Weekend Read: Revolutionary State of Mind
Our planned revolution, an Edwardian-style seizure of power based upon an angry, organized working class led by a revolutionary party, would in fact flop utterly. The very idea of a proletariat became absurd. Even as we conspired and propagandized, the revolutionary movement was shifting and transforming itself into a vast all-embracing attack on the existing […]
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Our Revolutionary Times
Sometimes unexpected and dramatic events strip away the thin covering of respectability and convention, exposing and negating long-existing but hitherto hidden pathologies. Events over the past three years, such as the destruction of our southern border, the October 7th massacre and subsequent war in Gaza, campus protests, the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, and the systematic […]
Memorial Day Revolutionary War Unsung Hero and ‘Appeal to Heaven’
Memorial Day is a day to remember America’s fallen soldiers who gave their lives in service to their country — eternally young, unsung heroes whose sacrifices, though largely forgotten, were crucial to realizing the idea of freedom for a nation yet to be born. In countless instances, the fate of the nascent American nation depended […]
AOC says Democrats must ‘use our power’ to investigate Alito over flying Revolutionary War flag
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) urged Democrats to use their power in order to investigate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito over his flying of a Revolutionary War flag. The “An Appeal to Heaven” flag, one of the foremost flags used by Patriot forces during the Revolutionary War, was spotted flying above Alito’s house, drawing outrage from […]
Revolutionary manifesto tying Columbia pro-terror protests to communism is found on campus
A hateful revolutionary manifesto linking Columbia University’s anti-terrorism protests to a precursor “anti-colonial” movement is being circulated at the school, reinforcing the claims of outside agitators. A six-page declaration of the “National Liberation Struggle” was found abandoned in a laboratory at the embattled Ivy League institution, according to a Jewish student who received a copy […]
Today’s campus chaos channels the revolutionary zeal of 1968
For a deeper understanding of what’s happening on campuses across the country, read First We Take Columbia: Lessons from the April 1968 Occupy Movement. compositionThe article, published April 20 on the Autonomist website Ill Will, was written by an anonymous participant in the late protest camps at Columbia University and Yale University. The authors appeal […]
Artwork uncovered in NYC apartment turns out to be rare, priceless Revolutionary War sketch
A rare painting dating back to the Revolutionary War that may be the oldest depiction of colonial women’s role in the Revolutionary War was discovered hanging on a wall in a Big Apple apartment. The painting, painted in 1777 by Pierre Eugène du Simitière, the Swiss artist known for painting the first portrait of George […]
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seizes Israeli-linked container ship near Strait of Hormuz: Reports
On Saturday, it was confirmed that members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) rappelled onto an Israeli-linked container ship from a helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the ship. Tasnim News Agency, an Iranian news agency affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, reported that members of the Revolutionary Guards seized the cargo ship […]
Tommy John surgery continues to save baseball careers 50 years after its debut: ‘Revolutionary’
Almost 50 years have passed since one of the world’s greatest advances. Sports medicine: Tommy John surgery. On September 25, 1974, Dr. Frank Jobe performed his first surgery on professional baseball pitcher Tommy John. major league (MLB) teams from 1963 to 1989. During the surgery, Jobe reconstructed the torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in John’s […]
Bill Maher says Trump trials make him look like ‘revolutionary leader’ to voters, wants Biden to ‘step aside’
“Real Time” host Bill Maher expressed caution ahead of former President Trump’s four criminal trials, saying he believes former President Trump is a “revolutionary leader” as the 2024 election campaign unfolds. I predicted that it would look like this. In an interview published Monday by Reason Magazine, Maher expressed pessimism about the upcoming election, which […]