My mom is a Hiroshima bomb survivor too *UPDATED*
Tomorrow is the 64th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, and you can expect the usual breast-beating about how unutterably evil we were to target Japan’s civilian population. Here in Marin, a...
View ArticleIt’s not too late to honor the atomic bomb drops on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The August 6 anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has come and gone, but it’s not too late to watch Bill Whittle’s beyond brilliant deconstruction of Leftist moral idiocy regarding that...
View ArticleTruman’s decision to drop the bomb was a good — and humane — idea
Dropping the atom bomb in 1945 was a good idea?! Yes, it was a good (and humane) decision; no, it was not just to show off to the Russians; and yes, given that my Mom was a Japanese POW, I am here...
View ArticleWhat passes on the Left for intelligent argument about the Atomic Bomb (UPDATED)
Japanese beheading an Australian POW I was feeling a little puckish, so I posted on my “real me” Facebook the same video about the atom bomb that I posted at Bookworm Room yesterday. In brief, it...
View ArticleThe Bookworm Beat 4/12/16 —“Idle thoughts of an idle mind” edition and open...
If you haven’t read Jerome K. Jerome’s charming Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, first published in 1886, I recommend it. It is a pleasant antidote to today’s Sturm und Drang. But if you like to be...
View ArticleThe Bookworm Beat 5/29/16 — the “pre-Memorial Day” round-up, part 1
I haven’t forgotten that tomorrow is Memorial Day but today is still just another Sunday — laundry, bills, and blogging. The first two are done, so it’s blogging time. America’s real class divide. I...
View ArticleObama’s visit to Hiroshima
I know it happened last week, but I’m still processing Obama’s visit to Hiroshima. There are three things I want to share with you, starting with the Leftist take and then leaving the gutter and...
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