In Eastern Europe there was an interesting story about Caiaphas, the High Priest of the Sanhedrin, who urged Pilate to order the crucifixion of Jesus. Some churches that became Eastern Orthodox territory of eastern Europe (where I heard it…the Balkans)…
Category: American Exceptionalism
It’s Fear that Drives the Left’s Hate
Only two weeks ago I published, “The Genesis of Hate as a Religion in America” which was a synopsis of Ayn Rand’s book of essays about what she called “the Age of Envy” as she understood them in 1970, or…
Days of Infamy?
Are the days of infamy behind us? Or are they just beginning? When President Roosevelt addressed Congress on December 8th, 1941 he said December 7th would be forever remembered as a “day in infamy”. But he then went onto to…
“Born Yesterday”, A Look Back to 1950, and Becoming American
If you’re under 70 you’ve probably never heard of Judy Holiday. She was a one-hit wonder of sorts, having done “Born Yesterday” on Broadway in 1946 at age 25, then reprise it in the film adaptation of the play in…
The Genesis of “Hate as a Religion” in America
Every solution to a problem begins with a unified theory- Dr Gregory House Ayn Rand was an emigre-Russian intellectual who died in 1982 at the age of 77. She founded an extremely narrow philosophy called “Objectivism” which you can look…