Monthly Archives: June 2008

It’s the Fourth of July again, the 232nd birthday of our country. Many other countries have a holiday, which marks in some way the beginning of their history as a nation. In the older nations of Europe, it is often … Continue reading →

Musings on a divisive issue. Abortion, is the issue that just won’t go away, no matter how much we wish it would. I remember saying in a class with a majority of young women once, “Why the hell are our … Continue reading →

Where do Noam Chomsky, William F. Buckley, Barbara Ehrenreich, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn and George P. Schultz find common ground? On what controversial issue do they all agree? And what does it say that these public intellectuals, coming from such … Continue reading →

In 1991, just before I left Oklahoma to go to Poland to teach English in a new “non-public” high school (only in the post-communist world does that term make sense), a friend of mine said, “Why do I get the … Continue reading →

Victor Davis Hanson reviews – unfavorably, Pat Buchannan’s book Churchill, Hitler and ‘The Unnecessary War’: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World here: http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson060908.html Buchanan responds here: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PatrickJBuchanan/2008/06/13/the_good_war_and_the_terrible_peace?page=2 I haven’t read Buchannan’s book, however you can … Continue reading →

*Oh Canada! “Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don’t give it any value.” —Canadian “Human Rights” Investigator Dean Steacy, responding to the question “What value do you give freedom of speech when you investigate?” *Dear Abby There … Continue reading →

I got a new computer for my birthday. Trouble is, it’s the same computer I’ve owned for the past three years. But it is new in all essential respects. Computers don’t have many mechanical parts to wear out, so it … Continue reading →