Monthly Archives: February 2021

“There’s National Guard stands around her door” Bob Dylan The “militia” was transformed in the early 20th c into the National Guard, America’s internal security troops, but also units that could be called up in a war. That happened, for … Continue reading →

The importance of all this has to do with the power of the federal government and how it was established, what it still means, and what does all that have to do with gun control. Here are some reenactors, playing … Continue reading →

Our country under siege, sweet land of liberty, Of thee I shoot. The “Three Percenters” adopted that name because they argue that only 3% of the American people actively participated in the Revolutionary War. Hence the crossed muskets–although the preferred … Continue reading →

Recently, historians and other writers have begun digging into the issue of fake news as a spur to real events. Many of us already realized that this problem has existed for quite a while. A good (terrible) example is the … Continue reading →

I will come back to this photo in a moment. Here are a few recent books that tell white people what is wrong with them: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin … Continue reading →

Is this in D.C. or Moscow? Yes, Moscow, several days ago. The demonstrations have been against the policies of Vladimir Putin’s government, and, to some extent, in favor of the dissident Alexei Navalny, who recently returned to Russia from Germany. … Continue reading →