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I've been looking for one particular caricature of Buckley that evidently was not as popular as I thought. Can't find it and looked and looked. It is not the usual ones that come up but was very well done. Probably came out years ago, but I don't know when, where or who did it. Hoping someone here can find it.

The “Commentary” editor’s career epitomized both the success of 20th-century Jews and an awakening to the peril posed by the moral collapse of political liberalism.There are those who insist that no one person, let alone a journal of opinion, can be said to have changed the world. Yet this was true of Norman Podhoretz and Commentary magazine. The man and his magazine helped win the Cold War, while awakening Americans to the moral bankruptcy of modern political liberalism and the threat it posed to the two countries that he loved: America and Israel.The longtime editor of Commentary, who died on...

Okay, John Hinderaker went and did it last week! He has abused his stewardship of TWiP and went full Die Hard Christmas Movie Denialist! As the Dude says in The Big Lebowski, this aggression will not stand, man! To restore proper balance in the universe, I am staging a coup d’tat, and am taking over this week’s TWiP. To mix movie references further, John has done a Denethor-level job as Steward of TWiP; time for the Return of the (TWiP) King! Actually, like the Gaza and (prospective) Ukraine ceasefires, we’re going to share power, and alternate TWiP each week. And...

"...death totals in Russia and Ukraine that we want to share with you. These numbers are very hard to swallow. Until now these numbers have not been reported. As of today....

Today marks 27 years since I joined FreeRepublic. I saw the site referenced in an article published on the Drudge Report. A few minutes reading and I decided to create an account.2024 was a challenging year for me. A diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater lead to a Whipple procedure to remove the offending parts. A nicked renal artery during the procedure lead to a gut full of blood and emergency ICU action to patch the bleeder and top me up with 10 units of blood. Weeks of drains and infections followed. MRSA pneumonia as well. I finally...

Sen. Bernie Sanders released a video yesterday calling for a moratorium on the construction of new data centers. His pitch is that AI is being created and promoted by multi-billionaires, who are always the villains in his take on the world. He asks viewers this question: "Do you believe that these guys, these multi-billionaires are staying up nights worrying about what AI and robotics will do to the working families of our country and the world?" Sanders answers his own question, saying, "I think these very rich men want even more wealth and more power and for a whole bunch...

"It would be alright if the Holocaust happened today", the perpetrator allegedly said before stabbing the man.A visibly Jewish man was stabbed in the chest in Crown Heights NYC yesterday in what the New York Police Department is investigating as a hate crime against Jews. The 35-year-old victim — whose name is not yet available — was walking down the infamous Kingston Avenue near Lincoln Place at about 5:00p.m. on the third day of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah when he was randomly accosted by a Black male. The victim told police the deranged man walked up to him, started wielding...

Rob Reiner was a loser. Naturally, his son was also a loser, and he got addicted to drugs and allegedly murdered his parents. Looks like Rob should’ve spent more time parenting & less time spreading Russia conspiracy hoaxes about President Trump. I stand with President Trump.

Nope, not satire.Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson · Follow The Prime Minister of Australia says the true threat is “right-wing extremist groups” after the Islamic terrorist attack yesterday. Actually absurd.Two Islamic migrants - a father and son, no less - killed at least 15 people on Sunday at a Jewish beach party celebrating the start of Hanukkah.This means, of course, that the leftwing globalists have to remind us that "antisemitism" and "the rise of right-wing extremist groups" are the problem.

Rob Reiner’s troubled son Nick has been charged with murder after allegedly fatally stabbing the famed director and his wife, Michele, at their Los Angeles home, law enforcement sources said Monday. Nick Reiner, 32, who spent years in and out of rehab for drug addiction, is in custody on $4 million bail, Page Six confirmed.

U.S. satellites have detected suspicious activity deep inside Siberia, and analysts fear it may signal a major Russian strategic breakthrough. In this urgent breakdown, John Mearsheimer examines why this development has captured the immediate attention of Washington, NATO, and intelligence communities worldwide. Early assessments indicate unusual construction, heat signatures, and movement patterns consistent with advanced weapons testing or new strategic infrastructure. With limited visibility inside Russia’s interior, these satellite images are raising serious questions about Moscow’s next move. In this video, we cover: ✔️ What U.S. satellites spotted in Siberia ✔️ Why analysts believe this may be a breakthrough ✔️...

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We have reached one of the most critical turning points in modern history, but most people don’t seem to understand this. Without a doubt, 2025 has been a year of war. There has been war in Ukraine, war in Iran, war in Gaza, and lots of other regional conflicts as well. But as I have been warning my readers, 2026 could potentially be far worse. Decisions that world leaders make during the months ahead will determine which way things go. Let us hope that they make their choices wisely. According to CNN, White House officials are coming up with plans...

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) took a page out of the authoritarian, theocratic Iranian regime’s playbook over the weekend, deeming the country he serves “The Great Satan” during a rant on The Dean Obeidallah Show. Johnson offered his evaluation of his country after host Dean Obeidallah submitted that President Donald Trump’s strikes on alleged drug runners in the Western Hemisphere were “defining us as some kind of-, like a Putin-esque type of nation.” “Yeah, we are the world’s No. 1 bully, and we’re using our immense, unrivaled power to rule over those who have less power. And we’re doing it with...

Today Politico — the designated outlet for the Deep State 51 — named President Trump the most influential figure shaping European politics in the year ahead, a recognition previously conferred on leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. In anticipation of the recognition, Trump gave Politico’s Dasha Burns a 45-minute interview in the White House. Alexander Burns reports on the interview in “Trump thrashes European leaders in wide-ranging interview: ‘I think they’re weak.’” They’re weak on the international stage, but they are thugs at home. Trump observes: “They talk, but...

From London, another story about disgusting protesters: “‘Tax the rich’ activists vandalise Crown Jewels with crumble and custard.”Police arrested four people after officers rushed to the Tower following reports of an incident shortly before 10am.They found that food had been thrown onto a case containing the State Crown, which is used at coronations and state openings of Parliament.A group calling itself Take Back Power staged the attack, with members of the group filmed unfurling a sign reading: “Democracy has crumbled – tax the rich”.Anyone who thinks Britain’s problem is that it doesn’t sufficiently tax the “rich” is an idiot. And...

David Zimmer told the appalling story of Adbimahat Bille Mohamed at AmericanExperiment.org. Briefly, Mohamed is a serial rapist. In 2017, he raped a 15-year-old girl. He was not charged in the initial investigation, but was later identified through DNA. In 2024, he raped another woman. These are some of the charges he faced:During the pre-trial phase of the May 2024 rape case, Mohamed’s DNA sample was entered into the DNA database. This test resulted in a match linking Mohamed to the 2017 rape of the 15-year-old girl in Minneapolis. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office filed additional charges against Mohamed, adding...

A notebook detailed alleged attack plans against University of Delaware police, including multiple references to "martyrdom."A Delaware man has been charged with illegally possessing a machine gun after authorities uncovered a weapons cache and a handwritten manifesto referencing a University of Delaware police station and officer, according to a Dec. 1 release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.Luqmaan Khan, 25, was arrested Nov. 24 after New Castle County Police officers found him parked illegally in Canby Park West late at night. Officers stopped his vehicle and, after he resisted arrest, searched the car. Inside, they found a modified Glock handgun with...

If we pretend that America was built by people and cultures that quite literally could not have built America, then we aren’t just misremembering our past, we are losing the future that our actual ancestors secured for us.My eleventh-great grandfather Thomas Rogers arrived in 1620 on the Mayflower. He signed the Mayflower Compact, which affirmed the right of free men to establish a government they would all be subject to. John Quincy Adams later called it “perhaps the only instance, in human history, of that positive, original social compact, which speculative philosophers have imagined as the only legitimate source of...

In 1985, the iconic Lucille Ball stunned both Hollywood and audiences across America when, after doing three successful comedy series, she took on a serious, dramatic roll playing a homeless woman surviving the streets of New York City. It was a project Lucille Ball wanted to do, and one that she did well, so well, that former homeless people who actually lived on the streets praised the film for its accurate portrayal.