Plus ça change, plus c’est la meme chose: “I am often made aware of the utter uselessness and folly of seeking to vindicate my character…from the simple fact that although foul aspersions can be bruited far and wide, held to the fluttering breeze by every press and rolled as sweet under every tongue, yet while […]
Our sun, the largest single input of energy to our world, continues its quiet period. For the past 16 days there has not been any sunspots on the face of our local star. If you discount the small spots visible only because of our modern powerful tools, the blank period is much longer than that. […]
I am a great fan of Jonah Goldberg’s book, Liberal Fascism, for its willingness to go back and actually look at the historical rise of fascism (and Fascism) in the 20th Century, in our own country (under Woodrow Wilson), in Italy (under Mussolini), in Germany (under Hitler), and in Russia (under Stalin). Indeed, I consider […]
A blast from the past, circa 1992. The place is San Diego, the company is Pages Software. Back then the internet was not yet invented, but we has usenet news groups. The following appeared Jan 17, 1992 in comp.sys.next.misc Just how many Bruce’s are there at Pages? Well, I have recently gotten a couple of […]
Here and elsewhere, I have decried the deliberate or inadvertent lack of historical perspective on current problems, particularly with regard to things military, and especially among the mainstream media and the Left. I come from a family with a strong and long history of military service and am myself a student of military history. My […]
Once upon a time in the late 70’s, it seemed everything was Star Wars. To be honest Star Wars was (if I recall) the one that gave rise to merchandise tie ins to things like Happy Meals and action figures. But also big during the late 70’s was the evil form of dance culture known […]
On the 13th of February in 1692, is a dark date for Scotland and for my ancestors. On that day British forces massacred families of the MacDonald and Henderson clans under authority of the King. This was in part to “make an example” of them for not being quick to pledge their loyalty to William […]
(graphic from Wikipedia showing normal sunspot activity) Our wonderful local star, the sun, is a active middle age star. Stars are unimaginably huge, and live billions of years. They are in essence gigantic nuclear furnaces, in essence a continuous hydrogen explosion kept in check by the massive size of the star. Sunspots are areas on […]
George Santayana famously said: Progress, far from consisting in change, depends upon retentiveness…Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Victor Davis Hanson, the noted military historian and classics professor, reminds us of the recent past in Iraq: After the victory of the 1991 Gulf War, a bipartisan consensus had emerged that […]
A Day That Lives In Infamy
Approach this day with caution, those who have vivid memories. This morning I turned on the news and was confronted with a “replay” of the September 11th, 2001’s news cast. I can clearly remember being up early that morning for a teleconference with clients on the east coast of the US, and deciding to pass […]
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