Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Jiří Kolář's "Forms of Visual Poetry" Shows What's Past Is Prologue...

 

Contemplation of Jiří Kolář's original and compelling collages and poetry -- on display at the American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center in Washington, DC until March 17th -- captures the destructive impact of political commissars upon artistic expression under totalitarianism of many stripes.

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/jiri-kolar-forms-visual-poetry-shows-what-past-is-prologue-jiri-kolar-dissident-art-polit-1552426185

Monday, March 04, 2019

President Trump Comes Out Swinging for Free Speech at CPAC


President Trump took a strong public stand on behalf of free speech on campus in his March 2nd speech to the Conservative Political Action Coalition, making it an issue for the upcoming 2020 elections.

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/president-trump-comes-out-swinging-free-speech-cpac-free-speech-hayden-williams-uc-1551652016

Monday, February 25, 2019

Robert Knight's 10-Step Program for Evangelical Christians


 

Robert Knight's A NATION WORTH FIGHTING FOR: 10 STEPS TO RESTORE FREEDOM is a political manifesto calling upon Evangelical Christians to "go on offense against the darkness, not cower in our church buildings, hoping it will go away..."

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/robert-knight-10-step-program-evangelical-christians-christian-evangelicals-2020-el-1550875469

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Mike Cernovich's HOAXED: A Defense of Freedom of Speech


I admired Mike Cernovich for his stand for freedom of speech with Milo and Pam Geller at UC Berkeley in September 2017 (an event Ann Coulter declined to attend). He stood up for freedom of speech then, and he has stood up for freedom of speech once again in this film. HOAXED deserves to be seen by every American who cares about the First Amendment, without regard to political orientation.

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/mike-cernovich-hoaxed-a-defense-freedom-speech-donald-trump-covington-catholi-1550345691


Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Chairman Cole's Confession




ART FROM THE SWAMP: How Washington Bureaucrats Squander Millions on Awful Art (NY: Encounter Books, 2018)

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/chairman-cole-confession-national-endowment-for-the-art-1549926859

Thursday, February 07, 2019

Conductor-in-Chief


President Trump's recent State of the Union address demonstrated his uncanny ability to conduct members of Congress like a well-tuned orchestra to deliver a message of unity and hope for the future, on behalf of his crusade for American civilization's motto: "E Pluribus Unum."

Read the whole thing on TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/conductor-chief-donald-trump-state-of-the-unio-1549555268

Monday, February 04, 2019

Memo to the President: Take a “Listening Tour” of Federal Agencies


Following the end of the government shutdown, President Trump needs to take a "Listening Tour" of federal agencies to remind government employees he's in charge while giving them a chance to vent face-to-face. It would signal a change of tone in leadership, while disarming the "Resistance" and encouraging good government.

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/memo-president-take-listening-tour-federal-agencies-donald-trump-civil-service-goo-1548882842

Saturday, January 26, 2019

President Trump Knew When To Fold



Perhaps Kenny Rogers' 1978 song, "The Gambler" best explains why President Trump ended the Government Shutdown yesterday. He folded because he saw didn't have the cards in his hand to win. He now needs to come up with an alternative to end the stalemate before the February 15th deadline.

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/president-trump-knew-when-fold-government-shutdown-nancy-pelo-1548502666

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Where Were the Police During Covington Catholic Confrontation?


The standoff seemed go on for at least 45 minutes, yet no officer appeared to "de-escalate" the conflict, as called for in police guidelines. No one interposed themselves between two hostile camps. No one asked anyone to "move along" or "break it up." Instead, police permitted a tense confrontation between crowds which could have led to a bloody brawl, or worse.

Friday, January 18, 2019

A Bipartisan Commission Could End Government Shutdown Now

Washington attorney Joseph I. Goldstein suggests President Trump and Congress establish a bipartisan commission to oversee Border Wall construction, to end the Government Shutdown now. This would allow appropriation of $5 billion dollars, as promised by President Trump in his 2016 campaign, while Congress could condition actual expenditures upon expert oversight, thus retaining authority, while permitting both sides to save face.

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/a-bipartisan-commission-could-end-government-shutdown-now-government-shutdown-border-wal-1547827560


Saturday, January 12, 2019

The Government Shutdown Isn't About A Wall


The current government shutdown isn't about construction of a wall along the US-Mexican border; rather it's a symbolic struggle over whether President Donald J. Trump is allowed to remain President. This is a fight President Trump can't afford to lose.

Wednesday, January 09, 2019

Patreon's Purge "One of the Most Important Speech Wars of Our Time"



Like Ayatollah Khomeni's 1989 fatwa against "The Satanic Verses," Patreon's purge of "Sargon of Akkad" for "hate speech" marks a tipping point for freedom of speech on the internet, revealing the totalitarian objectives of the censors. Dissident YouTubers must be protected by President Trump, just as Margaret Thatcher protected Salman Rushdie.

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/patreon-purge-one-most-important-speech-wars-our-time-jordan-peterson-sargon-of-akka-1546986446

Sunday, January 06, 2019

Mary Poppins Returns!


After half a century, Mary Poppins returned to movie theaters this Christmas with something for everyone--older viewers who saw the original, younger viewers who met her for the first time, and middle-aged viewers who wanted to share their own childhood experience with a new generation.

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/mary-poppins-returns-mary-poppins-julie-andrews-dis-1546717492

Friday, December 28, 2018

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

President Trump's 2018 Highs and Lows


Washington consultant Joe Gelman believes appointing Justice Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court was President Trump's greatest success in 2018. "Failing to drain the Swamp" is his greatest failure, "because instead the Swamp is draining him."

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/president-trump-2018-highs-lows-president-donald-trump-justice-1545239154

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Read Jane Jacobs' "Systems of Survival" to Understand Donald Trump

 

Jane Jacobs' 1992 "Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics" might explain Donald Trump's 2016 victory better than Steve Bannon's "Fourth Turning" or President Obama's "Arc of History."

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/read-jane-jacobs-systems-survival-understand-donald-trump-trump-jane-jacobs-obama-1544982292

Bannon and Frum Debate Trump's American Populism--in Canada


Steve Bannon and David Frum's Munk Debate from November 2nd was one of the stranger television shows that I have seen. Contra Frum, Bannon argued President Trump is a transformative figure in "the Fourth Turning" of American history (The Revolution, Civil War and New Deal were the other three). So the Obama Administration's end represented the exhaustion of one cycle, the Trump Administration the beginning of another.

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/bannon-frum-debate-trump-american-populism-canada-trump-administration-populism--1544894974

Monday, December 10, 2018

The Unforgettable William Barr


Sometime in 1993, fate seated me next to former Attorney General William Barr on the Washington-NY shuttle. We spoke for about an hour about the recent tragic raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas which killed 76 people. He told me no one would have died if it had been properly handled. He knew because he supervised a similar raid at a prison in 1991--where everyone lived. I never forgot that conversation...

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/the-unforgettable-william-barr-william-barr-trump-waco-1544458494

Saturday, December 01, 2018

President George H. W. Bush (1924-2018): Outspoken Foe of Political Correctness



President George H.W. Bush is memorialized as an American war hero and symbol of civility. However, Americans need to remember that opposition to Political Correctness is equally his legacy, declared in a May 4, 1991 University of Michigan commencement address.

Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/president-george-h-w-bush-1924-2018-outspoken-foe-political-correctness-george-h-w-bush-political-corr-1543682367

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Chicago on the Nile

Dr. W. Raymond Johnson with Chicago House's collection of ancient Egyptian prints and drawings

The Oriental Institute's "Chicago House" in Luxor is a Monument to American Civilization in Egypt


Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/chicago-nile-egypt-flaubert-chicago-1543337623