It is frustrating to me that many Americans are ignorant of the crimes of socialist and communist movements. Read the rest at USA Today.
Category Archives: Russia
Paleoconservatives Are Wrong About Putin
This article was originally posted on RealClearWorld.
The American Conservative prides itself on paleoconservatism, an ideology which quite rightly rejects the neoconservative worldview of Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz and the military adventurism of the George W. Bush administration. Unfortunately, the publication gets a lot of other things wrong. Continue reading
Vladimir Putin Embodies the Russian Mindset
This article was originally posted on RealClearWorld.
(ELBLĄG, Poland) — Comedian Norm Macdonald was fond of pointing out that Germans love David Hasselhoff. As true as it may have been (and may still be), Germany’s infatuation with “The Hoff” pales in comparison to Russia’s admiration of Vladimir Putin, that archaeology-loving, race-car-driving, tiger-tranquilizing, bare-chested survivalist known affectionately to some former world leaders as Pooty-Poot. Continue reading
Why We Shouldn’t Completely Destroy Smallpox
This article was originally posted on RealClearScience.
My grandfather used to keep all sorts of things in the trunk of his car: Fishing gear, duct tape, aluminum foil, a large chain, a defused WWII hand grenade. When we asked why he squirreled away such a random assortment of items, he would shrug and say, “Just in case.”
That, in a nutshell, is why we should never destroy the smallpox virus. Just in case we need it someday. Continue reading