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Conservatives Once Condemned Dropping of Hiroshima Bomb 0
- Education
- May 31, 2016
President Obama’s speech at Hiroshima on May 27 has predictably sparked much controversy. Without parsing it all, I suggest that the key message so many dislike is this: “Hiroshima teaches this truth: Technological progress without an equivalent progress in human institutions can doom us. The scientific revolution that led to the splitting of an atom
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A Jewish Gravedigger’s Eyewitness Account of Nazi Camps 0
- Culture
- May 31, 2016
According to History.com, June 1 is the anniversary of the first report of Hitler’s death camps. Curious to see what the report contained, I hunted up a copy and found one in Martin Gilbert’s book The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War. Gilbert prefaces the report by explaining
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Why Won’t Politicians Comment on Venezuelan Socialism?0
- Economics
- May 31, 2016
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), a leading presidential candidate, was asked to comment on several populist governments in South America believed to be in “serious trouble” economically. The question was put forward by Univision reporter León Krauze. “The socialist model in Venezuela has the country near collapse,” Krauze said. “Argentina, also Brazil. How do you
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8 Profound Quotes from Blaise Pascal 0
- May 31, 2016
1) “I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.” 2) “All men are almost led to believe not of proof, but by attraction.” 3) “It is a natural illness of man to think that he possesses the truth directly.” 4) “Men never do evil so completely
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What Critics of ‘Cultural Appropriation’ Are Missing 0
- Culture
- May 27, 2016
Just type the word “cultural” into a search engine and you’re likely to find the phrase ”cultural appropriation” at or near the top. Whether it’s a social justice warrior engaging in a hostile confrontation with a kid over his dreadlocks, or it’s a rant about how Justin Timberlake has “appropriated” black culture with his music,
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A Revolutionary’s Guide to Creating a Workers’ Paradise 0
- Education
- May 27, 2016
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (better known merely as Lenin) pulled off one of the most unlikely revolutions in history. The Marxist revolutionary was exiled from Russian in 1900 but returned in April 1917 shortly after Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne. By October he had formed an embryo government, causing members of Russia’s Provisional Government to
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