The reaction to my statement that RJR was a Holocaust Denier (and thus either historically incompetent, racist or mentally unhinged) has elicited quite a bit of response, from very polite statements that I have misread him to veritable tirades accusing me of serious historical incompetence and...

At the end of 2006, as I look back on the year, I repent of my previous view of blogging as a trivial medium. Here's what I learned from my various correspondents over the year:

Oh, my. I seem to be being struck off all manner of Xmas card lists which, thankfully, I was probably never on in the first place. Two clarifications (at the risk of repeating myself) and a further comment: 1. I did not say Rushdoony and Holocaust Deniers are necessarily racists. I said they were...

Oh, my. I seem to be being struck off all manner of Xmas card lists which, thankfully, I was probably never on in the first place. Two clarifications (at the risk of repeating myself) and a further comment: 1. I did not say Rushdoony and Holocaust Deniers are necessarily racists. I said they were...