Archive for September, 2011
Am I a Threat to National Security?
Find out who the FBI’s most-wanted is, and which magazine they’re reading.
Serbia Betrayed by Her Leaders
Talking to CKCU 93.1FM in Ottawa, Dr. Srdja Trifkovic considers the extraordinary readiness of the government in Belgrade to compromise Serbia’s national and state interests in order to demonstrate its subservience to the “international community.”
The Jobs Go Out Like the Tide, Continued
Wednesday, at a meeting with Hispanic activists, President Obama vowed to keep pushing for what he calls “comprehensive immigration reform.” The “reform” Obama wants is one that will enable illegal immigrants to become legal residents, and that will place no meaningful obstacle in the way of others who want to join them. Obama’s comments would [...]
More on Daily Mail
I have posted two more columns on “RightMinds,” the online Daily Mail’s commentary section. One is on Perry and one is on Gingrich. I invite and welcome comments.
Past and Future President Putin
Last Saturday, at United Russia’s congress, the ruling duumvirate of President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin finally ended the uncertainty of some months’ standing. Putin first asked Medvedev to head United Russia’s list at next December’s Duma election. Accepting the offer, Medvedev proposed that United Russia nominate Putin as its presidential candidate in March 2012.
Idling in Siracusa
Siracusa: Sunday, 25 September 2011 We’ve been in Siracusa since Friday evening. My wife, Christopher Check, and I, accompanied by our young friend and board member Mark Atkins, are checking out the site of our next Winter School, and there is so much to do: so many ancient ruins to check out, so many medieval churches [...]
My New Blog
The commentary editor of the online edition of The Daily Mail has invited me to contribute a blog several times a week. Once he wakes up and realizes his terrible mistake, the blog may be gone with the wind a lot sooner and more permanently than the Confederacy. So, if you are interested, read it [...]
Getting Real Again
Monday, September 19 The big noise is, again, President Obama’s job’s plan that will require a tax on the rich, the so-called “Buffet Plan.” Now, I’d be ticked pink if all the Warren Buffets of America could be taxed out of their dirty business. What has Mr. Buffet ever manufactured, what has he ever done [...]
An Open Letter to National Public Radio
Kudos to the Morning Edition staff! I have been an NPR listener almost from the beginning, and while I am constantly impressed by the errors and distortions that pepper your reporting on literature and history, I must confess that even I was bowled over by Robert Krulwich’s conversation with Stephen Greenblatt on the subject of the Roman poet Lucretius. In only a few minutes Prof. Greenblatt managed to get just about everything wrong except for the fact that Lucretius lived 2000 years ago.
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