Category Archives: Obituaries

Woodrow Wilson: Great Masturbator & Even Greater Liar

Posted on April 9, 2021 by David Roman

This will be brief. Woodrow Wilson is becoming impopular among Progressives, with good reason, and he was never popular among Conservatives. If you dislike mass carnage, you should dislike Wilson as well, as Niall Ferguson and others have argued, on … Continue reading →

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Ave Atque Vale: Julio Anguita, Socialista Farfullador

Posted on May 16, 2020 by David Roman

(Actualizado el 18.5.20) Es bueno recordar ese absurdo refrán de que “el que no es comunista con 20 años no tiene corazón, y el que lo es con 30 no tiene cerebro,” porque Julio Anguita, quien murió hoy a los … Continue reading →

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The New York Times Obituary of Valerie Plame’s Husband, Edited for Clarity

Posted on November 15, 2019 by David Roman

The York Times has been kind enough to put up an obituary of Joseph Wilson, perhaps the key character in the Valerie Plame scandal that engulfed Washington DC (and, unavoidably, front pages of prestige media across the world) soon after … Continue reading →

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Ave Atque Vale: Rubalcaba, Listo Entre los Tontos

Posted on May 10, 2019 by David Roman

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, quien falleció el viernes, fue uno de los políticos más inteligentes que he conocido. Pero llama la atención que su momento de mayor brillo político fuera como miembro de uno de los gabinetes más ineptos que jamás … Continue reading →

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