“They had found a leader, Robert E. Lee — and what a leader! … No military leader since Napoleon has aroused such enthusiastic devotion among troops as did Lee when he reviewed them on his horse Traveller.” So wrote Samuel Eliot Morison in his magisterial “The Oxford History of the… CONTINUE
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First They Came For the Statues
As you know, a statue was destroyed this week in Durham, North Carolina. The monument of a soldier was not dedicated to anyone in particular, but symbolized young men who fought for the Confederacy. It was pulled down and then stomped on by a crew of radical leftists, identified by… CONTINUE
Sarah Silverman Stung By 11 Killer ‘Alt Left’ Burns
Sarah Silverman prides herself on being woke. Well informed? That’s another matter. The far-left comic fired off a surly Tweet Wednesday that echoed the mainstream media narrative about the “Alt-Left.” To sum up the media groupthink … what’s that? It’s almost as if we haven’t seen a steady flow of anger,… CONTINUE
If We Erase Our History, Who Are We?
When the Dodge Charger of 20-year-old Nazi sympathizer James Alex Fields Jr., plunged into that crowd of protesters Saturday, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer, Fields put Charlottesville on the map of modernity alongside Ferguson. Before Fields ran down the protesters, and then backed up, running down more, what was happening seemed… CONTINUE
Sometimes the Good Guys Win
I am writing this column to inform readers of some good news. The sustained efforts of individuals, organizations and the media who oppose everything people like me stand for — America as an exceptional nation among the nations of the world; the unique contribution of the Judeo-Christian value system in… CONTINUE
Trump’s Willingness to Call out the Enemy…Sometimes
In October of last year, then Candidate Trump said in a presidential debate, “To solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the problem is or at least say the name.” He was referring to President Obama’s well-documented reluctance to use the phrase “radical Islamic terrorists” when speaking of… CONTINUE
Is the American Empire Worth the Price?
“When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight,” Samuel Johnson observed, “it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” And the prospect of a future where Kim Jong Un can put a nuclear weapon on a U.S. city is going to cause this nation to reassess the risks and… CONTINUE
Democrats and Their Waters Problem
The Republican Party should be in big trouble. President Trump’s approval rating is somewhere in the 30s and the Republican-dominated Congress hasn’t passed any major legislation. So while it’s premature to look ahead to next year’s midterms, most analysts give Democrats a reasonable chance of retaking the House. The Senate,… CONTINUE