Right As Usual

I added a page for that last post, rather than on this page.  I did it accidentally, but I think I'll leave it, because I'm planning to come back to this topic. The link is here: NOT Having a LARC

It all started most innocently.  I had previously read about the Hollywood Blacklist, from the viewpoint of the alleged Communists.  Of course, they were ALL COMPLETELY INNOCENT, and unfairly targeted by the Vast Right-Wing Machine (shades of Hillary!) for persecution by the government. Then, I read Red Star Over Hollywood , a meticulously researched book about the takeover of Hollywood by pro-Communist (really, pro-Soviet) people in the entertainment industry.  It flatly contradicted much of what we have believed about that era, and the extent to which Leftist viewpoints dominated (and still do) the film industry. From that book, I went to reading Witness - the story by Whittaker Chambers of his connection to the Alger Hiss trial.  From that book, I began to question much of what I had accepted about the 1950s pushback against Communism. I've read many other books, but one of the most important was about the Venona Papers - I know, I know, you are (most of you) saying "What...

I REALLY enjoyed this vacay.  The first part went by too fast - we were visiting family, and - well - things happened.  My sister-in-law injured her back, and we played nurse for 2 days.  It worked out - the rest of the family stepped in, as well, and she's slowly getting better. We scooted back home on Friday afternoon-Saturday, with a stop in WV to rest.  At first, the weather was a tremendous improvement, but---the cold has taken over.  I've put the heat up, I'm wearing a sweater, and I'm STILL cold. It looks like the pressure is on for uncovering the true story about the Benghazi attack.   Obama is getting it from the New York Times, although the motivation and accuracy of their report is in question. Krauthammer "has a theory" about that (just like Columbo!).   He thinks the phone call to Hillary at 10 pm was for the purposes of getting their stories straight - emphasis STORIES. More Fast & Furious guns have been found - and the bullets from them in ...