2318 words See Part 1 of my review of the essay collection Barnes Against the Blackout. THE COLD WAR AND BEYOND In his 1954 essay “The Chickens of the Interventionist Liberals Have Come Home to Roost,” Harry Elmer Barnes introduces the idea of the “totalitarian liberal.” Such men (as exemplified by Arthur Schlessinger Jr.) distinguished […]
2424 words “In short, there is no unique or special case against Nazi barbarism and horrors unless one assumes that it is far more wicked to exterminate Jews than to massacre Gentiles. While this latter value judgment appears to have become rather generally accepted in the Western world since 1945, I am personally still quaint […]
Once again, historian and conservative pundit Victor Davis Hanson feels the need to play whack-a-mole with World War II revisionism. Whenever it rears its ugly mug in mainstream society—often thanks to a free-thinking guest on Tucker Carlson’s podcast—Hanson dutifully reinforces the official, government-approved account of how the United States entered the war. According to the […]
2314 Words Prior to the brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska by a Black man on August 22nd, 2025, there was much talk about “black fatigue.” According to the Urban Dictionary, “black fatigue” refers to the “deep mental exhaustion from being forced to care about Black people and their actions 24/7”[1]—an understandable state of mind for […]
2999 Words Last month Tucker Carlson had chemistry professor David Collum on his podcast to discuss Collum’s original takes on a host of topics. These include the Hunter Biden laptop, the origin of COVID, the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the Diddy Trial, Q-Anon, and many others. A fascinating discussion. Fairly soon, however, a theme emerged—all […]
Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad Gordon Thomas St. Martin’s Griffin, 1999 3460 Words I am wholly unqualified to assess Gordon Thomas’ 1999 work Gideon’s Spies as a history of Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad. Not only did I know little about the topic going in, but, given the murky and sensitive nature of […]
K.M. Breakey Britain on the Brink Independently published “They say I’m radicalized,” said Ozzie, as if reading Jack’s mind. “Bollocks. I’m de-programmed, that’s all. I see the world as it is. I’m no bloody criminal. I’m a patriot who’s had enough.” *** Serial fiction has always been a great way to preserve not just characters […]
