Chambers was right, however, in the sense that Communists and Fascists betrayed the actual institutions they lived under in the name of an abstraction, whereas the others had not. Benedict Arnold and other loyalists to the Crown acted to preserve the system they lived under. So did the American founders who fought to defend what [...]
As a result of my experience, I developed, in age, an aversion to romantic myths. Instead I was seized with a hunger for information — for the facts that would reveal to me the truth about the years I was a member of a heroic vanguard. The fall of the Communist empire and the opening [...]
[Richard ]Rorty views the Vietnam War as the decisive event converting the American left to the Marxist revolutionary paradigm. He describes the war as “an atrocity of which Americans should be deeply ashamed.” Along with the “endless humiliation inflicted on African-Americans,” the War persuaded the New Left, which had previously recognized the “errors” of Marxism, [...]
One of my wife and my favorite musical groups, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, performing on Letterman.
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Lunch Break is NewsReal’s daily apolitical post. (We all need a break from this political stuff every now and then!) When commenting on Lunch Break posts do not start political, religious, or philosophical debates. In fact from now on any [...]
A library of memoirs by aging new leftists and “progressive” academics recalls the rebellions of the 1960s. But hardly a page in any of them has the basic honesty – or sheer decency — to say “Yes, we supported these murderers and those spies, and the agents of that evil empire,” or to say so [...]
My wife insisted that this be today’s lunch break.
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When The Ta-Li-Ban Come Back
When the Ta-Li-Ban come back,
Then we girls will quit the school
For the acid they would throw
Would our faces burn away.
When the Ta-Li-Ban come back,
Women will not doctors be,
Jobs are not for such as us,
Worthless creatures owned by men,
They may beat us as they please.
When the Ta-Li-Ban come back,
I will marry [...]
Republicans are often surprised when Democrats refer to them as “Nazis” and “fascists,” the way Representative John Lewis did on the floor of the House during the Medicare debate. Or when they accuse Republicans of taking food out of the mouths of children. When attacked, Republicans become defensive. They worry about whether it was something [...]
From Chris Rowan’s “Leftists in Congress Wage War on Catholics” post:
2009 November 14
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Stupak won’t last through the Senate. This is defense; the Catholic church has been at war against humanity and free-thought for centuries.
Good luck popping that balloon. Till then, I’ll be laughing and clapping with joy at each and every push [...]
Glazov: Tell us in what ways Sarah was a remarkable human being.
Horowitz: Well, she faced physical barriers that would have daunted and depressed most of us, and that eventually killed her. But she not only soldiered on, but did so with an attitude that was hopeful and generous and compassionate and truly inspiring. She could [...]
From Jamie Glazov’s “The Million Muslim March” post:
2009 November 13
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Islam is a religion of conquest, not peace. The only “peace” Islam preaches is the “peace” wherein the entire world is subject to Sharia Law and acknowledges that Allah is God and Mohammed is his prophet. Muslims cannot renounce a single word in the [...]
Just another reminder that I don’t pay very much attention to pop music. (That’s probably a good thing.) Totally oblivious to trends like the one explained in this video.
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Lunch Break is NewsReal’s daily apolitical post. (We all need a break from this political stuff every now and then!) When commenting on Lunch Break posts do [...]
Given NewsReal’s recent posts by David Horowitz about the terrible decision to begin prosecuting Islamofascist terrorists as civilians, this excerpt from Andy McCarthy’s book Willful Blindness which he featured at the Corner is tremendously relevant:
Back at the safehouse [in Queens] again that evening, the jihadists talked about future operations they hoped to carry out if [...]
The Palestinian terrorists have become the Black Panthers of the contemporary anti-war movement. The leftwing culture celebrates the suicide bombers of women and children as desperate victims of Jewish oppression. Attackers and destroyers of the Oslo peace process are proclaimed as heroes. Terrorists and totalitarian radicals are lionized as fighters for social justice. Israelis and [...]
