On Tyranny, Tyrants, and Teen Takeovers

First, my observations on the nature of Tyrants. Having read a good deal of history, I notice that Tyrants may rule with an iron fist, sometimes for decades, they have characteristics in common. Tyrants can never rest on their laurels. In tyrannical regimes, there are always courtiers, hangers-on, relatives, employees, and palace residents around the …

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The era of City Socialism has been inaugurated in America

On January 1, two Socialist elected Mayors took office in America, on the opposite coasts. Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim Socialist took office in New York City, which has the highest concentration of Jews outside Israel. In Seattle, Katie Wilson, a 43-year-old Socialist, who has no experience in the working world or in government and has …

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Is history repeating itself? Is South Africa becoming Zimbabwe?

When Apartheid ended in South Africa, a group called the African National Congress took over. The group had an agenda, and blacks got new rights, but the party was made up of a bunch of leftist groups with little governing experience. In fact, did you know that the sainted Nelson Mandela was a Communist? Well, …

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Hello, young people. What do you know about Communism?

What are you taught in school about the history of Communism and its primary promoters in Russia, China, North Korea, and East Germany? Did you read about and discuss the revolutions that brought about the Iron Curtain and the Holodomor in Russia and Ukraine? Did you see photos like this in your history textbooks? Let …

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