Iris Chang began her introduction to The Rape of Nanking with: The Chronicle of humankind's cruelty to fellow humans is a long and sorry tale. But if it is true that even in such horror tales there are degrees of ruthlessness, then few atrocities in world history compare in intensity and scale to the Rape …
Month: December 2023
Looking Back a Dozen Years – Death of a Contrarian
Twelve years ago tomorrow morning I posted on my member diary page at that long ago lost (and nearly perfect) version of RedState about the passing of Christopher Hitchens. (That post from a much younger me is created below in its original from.) As of that posting, his Why Orwell Matters had already sent me …
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Midnight in the Republic – Mock Justice and Judicial Shame
I believe this belongs under my old "Midnight in the Republic" series***. So that is where it will go... Madam Althouse directed us to the following passage earlier this week. It comes from an interview posted under the title Derek Chauvin Did Not Murder George Floyd. You should go read that link in its entirety …
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A Nagging Disconnect…
The following is the third of three posts published directly to the legacy site over the last two months. (That is a bad habit that I need to get away from once again.) This one was from November 27, 2023: …that seems to be begging for a larger post. The following two bits of information keep (almost) …
Given Enough Time, Most Candidates Eventually Prove Unworthy of my Vote. Today’s Entry is…
The following is the second of three posts published directly to the legacy site over the last two months. (That is a bad habit that I need to get away from once again.) This one was from November 14, 2023: Nikki Haley Calls to Outlaw Anonymous Social Media Accounts in Troubling Comments When I get into office, …
Observing the Threshold Between ‘Merely Useless’ and ‘Actually Harmful’
The following is the first of three posts published directly to the legacy site over the last two months. (That is a bad habit that I need to get away from once again.) This one was from November 10, 2023: Much has been said here already this week about our times and the relevant event …
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