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What Vladimir Putin Told Tucker About Hitler’s Invasion of Poland

Posted on March 6, 2024 by David Roman

I’ve noticed that the Ukrainian propaganda machine, surely the world’s best-funded, has been running with the story that Vladimir Putin told Tucker Carlson, during their long, recent interview, that Poland was to blame for WW2 because it rejected Adolf Hitler’s … Continue reading →

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Samuel Johnson on Inequality

Posted on October 24, 2023 by David Roman

At one point in “Life of Johnson,” Boswell tells the hero that Mrs. Macaulay wondered how he could reconcile his political principles with his moral. She objected to Johnson’s notions of inequality and subordination with wishing well to the happiness … Continue reading →

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Why Western Rightists Love Israel So Much

Posted on October 10, 2023 by David Roman

This will be quick because I’m sick of the Israel-Palestine conflict: I spent five years in college discussing it in the 1990s, plus decades since, and I just can’t be bothered anymore. It’s not my problem. I only started to … Continue reading →

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The Jeffrey Epstein Case: Nasty Details and Names you Didn’t Know About

Posted on May 12, 2023 by David Roman

The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating peek into the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the shady financier who operated in the US and a pedophilic island of the Caribbean that looks very much like a “honey pot,” probably run for … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther King: A Deleted Reddit Post

Posted on January 21, 2023 by David Roman

I’m sick and tired of censorship, not because censorship is inherently bad, but because the social contract I was given as a student included a lot of bullshit, but also the addition: at least you can say anything you want. … Continue reading →

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