Bruce Gilley's Blog, page 69

Latest trend for green hysterics in Canada: super-glue yourself to the road. Then claim police abuse after they tear you off. https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/pro...

Latest trend for green hysterics in Canada: super-glue yourself to the road. Then claim police abuse after they tear you off. nsnews.com/local-news/protes…

Anyone planning to fly on the proposed "Pan-African Airways" created by the two biggest aviation failures in the continent? https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/kenya-air...

Anyone planning to fly on the proposed "Pan-African Airways" created by the two biggest aviation failures in the continent?
bnnbloomberg.ca/kenya-airway…

The Nazis were the most energetic of anti-colonial groups, helping to train Congress in India and many others. Their illiberal book-burning was the prelude to today's decolonize the library movement.

The Nazis were the most energetic of anti-colonial groups, helping to train Congress in India and many others. Their illiberal book-burning was the prelude to today's decolonize the library movement.

Let the competition begin to rebuild higher education. The secular-liberal University of Austin or the God-centered Hildegard College? I'll place my money on the latter. https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2022/...

Let the competition begin to rebuild higher education. The secular-liberal University of Austin or the God-centered Hildegard College? I'll place my money on the latter.
jamesgmartin.center/2022/04/…

RT by @BruceDGilley: No hard-working American without a college degree should have to pay for others' student loans. Period.

No hard-working American without a college degree should have to pay for others' student loans. Period.

Blinken/Austin visit to Kiev is a proud moment for Americans, as was the toppling of Saddam Hussein and the UN-backed attempt to give the Afghans a decent government. All equally good in my book. Ditto our attempt to save Vietnam from communism. No apologi

Blinken/Austin visit to Kiev is a proud moment for Americans, as was the toppling of Saddam Hussein and the UN-backed attempt to give the Afghans a decent government. All equally good in my book. Ditto our attempt to save Vietnam from communism. No apologies for American valor.

The 130-year old beech tree that centers our university library was preserved by a normal process of planning review. But campus myth insists students chained themselves to it. Non-revolutionary change cannot compete with the myths of the revolution!ht

The 130-year old beech tree that centers our university library was preserved by a normal process of planning review. But campus myth insists students chained themselves to it. Non-revolutionary change cannot compete with the myths of the revolution!

pdx.edu/magazine/pieces-hist…

Long may she reign.

Long may she reign.

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As Sri Lanka spirals to its final postcolonial ruin, I am reminded of Leonard Woolf's colonial diary. "The benefits of being ruled by such a class of administrators were considerable." https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.d...

As Sri Lanka spirals to its final postcolonial ruin, I am reminded of Leonard Woolf's colonial diary. "The benefits of being ruled by such a class of administrators were considerable."

archive.org/stream/in.ernet.…

RT by @BruceDGilley: Here's my latest article, "Please, Sir, I Want Some More: A new twist in COVID-19 overcounting" -- a departure from skeletal remains! #COVID19 #COVID https://libertyunbound.com/please-sir...

Here's my latest article, "Please, Sir, I Want Some More: A new twist in COVID-19 overcounting" -- a departure from skeletal remains! #COVID19 #COVID

libertyunbound.com/please-si…