Biden Abusing Overstretched U.S. Military for Foreign Policy Incompetence
One of the topics that ought to come up at the Thursday Biden-Trump debate, but won’t, is the fate of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower, CVN-69.
Category: Feature
Florence/Tuscany Update
Bowing to popular demand, the program in October we are planning will be held in Tuscany. My current thinking is to stay for 3-4 days in Florence and Arezzo, and from those bases we shall visit a few smaller places. Possible destinations include Chiusi, Montepulciano, and Pistoia.
Trump Verdict Is ‘Revolutionary Justice’ for an ‘Enemy of the People’
In a People’s Democratic Revolution, if you are with the Revolution, then you can do anything you want without punishment: rob, rape, kill. If you are against the Revolution, you are an Enemy of the People and can be sent to the gulag or shot. It’s called Revolutionary Justice. It worked, because the Bolshiviks were in power for 74 years.
Matter Matter Matter, Part I
I am frequently asked, sometimes more than once a day, what I think of an article in a conservative magazine or some oracular pronouncement from the guru of the moment, whether the guru of the moment be Jordan Peterson or Bernard-Henri Lévy, Greg Mortenson (co-author of Three Cups of Tea) or Tucker Carlson, Bill Maher or Noam Chomsky. When I have something better to do, I dismiss the question by saying I have not read enough of the writer or guru to form an opinion.
Amoral Leftists Wallowing in Trump Trial’s Salacious Alleged Details
Those who most hate Trump and are wallowing in every alleged salacious detail are the most amoral in our society, beginning with being the biggest backers of abortion.
Siena: A Brief Account, I
If access to the sea determined the future of Pisa as a race of sailors and adventurers, Siena’s location in the arid mountains was equally significant. Despite the great beauty of the landscape, the fact is that Siena lacked water and was subject to serious droughts.
The Government We Deserve, Conclusion (at last!)
Suppose, per impossibile, we were to carry out an even more thoroughgoing plan of reform. You can fill in any impossible details and requirements that suits your fancy. Even if we were to gain the whole world, we would still be left with a population of some 300 million clueless lost souls, without any skill or knowledge that is not technical, with churches that are the enemy of Christ, with a commercial culture that is more morally degrading than heroin and methamphetamines.
The Prince: Persia, France, and the USSA
Machiavelli’s fourth chapter is devoted, at least ostensibly, to answering the question: Why did the Persians not rebel, after the death of Alexander the Great? The republican Machiavelli has a reasonable answer, but one that should be chilling to any American who can think dispassionately about his own country.
The Political Lynching of Josh Doggrell by Anne Wilson Smith
Most of our readers are familiar with Josh Doggrell, who has written several pieces for this website. He is among the last of a dying breed, the two-fisted Southern Christian who concedes nothing to the trends that are destroying the nation. Josh has written a book, which has been published by Shotwell Press.
A Plea to My Readers
Attentive reading has become a lost art like the production of stained class and the painting of frescoes. Part of careful reading is being careful not to draw conclusions before examining the evidence.
