Springsteen in Paris, a Fiat 500 Hybrid in the Alps, and an America that no longer works

Sometimes, you can learn a lot about yourself, your country, and the world at large on vacation in what might as well be half a world away, but the lessons aren’t always positive.  Paris in particular and France in general has never been high on my list of countries to visit.  This is not based… Continue reading Springsteen in Paris, a Fiat 500 Hybrid in the Alps, and an America that no longer works

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The popular progressive history of slavery leaves out a whole bunch of important facts

The plantation system was developed hundreds of years earlier by the Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch to supply Europe with massive quantities of sugar.  Those three countries forcibly transported more slaves to the Americas than the United States, many long before 1619, and the long fight for freedom began almost immediately.  Why then do progressives insist… Continue reading The popular progressive history of slavery leaves out a whole bunch of important facts