Nearly one-twelfth of U.S. history is now post-9/11. A fifth of a century ago … how has it been that long? … nineteen young men with apparently bad upbringings and a Wahhabi/Salafi Muslim vision of Muhammad in their hearts threw a tantrum that hurt an enormous number of people and permanently altered millions of lives. […]
Reflections on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Read More »
“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” (George Orwell, 1984) “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exist” (Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, as quoted in “Hannah Arendt On Standing Up
Defiant: Loudoun County school board passes Orwellian speech codes Read More »
The reason? Parents and other taxpayers dared to clap after a speaker’s comments. CAUSE FOR CONCERN The pushback from many LCPS parents and taxpayers today revolves around a recent sharp and severe leftward turn of the school board, buoyed by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, and accompanied by a growing sense by some that
The Loudoun County Public Schools Board Has Mutinied Read More »
One week after Election Day, 2020, the United States still have no official declaration of a projected winner of our presidential contest. However, this fact has not prevented the media from crowning a preferred victor: Joe Biden. And, many are insisting with great stridency that the rest of us fall in line. Beginning early Wednesday,
Democrats to America: “You’d better put some ice on that.” Read More »
The Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill this past Tuesday, February 11, 2020, to award Virginia’s delegates to the winner of the popular vote nationwide, regardless of who wins the contest in the state of Virginia. Supporters of the so-called “National Popular Vote” movement argue that the Electoral College is not fair, and
Does National Popular Vote sound good to you? Think again. Read More »
