All Quiet On the Western Front

Late in life I have made it my goal to educate myself in the great literature of western civilization. So I am reading the stories we never got to in high school or college English: the writings of Homer, Cervantes, Tolstoy, and the like. Yesterday I just finished...

What is less than human?

When President Trump made a statement about immigrant gang members being “animals” the U.S. Media went wild with criticism. Of course, their rationale was political and their goal was to paint the President as a racist. The President was still wrong in his...

A Tale of Two Albums

In my research sometimes I discover things on my way to looking up other items. The other day I discovered the stories and photos of two albums. Both contained photographs of people at Auschwitz in 1944. One was an album of SS guards, officers, and women, all relaxing...

The Green Book

The other day my wife and I went to go see the movie “The Green Book.” It was in the dollar theater by this time (you know, the kind of theater where you bring your own chair..yes we are cheapskates). Anyway, we were surprised to see the place fill up with...

Just a glitch? Now Drudge is Gone

Is it just a technical error, or perhaps a message being sent? Or is it something much more? It appears that Apple has decided to kill the Drudge Report mobile app. If you have an iPhone, you don’t get access to Drudge on a mobile app any longer. Tough luck. Why...

Executed Without A Trial

Recently I came across a horrible story from our nation’s past. At first I wondered if it were really true (so much on the internet is myth, you know). But the more I looked it up, the more the story was confirmed. In 1891 Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana...