In 409 AD, the Visigoth King Alaric began a siege that would lead to the sacking of Rome. It was the first time in 800 years that Rome had been occupied by a foreign army. Alaric didn’t stay long, choosing to move further south into Italy to continue sacking and pillaging. But another Germanic tribe,…
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The Trump Bible Effect?
In 1517 Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in Wittenberg, Germany, criticizing what he considered to be corrupt practices of the Roman Catholic Church. This event would cause ripple effects in Western Civilization that are still being felt today. From the middle of the 16th century through World War I, the European royal lineages were…
Continue ReadingIs Donald Trump a Fascist?
One of the favorite narratives of left leaning media personalities is that Donald Trump is a Nazi Fascist determined to make himself America’s dictator-for-life. He does make it easy for them to paint this picture of him. Language he uses to describe illegal immigrants is not unlike Hitler’s language describing non-Aryans, especially Jews. He enjoys…
Continue ReadingImitation is Flattery
Whenever a sports team becomes dominant in its league, other teams seek to figure out the secret sauce and replicate it. When the San Francisco 49ers began to execute what they called the “West Coast offense” in the 1980s and went on to win three Super Bowl championships that decade, we began to see multiple…
Continue ReadingSome thoughts on Anti-Semitism and Islamaphobia
The Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 began another war between Israel and representatives of the Islamic world. This conflict goes all the way back to the 7th century when Muhammed began to attract followers in Mecca and Medina in what is today western Saudi Arabia. What makes this conflict a little different is…
Continue ReadingIs Ron DeSantis Right?
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida and the University System of Florida recently banned a student group called Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The pro-Palestinian group has shown solidarity with Hamas in its conflict with Israel. It has also been organizing anti-Israel protests at universities across the U.S. Is cancelling this group the correct approach?…
Continue ReadingThe Politics of Drugs and Guns
I always enjoy discovering that a political party’s platform includes obvious contradictions. The most obvious is abortion v. capital punishment. The Republican base tends to be pro-life, but pro-capital punishment. The Democrat base tends to abhor capital punishment, but is staunchly pro-choice. Life is precious…sometimes. I’ve recently come to realize that positions on 2nd Amendment…
Continue ReadingShould Biden Be Impeached?
Peter Zeihan, one of my favorite podcasters, recently roasted Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, for holding up military promotions over his objections to a new military policy related to abortion care. Tuberville probably deserves the criticism he’s facing for that stubborn stance. However, Tuberville’s response to questions about…
Continue ReadingWhy AOC is right
I rarely agree with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Her economic philosophies based in Marxist principles are antithetical to what I believe to be the better path to increasing wealth for all. Nonetheless, More Spock attempts to avoid the Halo-Horns effect. Meaning if a person you like is right about one thing, they are right about everything (Halo)…
Continue ReadingThe New Counter-Culture?
In a previous blog, Irony and Free Speech Movements, I noted that intolerance primarily came from the political right during the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s, but over the past few decades, it has been the political left that has exhibited the most aggressive forms of intolerance. Lenny Bruce, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson and…
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