Facts Are Mere Speed Bumps On The

Hollywood's Martyr-mythology Leaves Out The Fact That The Famed Hollywood Ten, For Example, Were In Fact Members Of The Communist Party, Which Advocated The Violent Overthrow Of The U.s. Government In Violation Of The Smith Act And Which Took Orders Directly From Moscow.

[a] Country Without A Word To Describe Its Love For What Is Best Within It Is A Country Ill-equipped To Defend What Is Best Within It.

If You Spend Any Time In Washington You'll Find Nerds. What Happens Is Most Of Them Sublimate Their Fixations With Comics, Or Baseball Cards, Or 1960s British Comedies To Policy Minutiae And Political Arcana. But, Like Christians In Ancient Rome, You Can Still Spot Them If You Know The Signals.

Dissent Is Morally Neutral. You Can Correctly Call Yourself A Dissident Because You Like To Kick Puppies, But At The End Of The Day, You're Just A Jerk Who Likes To Kick Puppies.

When I See Hipsters Wearing Mao Hats Or Lenin T-shirts, I'm Grateful. It's Like Truth-in-labeling. For Now I Know You Are: Woefully Ignorant, Morally Stunted, Purposively Asinine, Or All Three.