Today

The Dreyfus Affair

Sharing

On October 15, 1894, Alfred Dreyfus (1859 — 1935) was arrested for spying: The Dreyfus Affair began. And thus began a scandal that brought anti-Semitism into the cultural limelight.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

After Recall, Revival
SharingIs San Francisco waking up from its dystopian nightmare? The egalitarians …
How to Raise Taxes
SharingTimes are tough; state revenues, down. So politicians have a choice: …
He Tries Harder
SharingHe’s the Avis Rent A Car of authoritarianism. Russian President Vladimir V. …
Exploring Recall in Wisconsin
SharingYou’ve heard of a campaign exploratory committee? Well, at recalldoyle.com you can …
Irony in Spain
SharingWhen I arrived at the Donostia-San Sebastián City Hall, in the …

The Hill as Hallucinogen
November 19, 2024
Paul Jacob on a false news story, gone but not …Read More »
Elon & Vivek to Cut Government?
November 18, 2024
Paul Jacob on who could help whom do what is …Read More »
Lost Justice, Long Island
November 15, 2024
Paul Jacob finds a sliver of a silver lining in …Read More »
Abolish. Or Set in Stone
November 13, 2024
Paul Jacob knows what to do with hypocrisy on at …Read More »
Destroying Dane Farming
November 12, 2024
Paul Jacob on Europe’s ongoing suicide over “greenhouse gases.”Read More »

Term Limits for Thee
Last Sunday, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, now …
Lifetime Politicians Ruin Christmas
SharingLegislators, anxious to further weaken their own term limits, placed …
A Bazooka to Congress
SharingIt is “like bringing a bazooka to a sword fight,” complains an …
Trouble Over Term Limits
SharingAmericans are hardly alone in strongly supporting term limits. All …
Replacing Souter
SharingSupreme Court Justice David Souter is retiring. Apparently, Washington life …

Re-Packaging Nonsense as Wisdom
SharingWhen committed to folly, clever people make it look wise. An …
Make Others Pay?
SharingSpecial Olympics has found a way to get kids and young …
Bernie’s Slippery Definition of Democratic Socialism
SharingBernie Sanders has always given a comically slippery definition of democratic socialism. For …
Of Loot and Leverage
SharingWithout a special kicker, why should police bother to do their jobs? …
How Socialism Kills
Sharing3 Ways That Socialism Kills: state enforced redistribution requires violence (even if some …

On November 20, 1789, the state of New Jersey led the way to establishing the Bill of Rights by being the first U.S. state to ratify the document.

Actually, the state ratified on that date Article One of the original twelve, which has yet to be fully ratified as a constitutional amendment, and Articles Three through Twelve, which became the ten articles of the Bill of Rights. On May 7, 1992, the state ratified Article Two, which became the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the Constitution.

Olympic Sponsors
More on the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity: All the Tyranny …
The Problem With Socialism…
“The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out …
Scientists for Censorship
“You have signed the death warrant for science,” scientist Peter …
Indicting Incumbency
How does that old, pithy anti-term limits slogan go, again? …
Protesting the Nazis in Munich, in 1943
A brother-and-sister team of anti-Nazi activists were arrested on this …