Category Archives: Social Science & History

A war like no other

I have just finished a long conversation with some of the greatest figures in the history of Western Civilization. Over the past month I listened with rapt attention to tales of battles on land and sea, of political intrigues, the … Continue reading

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What’s the appeal of Trump?

I don’t care for Donald Trump. I think he’s a blustering blowhard whose loud mouth covers his screaming insecurity. I haven’t like him since I saw him diss his first wife Ivana in an interview. He’s had three beautiful wives, … Continue reading

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The appeal of socialism: part 1

“It’s hard to believe that the United States, having resisted the siren song of socialism during its entire 20th century heyday, should suddenly succumb to its charms a generation after its intellectual demise.” -Charles Krauthammer Well it has come to … Continue reading

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Modern Witchcraft

I have an announcement to make, I am not a rapist. Wow! Aren’t you glad to hear that? How about you? Are you a rapist? “Heck no!” I hear you say, indignantly. Oh you’re just saying that. Maybe you even … Continue reading

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Robert Conquest R.I.P.

He is gone where savage indignation can no longer lacerate his heart. Go traveler, imitate him if you can. He served liberty. (Rather free translation from Latin of Jonathan Swift’s epitaph.) George Robert Acworth Conquest, CMG, OBE, FBA, FAAAS, FRSL, … Continue reading

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Outlaws!

This Sunday saw a pitched battle between two motorcycle gangs in the parking lot of a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas, which left nine dead and 18 wounded. The good news is there were no bystanders harmed. The bad … Continue reading

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Fabulators

On Monday Secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department Robert A. McDonald, apologized for falsely claiming last month that he had served in the US Army Special Forces. This happened in a conversation with a homeless veteran in Los Angeles and … Continue reading

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Ebola

The first ebola cases have been found in the U.S. but the government is assuring us there is no reason to panic, about a disease with a greater than 70 percent mortality rate. We’d better not panic, this is a … Continue reading

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Fathers

Well after a wild and well-spent weekend, both my kids are home sick. I’d promised my little girl that Saturday we could go to Thermopolis, Wyoming. Thermopolis as the name suggests, is a town built around natural hot springs. My … Continue reading

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A voice from the past, an American internee

A few days ago I interviewed a lady, Eva Nakamura Kuwata. Now 80-years-old she was a former internee at Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming. She was invited back to be advisor-in-residence at the camp for 2014. When she was … Continue reading

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