One hopes that this time the self-righteous kook may have kooked his own goose, even though the reactions to his most recent statements may be as ignorant as they are. The trouble with what Stone says is not that such figures as Hitler or Stalin should not be seen in the context of their times, or that some kind of challenge to orthodoxies should ( Read more... )

This has been rumoured for years, but it is the first time, to the best of my knowledge, that it is confirmed as fact. From London's Daily Telegaph, April 21, 2009:

By Nick Squires in Rome and Simon Caldwell
Published: 6:55PM BST 21 Apr 2009

Pope Pius XII told senior bishops that should he be arrested by the Nazis, his resignation would become ( Read more... )

They had been warned. In April 1914, General von Plettenburgh, commanding the Prussian Guards Corps, issued a decree against the wearing of the so-called "tooth-brush" moustache, pointing out that such an appendage was unsuitable for a Prussian soldier and "not consonant with the German national character." Subsequently, a well-known political ( Read more... )

Well, well, well. It seems that my rooted detestation of Frank Miller and all his criminal works roused more interest among my friends than any other controversial idea I could toss at them. Well, then, on your own heads be it.

I have a deep, personal, vindictive hatred for Frank Miller, the cartoonist who originated 300( Read more... )

Just as a horrifying photograph showing Pakistani women carrying a sign saying "God bless Hitler" has gone around the world, I, who thought I had heard all sides of the horror of Nazism - and who have something of a family feud against it - found out about yet another crime this vicious cult managed to commit. Avvenire, the daily newspaper of the ( Read more... )

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A while ago, a person with whom I no longer correspond discussed with me the role of the Church in the history of Nazi Germany. Her views led me to write a whole essay, which I think contains some good things, and I have decided to publish it. The first paragraph contains my opponent's views; the rest, mine. Because of its size, I have been ( Read more... )

This essay originated in a surprising little discovery I just made. Like everyone else who is interested in modern history, I knew that the Nazis had a marching song called the Horstwessellied, from an early militant who had died in a street riot. Recently I became curious to hear it ( Read more... )

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One of the more sickening events of the last few days was Candidate Kerry shouting to a mindlessly cheering audience: "I am John Kerry, and I am - reporting - for - DUTY!!" Forget that there are doubts about his supposed heroic record; forget that this Vietnam vet, who is now using his record as an officer to promote himself as a super-patriot to ( Read more... )