Although I understand and appreciate Orson’s take on Zinn’s death, I have to say that my own view on this ‘historian’ is less kind. Read this post by David Horowitz to get an idea of what I think of Zinn and his legacy.

What bothers me most about him, though, is that A People’s History of the United States is required reading material at most universities in America and in Europe.| MORE ›

Radical historian Howard Zinn has died. My sympathies go to his family. I will offer some thoughts about his work as a historian at a later time. This is not the time for a critical analysis of his work as a scholar. It is worth reporting that Mr. Zinn was a World War II veteran of the US Army Air Corps. Like Senator George McGovern, another World War II veteran Mr. Zinn went to college on the GI Bill, and majored in history.| MORE ›

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is None Darwish, the co-founder of FormerMuslimsUnited.com and the author of Cruel and Usual Punishment.

FP: Nonie Darwish, welcome to Frontpage Interview.

I would like to talk to you today a bit about the Muslim voices for change that are increasing through the Islamic world. There is an unprecedented defiance taking place behind the Islamic Curtain.

Can you tell us what is transpiring?

Darwish:| MORE ›

Discussion about Don’t Ask Don’t Tell has once again come about after President Obama’s vow to end it during the State of the Union tonight, and the report by ABC that Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of State Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen will testify about what steps they will take before Congress and Obama move to end the law. (H/T Hot Air).

Combing through the Hot Air comments, I’ve noticed one recurring theme amongst those against repealing the policy:| MORE ›

Megan McArdle sums up the dilemma progressives face in trying to force through health care reform using single-party dominance. Quite simply, the “power to the people” pose of post-modern progressivism is increasingly exposed as a sham, and the progressive agenda revealed as fundamentally elitist — they know better than you what is good for you. Thus, the more you oppose it, the more strident many progressives become in trying to force the issue through.| MORE ›

I am a strong supporter of the First Amendment right to free speech. So why am I disappointed by the latest Supreme Court decision giving corporations (including unions and non profits) the right to make unhindered and unlimited campaign contributions? Wasn’t McCain – Feingold an unfair restriction on their right to have a voice? I agree with the logic of Supreme Court on strictly constitutional grounds. Our legal system has recognized corporations as having rights to be heard and to receive fair treatment under the law.| MORE ›

I’ve continued to try and track anti-Republican letter writer “Gloria Elle” throughout the day.  While the omnipresent “Ellie Light” has gathered the big headlines, I’ve been more interested in Elle ever since I discovered that she submitted another Letter to the Editor to the Baltimore Chronicle in July of last year, giving a none-too-flattering opinion of the career of the late Robert McNamara, the former Secretary of Defense who served during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.| MORE ›

Gay rights activists are growing frustrated with President Obama regarding his failure to move on abolishing the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bars homosexuals who admit their orientation from continuing to serve in the military. It is hard to fault them.| MORE ›

Patterico and his commenters have spent a lot of time today digging up more instances of “Letters to the Editor” appearing in multiple locations.  An example has focused on one Gloria Elle, and Jan Chen, who have identical letters posted in two newspapers:

Jan Chen of Seattle writes to the Northwest Asian Weekly (a small Asian paper serving the Seattle area):| MORE ›