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What Americans Can Learn From this 1940s Anti-Nazi Film Going Viral (Video)0
- Culture
- August 18, 2017
The same day neo-Nazis and antifascists clashed in Charlottesville, Michael Oman-Reagan shared on Twitter a 1940s short-film titled “Don’t Be A Sucker.” The film, produced by the U.S. War Department in 1943, depicts an ornery bigot on a soap box seeking to enlist fellow Americans to his cause while denouncing Catholics, blacks, immigrants, and other groups. Oman-Reagan,
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Our Information Society is Not Yielding More Knowledge 0
- Culture
- August 18, 2017
In today’s world, modern celebrities and artists seem to be primarily concerned with their image and whether or not it is aligned with the politically correct thought of the day. It is for this reason that it’s easy to sit up and take note when a celebrity actually goes against the grain of today’s conventional
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True Heroes are Disappearing from Society. Why?0
- Culture
- August 17, 2017
As history buffs around the world will know, 2017 marks the one hundredth anniversary of U.S. entry into World War I. In recognition of this anniversary, my state’s history center is currently sponsoring an exhibit on the lead-up to the war, America’s part in it, and the aftermath. I had the fun of exploring this
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Eliminating Down Syndrome Children Is Not Something to Be Proud Of 0
- Culture
- August 17, 2017
This week, the CBS News program “On Assignment” included a long feature on what it described as the near eradication of Down syndrome in Iceland. As the story unfolded, viewers learned of the impact of genetic screening and abortion on a countrywide scale. On that tiny island, known to people mostly for its geothermal pools
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Five Ways the Charlottesville Marches Backfired 0
- Culture
- August 17, 2017
It’s a rule of social and political movements that they cannot fully control the outcome of their efforts. Actions cause reactions, many of them unanticipated and certainly unintended. This is because no group, no matter how powerful, can control the human minds of others not part of their cause. This is why so many movements
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Slavery is Still With Us, and It’s More Widespread and Profitable than Ever 0
- Culture
- August 17, 2017
A few years ago I went to a lecture by the Right Honourable The Baroness Cox, of Queensbury. She spoke about her charitable work in many of the most dangerous areas of the world and in particular about the redeeming of slaves in Sudan. What struck me at the time was her comment that not only
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What Americans Can Learn From this 1940s Anti-Nazi Film Going Viral (Video)0