The FBI Raid: Pearl Harbor or a version of the Reichstag fire?
Will the FBI’s raid result in the constitutional version of America’s response to Pearl Harbor or the German response to the Reichstag fire?
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Will the FBI’s raid result in the constitutional version of America’s response to Pearl Harbor or the German response to the Reichstag fire?
Continue readingToday: Pope Damasus organizes the Bible in 382; Britain conquers Jerusalem; Alcoholics Anonymous; Nazi Germany does FDR a favor and declares war on the U.S.; Christmas Music . . . And more . . .
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays on December 8 Holidays & Observances on December 8 The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is held on this day to celebrate the belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary — i.e., that from the moment of her birth,
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays on December 7 Holidays & Observances on December 7 Pearl Harbor Day — The U.S. and Japan were in ongoing peace negotiations when, at 7:48 AM Hawaii time on this day in 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack
Continue readingWe remember Pearl Harbor, not just because it was an infamous attack on a peaceful nation, but because it marked the start of America’s world dominance. Today, we “remember Pearl Harbor,” the day on which the Japanese launched an unprovoked attack again the United States, killing 2,335 Americans serving in
Continue readingI know it happened last week, but I’m still processing Obama’s visit to Hiroshima. There are three things I want to share with you, starting with the Leftist take and then leaving the gutter and heading for the high ground, where intelligence and morality live. The Leftist take revealed itself in a
Continue readingThe migraine is fading, helped by a surprise three-hour nap, and my energy is returning. Yay!!! Now I can blog: Was losing good for Ted Cruz? I was really in it to win it for Ted Cruz. I continue to think he is the most principled conservative in American politics.
Continue readingThis is my fifth attempt just today to write something for my blog. The family’s needs are comprehensive, to say the least. Since I have a small window of time here, let me get right to it: Best sentence of 2014 NRO’s Kevin Williamson wasn’t too much on my radar
Continue readingA rising San Francisco tech yuppie said what all the hard-working young San Franciscans think about the homeless and derelicts who swarm San Francisco’s streets but that none dare to say aloud. (I remember well the quiet grumbling about the homeless back in my young days as a downtown yuppie,
Continue readingLet’s remember Pearl Harbor because of the 2,402 Americans killed there. Let’s remember Pearl Harbor because it catapulted us into an incredibly bloody war for dominance over the Pacific. Let’s remember Pearl Harbor because, within a few days, Hitler also declared war on America, so that America found herself a
Continue readingThe generation that experienced the attack on Pearl Harbor is fading away, which makes it all the more important that we remember Pearl Harbor. Regular readers know that we’ve always taken the attack on Pearl Harbor very seriously in my family, because it marked the beginning of Japan’s assault against
Continue readingBack in 2004, entirely coincidentally, I ended up at the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., on the same morning that veterans of the Battle of the Bulge had gathered for a reunion. Some got there under their own steam. Many, though, were on walkers or in wheelchairs. They were so
Continue readingLast night, I went to the Annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Dinner hosted by the San Francisco Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States. It was, as I knew it would be, a significantly smaller event than the annual Midway Commemoration dinner. That’s reasonable, because the latter celebrates a
Continue readingMy mother’s heading to the hospital again today. She’s not aging gracefully, in large part because of the damage done to her body and soul during WWII. I thought that this would be a good day for me to reprint what I once wrote about her war (originally part of
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