In the Louvre there’s a famous painting by the French Artist Jacques-Louis David depicting the Intervention of the Sabine Women. In it the Sabine men, whose daughters were stolen by …
If you spend any time online (particularly after Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show) you’ll come across memes that say that America was built by blacks or that Shakespeare’s work was written …
On New Year’s Eve 1999 I was tending bar at Outback Steakhouse in DC. As midnight rolled through each time zone celebrations from each city were shown on TV. At …
The Russian incursion into Ukraine has brought out some stark differences in human behavior. The Ukrainians are tough- really tough. Ukrainian border guards defending a Black Sea island defiantly told …
OK, that’s not Mark McGuire but hang on. It’s a picture of “Lia” Thomas. He/she used to be Will Thomas (below). Will Thomas was a college swimmer at UPenn …
Joe Biden is being roasted for his indefensible handling of the Afghanistan exit. As well he should be. Indeed, his incompetence is so legion that he’s actually getting roasted by …
“Your liberties rest not upon things written upon paper, they depend upon yourselves, and upon maintaining your property, your knowledge, and your virtue”. Samuel Williams 1794. Less than a …
The media is flooded with attempts to attribute ownership of a culture to a group of people. From some Native Hawaiian’s objections to the personification of Moana, to something as …
A week and a half ago fascist thugs of ISIS attacked Paris. Three days later President Obama addressed the world from Istanbul and said the attack was “an attack on …
One of my favorite teachers in high school was Mr. Kelly. Ostensibly he was a reading teacher, but his interests were far more inclined towards history and cultures. We once …
