Paul Fussell, RIP
Paul Fussell, happy to have survived WWII One of the best history books ever written, bar none, is Paul Fussell’s The Great War and Modern Memory, a book that elegantly and seamlessly manages to be a...
View ArticleYes, it was reasonable to drop the atomic bomb
Almost since Truman drooped the bomb, historians have been claiming that he did so, not to end World War II but, instead, to fire the opening salvo in the Cold War. In other words, the post war...
View ArticleIt’s not too late to honor the atomic bomb drops on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The August 6 anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has come and gone, but it’s not too late to watch Bill Whittle’s beyond brilliant deconstruction of Leftist moral idiocy regarding that...
View ArticleWhat passes on the Left for intelligent argument about the Atomic Bomb (UPDATED)
Japanese beheading an Australian POW I was feeling a little puckish, so I posted on my “real me” Facebook the same video about the atom bomb that I posted at Bookworm Room yesterday. In brief, it...
View ArticleObama’s visit to Hiroshima
I 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...
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