of Hastings 1066 :...
View ArticleThe Differences between the Political Parties Couldn’t be Clearer.
I posted this piece in November of 2013, and not all that much has changed. What is the difference between Republicans and Democrats? I suspect that most people don’t really know. Republicans are...
View ArticleThe Timetables of History
1933 – An Unusual Year Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States dies Edouard Daladier becomes Premier of France Adolph Hitler appointed German Chancellor U.S.Congress votes independence for...
View Articlepearl harbor and the legacy of carl vinson
U.S. Navy Photo: USS Carl Vinson Seventy-seven years ago on December 7, 1941, carrier planes from the Imperial Japanese fleet attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in a surprise attack on the home of the U.S....
View ArticlePearl Harbor Day December 7, 1941 — 77 Years Ago
Japanese Diplomat Toshikazu Kase, who was part of the official delegation surrendering to General Douglas MacArthur, above, on the deck of the battleship Missouri, wrote about the surrender: Here is...
View ArticlePatrick Moore, the Sensible Environmentalist
Patrick Moore was one of the founders of Greenpeace, and deeply interested in saving the world’s whales when Japan was increasing their interest in whaling. Japanese whalers have for many years...
View ArticleSame Old, Same Old Rush Hour Struggle to Get to Work on Time!
A couple of days into the New Year, and in spite of all the hype, things don’t seem all that much different, or do they? Back to the same old battles with the morning rush to get to work on time. But...
View ArticleThe Most Famous War Picture in U.S. History
It was 75 years ago that the Yanks raised the flag on Iwo Jima Isle, on the top of Mt. Suribachi, the island’s most strategic peak, and as the song of the time goes, “there were tears in their hearts...
View ArticleHere’s What the World Health Organization Has to Say:
I am trying to keep up with worldwide reports, especially after learning of the dreadful case of Italy who lost so many elderly people, so I checked in with the World Health Organization (WHO), and...
View ArticleReading for Pure Pleasure, Or How to Get Lost in a Book
I recommended a few books a few days ago to add to your knowledge. There are many kinds of reading, thrillers, histories, mysteries, westerns and romances, among others. If you are still locked down,...
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